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Permalink Reply by Bill Anderson on December 22, 2010 at 12:26am

We have one like that. It was me and him on a call the other day and he started to get in the front seat. I made him ride in back.

Permalink Reply by Gregory L Collins on February 1, 2011 at 1:11am

Well I must do it because I Love It. I get $8 per call. That might cover the fuel to the station. I give back to my community in many ways, but this is my favorite. Being a Firefighter is one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Permalink Reply by Keith A. Morrone on February 2, 2011 at 5:10am

Amen Brother

Permalink Reply by ZACH on February 2, 2011 at 4:05pm

ohh i agree we do everything a paid depart does just minus the benefits and pay

Permalink Reply by ZACH on February 2, 2011 at 4:05pm

Amen brotha same here

Permalink Reply by Ashley Rivers on February 2, 2011 at 4:10pm

I agree with everything you said except for the "paid on call" there are still some departments that go unpaid no matte if they go on call or not, namely my department we do not get paid for anything.

Permalink Reply by ZACH on February 2, 2011 at 4:13pm

Yea i agree my depart isnt paid either we do have depart here in MA that do pay per call and trianings but with the budjets getting close to nothing alot of depart cant afford it

Permalink Reply by steven on February 2, 2011 at 7:01pm

i run on a vol department i would not trade my guys for any one. vol means oncall all year day or night. we live an hour away from a paid full time department. they try and get my fd to get the same gear and change are sop's. i have heared that they have stayed out of a house fire because they said it was to dangerous to go in

Permalink Reply by Gregory L Collins on February 3, 2011 at 1:13am

Yea, I get Paid $8. for each call. Doesn't matter if I get turned around at the station or spend 10 hours on scene. I donate it back to our members assoc. We are trying to raise money in case 1 of our volunteers gets hurt on duty. For those of us that are self employed we tend to worry about how to pay the bills. We also donate to the department for needed rescue items that don't make the top of the budget list. This year we are getting an Equinox SnoBulance, as we have a ton of skiers and snowmachiners in district all winter.

Permalink Reply by Keith A. Morrone on February 3, 2011 at 4:30pm

Same here no pay

Permalink Reply by Travis Skinner on April 5, 2011 at 2:40pm

the term volunteer to me means a brave hearted person taking time out of his/her life to go out and save your home and your property or family from fire or any other emergencies we are real firefighters just our payment is the appriciation of the ones we save, and yes some of us are "paid on call" but you are still volunteer and i think you should be proud of the name volunteer FireFighter.

Permalink Reply by Ian Schulte on April 10, 2011 at 4:08pm

i can agree with staying out of a house because of overly-dangerous conditions, but you have to look at everything as a whole, what were the specifics of that incident? Anyone who is going to run into every burning home regardless of whats going on is blatently suicidal. I don't care if you have 25 years on in one of the busiest cities or 2 years in a slow rural setting, some homes are simply not worth the risk. if fire is blowing out of every hole and no-one is inside, you better believe that a lot of departments will not commit to an interior attack.

risk a lot to save a lot
risk a little to save a little
risk nothing to save nothing

risk benefit analysis is something that every department and every company needs to look at before committing their equipment into an IDLH atmosphere.

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