First Responders 'Burning out', quitting, not repsonding

[ursa22]

Originally Posted by Blind Driver

Maybe some of you that are making big money could donate a week each month of your time to volunteer work

That'd require pulling together as a community and turning our backs against the for profit motive. That's a thing of the past in these parts.

[JanND]

Not all new folks are bad news, it is unfortunate that the "bad" ones are getting all the publicity....
According to the article, relocating folks do offer to volunteer w/ the fire dept. "New people moving to the area want to join the department, but the problem is they don’t always stay in the area after the department goes to the expense of getting them gear, Hushka said. Therefore, the department is more careful about new recruits."
“It’s not that we don’t want them,” he said. “It’s the expense of outfitting them and then they’re gone in a month or two.”