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# when i was a kid, my dad was a part-time fireman (small local station, no full-time firemen)
and they'd get paid for each 'shout' the went on

it wasn't unheard of for firemen to get caught setting fire to old barns or scrubland to increase their earnings
(, Thu 19 Jul 2007, 11:46, archived)
# well you have to have all the expensive toys!
(, Thu 19 Jul 2007, 11:50, archived)
# Really?
Whoa. My Grandpa was a fireman.
(, Thu 19 Jul 2007, 11:51, archived)
# it didn't happen often
but when the farming economy went to shit it became a little more popular
(, Thu 19 Jul 2007, 12:01, archived)