We are on call 24/7. Any time you bump into a volunteer firefighter, you will see a pager or radio on their side. You feel naked without it. Cost per firefighter (All gear except for the radio, only have a ten year life. Regardless of use, it must be replaced ten years from th...
fire every month as compared to the urban firefighter who usually goes to as many as 25 fires every month. However, the rural firefighter was required to establish a draft on that particular fire every month whereas the urban firefighter had the opportunity to hit a hydrant every single ...
Casey RowenVolunteer Firefighter “It just seems like the right thing to do. I’ve known these people my whole life.” Casey Rowen, a Power Production Coordinator/Trainer in Hells Canyon, has lived most of his life in Halfway, Oregon, and has been a volunteer Pine Valley firefighter for...
If you developed a medical problem while at Ground Zero, and were a cop or firefighter, you would get lifetime disability and lifetime pay, because you were on the job, and your disability was “work related.” However, if you were a true volunteer, you would get none of that. It’...