Comment on it's a matter of motivation

• JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Volunteer firefighters are not unpaid, that not what volunteer means in this context. They are not full time, professional firefighters, they have normal jobs and when a call goes out, whoever can make it drops what they’re doing and goes in. But they absolutely get paid, very well, for their time, from the tax payers dollar. Or by directly suing for restitution as with my car accident. $1700 for a gaggle of looky lous

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Volunteer firefighters are unpaid. That is what volunteer means in this context. They make $0.

    There are some places where they get tossed a few bucks per call, but most of them don’t make a cent.

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    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In our town they are paid hourly at calls

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      • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Then they’re not volunteers. They’re PRN.

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