Long Islander fire fighters are not paid. They have jobs and fight fires on their own time.
NYC fire fighters are highly paid and it’s their only job.
Why would unpaid fire fighters show up to fight fires because the Mayor of NYC is an a**hole who made a monumental stupid decision?
The mayor finds himself up a tree that he insisted on climbing, and there’s no fireman willing to come rescue him. Meow!
Exactly. Vollies usually work a full time job, then spend time away from family for training, meetings, etc. in addition to responding to calls, etc. Do these idiots really think they can just take time off work for fun to learn the policies of NYC and learn where they keep the tools on the trucks, etc. in their free time?
Long Island and other areas, which is much more suburban and single family style vs. NYC hi-rises, are two different beasts. One is pull some hose off the engine across the fron yard to a 2 story single family or single story big box store vs putting out a restaurant fire on the first floor, then trying to look for and chase any extension in a 10 story residential building above.
And why would Upstate firemen jump in to help the enclave of America-hating cretin Democrats whose votes override their own votes every single election? I see this as a big opportunity to help the country by ignoring the mayor’s call. Let them stew in their own juice.