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Permalink Reply by ashfire on September 26, 2009 at 8:16pm

When I joined in the 70s our department had added a bunk room a few years before. Some members slept in at times and others just moved in and set up home there. They had to keep their bunk area and the station clean and out of bed at certain times if they had a job. They also had to be in the station by a certain time too.
Up to the 90s we had members living in the station until our volunteer chief started changing things and members moved out of the station and career staff filled in at night after the volunteers moved out and found other places to live. A few will sleep in at times.
The volunteer chief has his own separate bunk area if he wants to sleep in. There is no separate bunk area for female career or volunteer members but there is a separate bathroom and shower for them.
There was a story in Virginia about a volunteer fire chief that moved his wife and daughter into his fire station because they had no house to live in. I think the fire department was run by the chief's family until the local governement found out and took control of the station and ran the family out.
I have heard of a few families running volunteer depts and the local government moving in to take over.

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