"They should at least have the decency not to call themselves "volunteers" then."
The money goes for equipment and training, not salaries. We all should have the decency to not participate in name-calling, especially if we don't have all the facts.
That wasn't name-calling. I have only the highest regard for firefighters, and especially volunteer firefighters. But that's not what we're talking about here.
They did not fight the fire. They were fire-watchers, not fire-fighters. What this is, is a fire protection racket, not a volunteer fire department.
There. Now ~that~ was name-calling. :-)