Reply #65: not sure but... [View All]

[sweetapogee]

I'm not sure but I think the actual firefighters in the city that didn't respond to the country house fire were volunteer labor. Many people in big cities are surprised to know that the vast majority of firefighters in the US are volunteers and even cities like nearby Bethlehem PA have some paid fire and some volunteers.

I also know that based on my involvement in the volunteer end of it that many of the firefighters are of the religious faith you think is responsible for this tragedy. I know based on my being in the service and an officer in my county fireman's association (we are 100% volunteer in my county) that there are less than 1% of the guys that I would consider a-holes as you call them, not to say that I would like to be best friends with each and every one but they are all a special breed in my opinion.