Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
[quote=paramedicpete]I miss helping people. I don't miss 400 hours a year spent in training.


Yep. We were supposed to be a combined, dual EMS/Fire department, built on a county-wide consolidation of the county EMS agency (paid) and the local VFDs. But our thankfully recently fired management managed to drive off essentially all the volunteers during the merger. We are running some one-person engines now as a paid department, and really need volunteers. But we are having a hard time recruiting new ones. After decades in EMS, I went through the fire academy at age 47. What fun!