OT: Volunteer fire departments (was Re: [AT] Had to read this twice

[Mike Sloane]

We used to have a very hard time finding volunteer fire and rescue 
folks. But since we instituted a LOSAP program, we have gotten much 
better response to our membership drives.

<www.volunteerfd.org/archive/losap2.php>

Mike

Steve W. wrote:

> 
> 
> Not really unusual. The same attitude is all over this state. It has
> been getting much worse with the yuppies moving in from the city though.
> They seem to be under the illusion that fires just can't happen to them.
> We give training sessions twice a year on fire prevention and knocking
> out SMALL fires to prevent them from spreading. Hardly have enough folks
> show up to run a class. We also are always looking for younger folks to
> join, they all like the idea until they are told it's VOLUNTEER. Same
> problem with many other volunteer outfits. Nobody want to be involved,
> they all seem to think it's not their problem.
> 
> Steve W.
> 
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