I totally agree with you tc81; the communities should pay for the training. You guys give of your time and energies and deserve to at least be provided with the tools you need to do your job.
Give me a break!! A person has to have hundreds of hours of training and education to cut hair or clean teeth, but these folks who want to "pull someone out of a wrecked vehicle" or "put out a house fire" are griping about 65 hours of training?? Let's just hope they don't come to MY house with less training than that. These communities are getting "free" volunteer fire protection (staffing). Are they getting free police protection or free sanitation employees? I doubt it. The 65 hours of training should be a MINIMUM requirement and the cities/counties/communities should pony up the $1,500. The state I was certified in requires 240 hours of training before you even see the inside of a burning house, volunteer or not, and yet Tennessee boasts one of the highest civilian fire death rates per capita in the country. You do the math!
Fire training mandate slammed
I totally agree with you tc81; the communities should pay for the training. You guys give of your time and energies and deserve to at least be provided with the tools you need to do your job.
Fire training mandate slammed
Give me a break!! A person has to have hundreds of hours of training and education to cut hair or clean teeth, but these folks who want to "pull someone out of a wrecked vehicle" or "put out a house fire" are griping about 65 hours of training?? Let's just hope they don't come to MY house with less training than that. These communities are getting "free" volunteer fire protection (staffing). Are they getting free police protection or free sanitation employees? I doubt it. The 65 hours of training should be a MINIMUM requirement and the cities/counties/communities should pony up the $1,500. The state I was certified in requires 240 hours of training before you even see the inside of a burning house, volunteer or not, and yet Tennessee boasts one of the highest civilian fire death rates per capita in the country. You do the math!