Although I was on a paid- big-city fire department- I have long thought that the true heroes of the fire service were volunteers.
Volunteers face many of the same hazards- but perform their duties without or with little benefits or pay- they simply volunteer out of a sense of community.
This Associated Press story tells of the dearth of volunteer firefighters and EMS technicians in many rural areas of America.
Like relief from high fuel & food prices- don't expect any help anytime soon from Washington with the volunteer-less dilema.
The pollys are too busy trying to get their jobs back to actually DO anything....
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