Thread: Vol Fire crew, who is one?

Originally Posted by swellacott

You could call it an unpaid job if you wanted to...

Yup we are a composite station. So we have paid staff 24 hours, who man the Rescue Tender (387), us vollies who man 381 "after hours" (5.30pm-7.00am weekdays and 24 hours weekends)
We also cross man the tanker (3811), though usually they leave it for us to take

I bet the fire brigade love not having to pay their employees. I can understand volunteers in small towns, but in cities it is taking the piss to expect people to work without wages.

It lets the fire brigade spend money on MAN trucks that don't work, instead of wages I suppose.