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Are you objecting to letting them become EMTs or just objecting to the town's entire emergency system being balanced on their shoulders?

While I agree with you that teenagers should be allowed to become EMTs and get involved in EMS, I'd make the distinction that those kids in towns like Westport and Darien don't go on to work in EMS.

Westport? No.

In school, they’re the second ambulance to respond. Adults staff an ambulance from the station which is the first to go. They only leave school if there’s more than one call in town at a time. Also, they have a supervisor go to every call with them, but that supervisor doesn’t ride in the...

Yep. I know. I took an EMT class at fifteeen and took the practical on my sixteenth birthday.

If you're so insecure about your job that you find it offensive that teenagers are capable of doing it, you should find a new career. There are certainly arguments to be made for why fourteen y/os shouldn't be EMRs, and sixteen y/os shouldn't be EMTs, but this isn't one of them.

Personally, I don't think they should be staffing ambulances alone. I started as a sixteen year old EMT, and while I feel confident in my capabilities, I'm not confident that every teenaged EMT could handle "it" on the scene of a medical emergency. I don't know if I could handle that either...

EMT. 70 Questions, 35 Minutes. Passed.

While it may not be a great idea for teenagers to solely staff a town's ambulance service, it's a great idea for those who are driven and capable enough to become certified EMTs to supplement the adult staff. There should be no issue with teenaged EMTs acting as third-riders.