r/Firefighting • u/DarthJellyFish • Jun 30 '24

Volunteer / Combination / Paid on Call Shoutout to the volly’s

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Just a shoutout to you guys that volunteer. I work for a full time city department in the Pacific Northwest. My uncle is an HVAC guy in a one stoplight town in southern Utah. He started volunteering about 8 years ago. I came down to see him and family this week. Checked out the rigs and got to talk about how they do things. You volunteers have to do a lot with a little and it’s truly impressive. Nothing but respect.

The pic is of their reserve rig. Such a cool old truck. The frontline unit is a little newer ;)

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u/Right_Win_7764 Jun 30 '24

Our department gets us new rigs every 10 years and somehow they’re still always in the shops.

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u/just_an_ordinary_guy VFF Jul 01 '24

Yeah, you need 3 rigs for 2 stations these days it seems. Always something wrong with them.