Firemen and coastguards

[Peppermint]

Not quite so simple.

I'm told that some RNLI cox or mechanics get paid a retainer and this happens more than you might think. The rest of the crew seem to come from the community for free.

In many of the small coastal communities the Fire Brigades are also part-time and paid a pitance

In small communities the laudable ethic of service is alive and well in both trades and everyone in the village or town respects what these people do.

That's whats been lost in the larger towns & cities, the status, and firemen sit about for ages then go and pull some ungrateful tosser, with the IQ of a chimp, out of his BMW. So when the seductive call of "come out on strike and double your money" is heard its a fertile ground.

 

[yachtbits]

Re: Yachtbits

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[tome]

Yacht Tits

Give it a rest - make a living by all means, join the RNLI if you can, but for f*** sake don't try to feed one off against the other.

 

[Celena]

Re: Why do people volunteer to save lives?

"It is impossible to set rates of pay purely on the basis of emotive argument. "

That, of course, is correct. Like so many other things in our society e.g. marina berth costs, it's all down to supply and demand. For every fireman vacancy there are 38 applicants, therefore they are paid enough. In the same way there's no shortage of lifeboatmen so ther's no need to pay them. In no way I'm saying I agree with this; that's just the way it is!

 

[Bergman]

Re: Why do people volunteer to save lives?

A rather harse interpretation of the law of supply and demand if I may say so.

It is perhaps fortunate that that the law is not similarly applied when people need rescue.

How much would you pay if you were trapped in your car with petrol leaking around you and sparks coming from the wiring.