Public service as a Firefighter, Police Officer, and/or EMS Worker must be the best job in the world. How many other occupations can you think of that some people are willing to spend their own time and money to do, just for the privilege to do it, and not get paid....And by not getting paid, I mean 100% volunteer, auxiliary, paid on call, and career, because nobody does this for the money, and the money is never enough for the work Public Servants perform.  Any volunteer Mechanical engineers, mechanics, architects, assembly line workers out there? To be a paid on call Firefighter or Auxiliary Cop, around here at least, is a very competitive process, with only about 9% of interviewed applicants getting the job. If done for the right reasons, what can be better than helping out your fellow man and making your community a better place? Keep up the good work brothers and sisters. And remember this..."The bad guys, the Patients' trauma or illness, and the Fire itself doesn't stop to ask if you are a Full Time, Paid, Union represented Career Cop , EMT, or Firefighter. They just want to hurt and kill, and it is your job to stop them."