Joseph Anthony
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REBZ :
Paid is coming our way, the old man is knocking, don’t let him in
2026-11-01 13:19:20
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#52 :
Should be all paid… the amount of equipment for every dept is redundant and the fd tax is astronomical as it is.. no reason have full blown heavy rescues and ladders galore in every dept when they’re stacked on top of each other
2026-10-18 16:48:49
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1OLDTURTLE1 :
yes im in Nassau some of the richer areas will become paid faster. the issue is when they become unionized the firefighter are going to want to paid like the police and taxes are going to go through the roof
2026-10-17 04:55:14
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Jon :
I can see all becoming Hybrid.
2026-10-16 16:40:28
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Camille :
Does it not get funding from tax dollars and donations? The amount of taxes paid here on Long Island, especially village taxes some which goes towards keeping the firehouses open and running.
2026-10-23 03:41:21
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druontwo :
As a volunteer I absolutely love volunteering. As a taxpayer I think a volunteer service is abhorrent.
2026-10-31 17:21:15
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Rube :
I hope so - I used to be a LI volunteer and think that paid staffing would solve a TON of the issues we had
2026-10-16 16:26:25
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P :
God fucking willing - an LI vol
2026-10-16 16:20:21
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⋆˙✮Jazlyn✮ :
They need to go to school for it
2026-10-16 14:53:01
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Jesse Palmer :
I think I’m seeing more combo departments but then I see the volunteers leaving those same combo departments. I think at the end of day you gotta wanna do it paid or not paid. I signed up to be apart of something bigger I don’t really care if I’m paid for my time or not. I think more areas need more manpower which paid staffing helps provide but volley service is dying.
2026-10-16 16:10:12
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rollzout :
In my opinion the island will never go full paid. People just can’t afford nor don’t want to pay the additional taxes. I can see a lot of departments especially in Nassau having a paid crew for one engine during the day Monday through Friday but I just don’t see full paid. Also I can see a lot more paid full time EMS becoming a thing
2026-10-27 01:55:05
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Lol.Lews :
We’re paid on call I think every dept should atleast be paid on call.
2026-10-16 17:09:43
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RobbyBoB :
Yes and No. It's a tax base thing as well as a distance issue. Also each state is different. Some can't bear to play in the sandbox while others can do the combo dept. A paid department has to be able to be backed by the municipality and the area it serves. It's too much to write here but there's arguments all around for it
2026-10-31 03:24:19
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Si534 :
But at what point will the current volunteers speak up and say it’s time to change to a combination department. Politicians turn a blind eye towards it because here on Long Island we are a large voting block. It’s up to us to put the public before our pride and say to the politicians it’s time for change
2026-10-16 17:39:47
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Cocohippy2 :
They should be paid. Not just certain cities like LB.
2026-10-16 14:23:14
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VAL3NTI :
Yes should of been paid since I stared this when I was 20
2026-10-19 14:40:28
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Eddie :
in my dept the 2 village down workers are in the dept. they are alowed to go on all calls. we call them our paid guys lol
2026-10-16 17:06:04
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Apex critter :
The economy has changed so much that volunteers can’t afford to leave work for calls and employers don’t have to be flexible. Nobody should have to wait for someone to leave work, drive to the station, grab apparatus, wait for some other folks and then head to your emergency
2026-10-17 00:05:16
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Medic0448 :
Yep
2026-10-16 14:34:54
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User19993017273 :
As someone who has been to Joey D 8 years running and not from NY I think the priorities are a little messed up on LI. It seems everyone has a brand new heavy rescue and it’s hard to find an engine over 5 years old. Coram’s station alone is easily the nicest and most expensive station I’ve ever seen. All this money in equipment, stations and god knows how many sets of turnout gear is so wasteful. Having a duty shift model or hybrid paid/volunteer is the way forward. But my god everything on Long Island is brand new and the staffing is ignored.
2026-10-18 18:34:02
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Ashley :
no. People would never want to pay additional taxes. I'd happily pay more into taxes to support the volunteers who give back to their communities.
2026-10-26 21:12:44
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BlackSpadedetail :
Unfortunately yes because staffing issues
2026-10-31 16:47:59
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Matty Fire :
It has to be. On call departments aren’t workable or sustainable anymore
2026-10-30 20:32:20
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TaylorHamFourLIFE :
absolutely, How can anyone afford to live and volunteer now. So many people have multiple jobs. How do they even staff the schedules.
2026-10-31 11:25:53
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rrudenfg5ds :
They will become a county based service like the western states. Instead of municipalities running 4 engines and 2 trucks volunteer, they might run a 2 and 1 system. For 2 towns. Obviously other factors will included, but eventually it might. Unless they go full A.I. firefighters by 2036.
2026-10-27 20:44:38
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