VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS

[@aq9160]

I had an art teacher who was a Firefighter/ems. He was one of the coolest and nicest guys I ever met. I've met other ones too. They're heros and have my respect.

[@znovosad555]

This is a big problem across the whole country that quite frankly needs to be addressed. It's hard when everyone works day jobs when you're on the clock. You can't just leave work to go respond to a call. People just don't understand that we aren't actively at the station all the time and that we can't be fully staffed all the time. It's not practical in most instances

[@68W343]

Absolutely and small grants a tiny bidget from the county leads to having to do fundraisers

[@znovosad555]

Joe Garcia fortunately for us it’s not funds that are the issue as were town funded. it’s lack of membership

[@ryanmikita619]

In NJ, by law, you cannot get fired for leaving work to respond to an emergency call (voly FDs and rescue squads), but that doesn't mean everyone has a job they can drop what they're doing to leave or that employers won't find another reason to discipline you.

[@znovosad555]

@@ryanmikita619 no different than CT, however most people either work at paid emergency services and can’t leave work or work at least 20 minutes away so it’s not practical to respond every-time from that kind of distance

[@firerescue2283]

Stay safe brothers.

[@firstresp0nder697]

I'am Going 2 Black Jack In 2018 So I Can Be a FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC

[@lpt2606]

and how is it going ?

[@l0sangelesfiredepartment988]

Bro I'am a Full-Time FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC With The L.A.F.D. In California

[@bryantsears252]

An that makes you better cause you get paid I don't do it for the money I do it cause i care because I love volunteering to help others I don't care about money

[@millrad]

Bully for you, Johnny Gage. 68 percent of the country has volunteer fire departrments.

[@samcarroll4584]

@@bryantsears252 That's cringe bro

[@lorielpoteat882]

I grow up with volunteer firefighter dad, and no volunteers do not get paid, my dad done it for 21years with out paid

[@lookingglass9175]

@@millrad and out of those so called 68% volunteer departments a lot of them get paid per call, for training, mileage reimbursement, some states even have pension plans based on years served. So that 68% is a rather skewed number and kind of negates the term volunteer.

[@cs975l6]

That really sucks because it's not cheap to fun a fire

[@allanr6132]

What state is this in?

[@TheReaperHunter]

If I mapped correctly. Somewhere between Austin and Dallas Texas.

[@ryanmikita619]

3/4 of the US fire departments are voly

[@mrwonderful2142]

School teachers are way over paid. Should cut their pay in half and pay the fire department instead