Hey all, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself to the members. I currently am a member of a Paid oncall/ volly fire department, in addition to being a paid Fed. I have been on various volly departments across the nation over my 8 year fire suppression career, as a paid Fed. at the same time. I have gained experiance and knowledge in different styles and methods from the different places. ANd I want to say even though I am also paid, in lots of places in this great nation, vollunteers just arnt the first line of defense, they are the only line of protection.