Out of curiosity, would you still have done it if it wasn’t paid?
Comment on it's a matter of motivation
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Volunteer firefighters do actually still get paid.
Source: Was volunteer firefighter.
bearboiblake@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Hell yeah! I didn’t even know I would be getting paid until I went down to the station to ask how I sign up.
bearboiblake@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Good for you! Thanks for being a good human <3
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Most firefighters in the U.S. are volunteer, and make no money at all. Being paid per call is not the norm.
kungen@feddit.nu 4 weeks ago
Isn’t it just a small stipend? Nothing you could live on, even if houses were burning down 40 hours a week.
Chainweasel@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Same, 6 years from 2005-2011, $7.50 an hour for a call was great money in 2005. I think we were up to $10 by the time I quit
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I was thinking that was shit money, but I was making $2.13 as a waiter in 1999-2000, so that’s about right. I made $5.15 when min wage was finally raised to $7.25, where it’s been for almost 20 years.