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At our Department all the Firefighters are the same. We are able to hang at the department just like everyone else, as a matter of fact we all think we are all paid, well no not really but close, if you didn't really look into it we all wouldn't k...
Our department is about the same size. If you are there during "business" hours I feel you should pitch in with station chores. One should also respect the sleeping quarters during quiet times. Most crews welcome the chance to shoot the breeze and...
I am at a combination dept. Our personel welcome as many volunteers hanging out as possible. Most Combination depts are minimum staffed. So when a structure fire breaks out there maybe only 4 to 7 firefighters on the scene for a few minutes. Proba...
We run a full time ambulance and then the fire side is all paid on call. Our chief is also full time and usually there is a list of things to get done with for that day as well as the normall chores for the shift crew. Normally, if we hang out up ...
In our department we have more stations then the duty crews can staff. We have 8 stations and only 3 duty crews of 3 people each. So, most of our houses are staffed by call firefighters. When I first got on about 6, 7 yrs ago hanging out at the fi...
In Kentucky, Firefighters come in many forms. Some departments use true volunteers in which their members recieve no compensation. Others, such as my department, use firefighters as paid on call (in which your training level must meet that of a fu...
andrew what I would classify your department would either be concidered, fully paid, just not living at the station or ppc( paid per call)
I had heard where the City of Baltimore, MD had reserve firefighters who were city employees from other depts in the city.
This was something that started back around World War 2 with the dept of Civil Defense when there was a shortage of firefigh...
in australia a volunteer (firefighters, surf life savers, charity workers etc...) are covered by there "employer" in my case the CFA. a volunteer is considered an employee therefore covered be the same laws that cover you in any other work place, ...
Just to be clear, the primary reason I am suggesting this is the requirement to meet the same standards as the full-time career firefighters and not so much the fact that in some departments these folks receive some compensation. So, lets not do t...
Here (Canada), we are paid when on call (emergency, training, work around the station, etc.) so that we are then employees and covered under insurance, worker's comp, etc. So we aren't a "volunteer" department in the truest sense of the word, alth...
although i dont know of any reserves around here its basicly your paid or not.
most departments in my area dont give you incentives or anything ur just that volunteering we might get a t shirt or the dept will rent to us a blue and white light bu...
I recently became aware that there are some paid departments out there (seem to be a lot in California, with what they call Reserve programs. They seem to often use these as a way to evaluate potential new hires though there are those who particip...
Hopefully you have better county gov to put you together than ours. Our County is 1087 Sq miles. 20 vol dept some with multi stations and 2 paid dept in our two largest cities. The county wants control but would not take own the debt. The maintain...
i am in a combination department, were we run around 12 full timers, broken up into 3-4 man crews and we have around 8-10 paid volunteers that respond when the tone goes off on a normal day. when we volunters go in to hang out there usually sitn a...
Seems like it would be a good idea to pass a local ordinance requiring any new streets to be wider. Won't help you right now, but maybe in the future (assuming your town isn't already built out). Might want to work on getting that state minimum in...
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Hi Shaun:
I lean towards the last name on helmet, but agree that it stinks that AFTER your effort the department changes it's formal mind.
Speaking of using nicknames between ourselves, I never appreciated the impact when I would have "Killer" g...
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