Post #1185754
2026-04-08 20:00 UTC
Volunteer firefighters do actually still get paid a lot of the time.
Source: Was volunteer firefighter. Was paid per-call.
Replies (3)
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@Chainweasel@lemmy.world 2026-04-08 22:51
Same, 6 years from 2005-2011, $7.50 an hour for a call was great money in 2005. I think we were up to $10 by the time I quit
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@bearboiblake@pawb.social 2026-04-08 20:44
Thanks for sharing that - out of curiosity, would you still have done it if it wasn't paid? No judgment, just curious!
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@kungen@feddit.nu 2026-04-08 22:05
Isn't it just a small stipend? Nothing you could live on, even if houses were burning down 40 hours a week.