tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post4374386415643659650..comments2024-03-27T19:00:02.499-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Small town fire departments running short on firefightersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-17709025140144955442016-12-25T14:34:19.456-05:002016-12-25T14:34:19.456-05:00In truth volenteer's are usually those with ti...In truth volenteer's are usually those with time energy and will to something extra for their local community, totally thankless tasks for the most part. I imagine a third world republic will be hard pressed to find such for many reasons. If one can hardly survive, no extra energy or time and feels no community conection, then very unlikely to do anything extra "for the man".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-67234753081742560902016-12-25T14:24:35.413-05:002016-12-25T14:24:35.413-05:00In reality Hispanics imported by the milions are v...In reality Hispanics imported by the milions are very family orientated and work hard but volenteer very little. Welcome to the USA republic sliding toward third world.. south America style... By the way I can't think of a single black who volenteer's for anything ever for the general community. The usa is running out of white men able and willing to do anything extra... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-37798007176241338792016-12-25T12:29:42.584-05:002016-12-25T12:29:42.584-05:00A branch of my family lives in a small town about ...A branch of my family lives in a small town about 25 miles south of the big city I live in. My family out there have been in the volunteer fire department for generations. One of my cousins even had his wedding reception at the fire hall, which was fortunate, because there was a call and the party thinned out quite a bit when most of the men (not the groom) ran out the door and a few minutes later left in their fire department uniforms. One of groomsmen turned around to wave bye as the tuck pulled out and you could see his tux shirt under his coat.<br /><br />When my Uncle passed on, he had been a Commander in the department, the whole fire department showed up to the funeral. Two nearby towns even arranged to cover any fires in my uncle's town while the funeral was going on, so the whole department could show up. He also had a lot of people from the other nearby fire departments who weren't on call attend.<br /><br />Now one of my cousin's son and his son-in-law both are volunteering in the fire department too now. <br /><br />They are concerned because the town they live in has mushroomed over the past decade or so, but there hasn't been as many recruits as there used to be. The town is considering how to find a way to add a few full time professional fire fighters and keep it's volunteer force. The newcomers to town don't want to pay for professional fire fighters, but they don't seem to get that if they want to avoid the expense of hiring professional firefighters, they need to get out and volunteer. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com