Thread: Vol Fire crew, who is one?

Originally Posted by sako75

It's called volunteering
Rewards are not in $$$

Well technically it is in $$.....or more like (-$) I've been off work, sick all week so far, and I contribute it to the Saturday night haha

Originally Posted by swellacott

Well technically it is in $$.....or more like (-$) I've been off work, sick all week so far, and I contribute it to the Saturday night haha

Sounds like an unpaid job to me.

Don't they have paid firemen in Papakura?

Originally Posted by sako75

It's called volunteering
Rewards are not in $$$

my biggest reward so far is regularly seeing the bloke i revived from cardiac arrest on the 3rd Jan 2016, a day i will never forget. It's not about me doing it, it's about his family still having him around and his wife, son and grand kids not watching him die that day.
Most days when i drop the kids off at school i see him walking his dog, with his wife usually. It's a surreal thing and makes every minute of volunteering worth it.

Originally Posted by smidey

my biggest reward so far is regularly seeing the bloke i revived from cardiac arrest on the 3rd Jan 2016, a day i will never forget. It's not about me doing it, it's about his family still having him around and his wife, son and grand kids not watching him die that day.
Most days when i drop the kids off at school i see him walking his dog, with his wife usually. It's a surreal thing and makes every minute of volunteering worth it.

Double / triple like

Originally Posted by smidey

my biggest reward so far is regularly seeing the bloke i revived from cardiac arrest on the 3rd Jan 2016, a day i will never forget. It's not about me doing it, it's about his family still having him around and his wife, son and grand kids not watching him die that day.
Most days when i drop the kids off at school i see him walking his dog, with his wife usually. It's a surreal thing and makes every minute of volunteering worth it.

+1
I do it help to people nothing more.
Although I seem to get stuck more on the ones we couldn't save....
While its not for everyone if someone reading this is thinking about joining up would i recommend it hell yes.

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Originally Posted by BRADS

+1
Although I seem to get stuck more on the ones we couldn't save....

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We/I have had plenty of those to but we must celebrate the successes when they are dished up

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

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.

Originally Posted by systolic

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.

i bet they do to, means more funding to spread around on everything else as there isn't anyone at the top taking profits out of the organisation.

More funds for training & equipment which at the end of the day helps the public, win for all concerned i think but that is just my positive outlook on it.

We are the first brigade south of the CBD to have volunteers. I enjoy doing it and helping out the same as smidey. Thats why I do it. It's my way of putting back into the community.

If i wanted money for it, i wouldn't be doing it.

Originally Posted by swellacott

We are the first brigade south of the CBD to have volunteers. I enjoy doing it and helping out the same as smidey. Thats why I do it. It's my way of putting back into the community.

If i wanted money for it, i wouldn't be doing it.

If you want to work for no wages and can travel away from Papakura, I've got a few things you could do. I can arrange for you to work after hours and weekends too.

I might even be able to get you a pager to call you when I need you as well.

I can't pay you to sleep like the real firemen though.

Originally Posted by systolic

If you want to work for no wages and can travel away from Papakura, I've got a few things you could do. I can arrange for you to work after hours and weekends too.

I might even be able to get you a pager to call you when I need you as well.

I can't pay you to sleep like the real firemen though.

You're an asshole

Originally Posted by Gibo

You're an asshole

Sometimes I park in handicap spaces, while handicap people make handicap faces..............

Is it going to be as enjoyable as the stuff I do in the Fire Service though?

Originally Posted by swellacott

Is it going to be as enjoyable as the stuff I do in the Fire Service though?

I can make it dangerous if you like?