Firefighting is probably one of the best fields to attract volunteers to. Save lives, glamorous, awesome PR, play with cool ‘toys’. Downside is danger but there’s enough people for whom that’s an upside.
Does that mean they’re all/mostly trainable, stick around long enough to justify the training, and willing to put in the work even when it comes to more mundane tasks like training, cleaning, equipment overhaul, drying pipes etc?
I believe most places have both paid and volunteer firefighters and I imagine it’s for a reason.
Downside is danger but there’s enough people for whom that’s an upside.
Worth noting that the shit firefighters breath in absolutely will shave years off their lives.
There’s a growing body of evidence that the payouts from the 9/11 first responders funds are for medical care that’s not exclusive to first responders to 9/11 specifically but just normal long term effects of being a first responder to fires and disasters in general.
Yeah I mean you could do something interesting one day and then just watch some place for a few hours after a fire on another. We have a turnover rate of like 2-5 people per year, but that includes people who are too old since there is a maximum age or people move and join the chapter at their new place.
And trainable, I mean we need people who guide traffic or something else that is not physically taxing so there is something to do for everyone.
And at least here the paid firefighters are usually the first responders since they are on alert 24/7, volunteers usually need up to 15 minutes (our record is 2 Minutes) to respond. So the professionals go im first and then get backed up by the volunteers. Or if it is just something small the professionals will not respond at all and let us handle it.
Firefighting is probably one of the best fields to attract volunteers to. Save lives, glamorous, awesome PR, play with cool ‘toys’. Downside is danger but there’s enough people for whom that’s an upside.
Does that mean they’re all/mostly trainable, stick around long enough to justify the training, and willing to put in the work even when it comes to more mundane tasks like training, cleaning, equipment overhaul, drying pipes etc?
I believe most places have both paid and volunteer firefighters and I imagine it’s for a reason.
Worth noting that the shit firefighters breath in absolutely will shave years off their lives.
There’s a growing body of evidence that the payouts from the 9/11 first responders funds are for medical care that’s not exclusive to first responders to 9/11 specifically but just normal long term effects of being a first responder to fires and disasters in general.
Yeah I mean you could do something interesting one day and then just watch some place for a few hours after a fire on another. We have a turnover rate of like 2-5 people per year, but that includes people who are too old since there is a maximum age or people move and join the chapter at their new place.
And trainable, I mean we need people who guide traffic or something else that is not physically taxing so there is something to do for everyone.
And at least here the paid firefighters are usually the first responders since they are on alert 24/7, volunteers usually need up to 15 minutes (our record is 2 Minutes) to respond. So the professionals go im first and then get backed up by the volunteers. Or if it is just something small the professionals will not respond at all and let us handle it.