‘Literally a few minutes tops’: Firefighter fired after stopping at Chick-fil-A instead of rushing to woman with chest pain

Background: People line up to order fast food from a Chick-fil-A restaurant, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey). Inset: Ambulance responding to the scene of a shooting in Washington, DC in August 2023. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto via AP)

Background: People line up to order fast food from a Chick-fil-A restaurant, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey). Inset: Ambulance responding to the scene of a shooting in Washington, DC in August 2023. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto via AP)

A firefighter in Washington, D.C. who stopped to grab a bite to eat at Chick-fil-A after a woman having chest pains called for help just a mile away from him while he was on duty this spring has been terminated.

In a report first obtained by local NBC affiliate WRC, two firefighters assigned to an ambulance in the nation’s capital on March 24 were asked to respond to the call — but one claimed to have just placed an order for their meals over an app when the emergency call came in.

In an early investigation by local authorities, one of the firefighters allegedly wrote in his after-incident report that they were at the fast-food restaurant for “literally a few minutes tops” and after being “fatigued” from a long day, they were famished.

The firefighter, whose named was not released by the department, reportedly emphasized that there was “not a delay to the patient’s care or response.”

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