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> AFAIK volunteer firefighting is the rule everywhere in Europe. I've got a friend who's an occasional firefighter in Belgium, in addition to his regular job.
by TacticalCoder 5y ago
> AFAIK volunteer firefighting is the rule everywhere in Europe.
I've got a friend who's an occasional firefighter in Belgium, in addition to his regular job. He's not an unpaid volunteer: I don't know how it works exactly regarding the pay but I know that once he'll reach the age where he'll stop working, he'll get two monthly pensions paid (the regular one + one because he was a firefighter).
- Bayart 5y agoIn France they get paid hourly rates, with +50% for Sundays and holidays and +100% for nights.
- masklinn 5y agoOf note: they're not paid, they're compensated. Which is why only officers have a base comp' above the minimum legal salary, the lowest rank gets 8.08 (euros) (the minimum legal salary is 10.25), but it's tax-free. And that's on active duty (which doesn't necessarily mean on-site, it might be training or admin or whatever), when on-call it's generally half-that (legally anyway, some places give volunteers more).