Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’

  • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The US has this. The majority of fireman in the US are volunteers. But they are rarely called out for more than a few hours at a time (my neighbor went to a large fire for several days once, but that is extremely rare). Fighting a large brush fire could take weeks.