How do you volunteer when you have a full-time job? Unless it's your own business, most employers frown on people just jumping up and running out the door.

Unemployed? Probably the last thing you really need is to work w/o getting paid.

Independently wealthy? Like most would want to?

If bureaucrats were better at budgeting, those crucial people in fire and EMT could be paid for the very important job they do. I would suspect that every bureaucrat/politician lives in an area of paid fire/EMTs, not volunteer.

Around here, we have volunteer. The rules: For EMTs, they'll be there in two minutes; for fire, back off and call your insurance company.

Funny, though, all the towns around here seem to be able to get 4.5 million to keep installing unnecessary and unwanted roundabouts.

Sue