The Kentland Fire Department is 100% volunteer and has won awards every year for saving lives. You can find their Series at www.TheBattalion.tv This is one of the few fire companies in the world where firefighters live in the station house 365 days a year.
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May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Hi KP,
I am the …
Hi KP,
I am the guy who films the battalion series and yes, these guys are great firefighters but they need to be safe. They sometimes do things as volunteers that they would never do as members of D.C. Fire and EMS, and that is sad and unsafe…drf
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Great video. …
Be Safe,
Great video. Awesome fire department. Just one thing and i know i have said it before. Please wear Eye protection while extricating! Awesome job guys and wish the best of luck to you all. BTW, i LOVE the Peirce desk chair!!!!!!!!! Slow down driving guys also
KP
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
well, either if …
well, either if paid or vollie, it doesnt matter. we are all professionals in what we do. my praise goes out to kentland for being one of the most active houses in the country, and for being as aggressive as they are. some say their cocky, i saw their confident in their abilities, which is vital in this job. i’m not wanting to correct or scold anyone, for every ff is my brother. god bless
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
I don’t get it with …
I don’t get it with a lot of paid guys. A lot of you use the “paid” and “professional” interchangably. They are NOT the same thing. And it seems like most of you were volunteers at some point, yet it seems the minute you get a paycheck you’re become somehow superior, WTF. And I know of at least one paid guy whose life was saved by these guys. In the end we all have the same mission, so can we stop the dick measuring contest!!!
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Just do your job. I …
Just do your job. I don’t need to know how well you do it. Age will solve a lot of this chest pounding BS.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
How professional …
How professional can these guys be when you have a guy on here throwing out profanities. 4:53 Very professional guys!
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
speed is not …
speed is not everything! collective thought will keep you alive in many bad situations, remeber that.. there are no heroes, only people who give a about other people… you guys and gals have a remarkable team… nobody will argue that! but, do not lose touch ever with who you all are and why any of us do this kind of work in the first place!… always be safe, my brothers and sisters….
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
well, i can only …
well, i can only speak for myself. AND i have been a ff for 20 years. in a job that you cannot gain true experience and knowledge without putting time in and call volume. on a large city f.d. where one engine alone runs 3000 times a year. i volunteered for many years before that. i do know the difference. have some respect. why do all volunteers pound thier chest and say ” we do the same as you do ” . hey we need them, we love them. it is not the same. period.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Just my 2 cents but …
Just my 2 cents but why do paid guys have to say “career ff”? just wondering. I dont tell people im a career medic. Im just a medic. You payed ff are funny with that career crap. you could be 6 months on the job and you will pound your chest saying Im a career ff like you been ff for 20yrs. not trying to be a dick just saying dont pick on volunteers they obviously get a kick out of ff or they wouldnt do it for free.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
sure, i’ll buy that …
sure, i’ll buy that. but heroes dont call themselves heroes either jackass. people like to throw that word around alot. also a big reason they volunteer. to make themselves feel more important than they are. i go to work and do a job, for pay. thats it. just happens to be im a firefighter. there are no heroes, just guys doin a job. oh yeah. did i mention, your my heroe. jackass.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Shellrock – you …
Shellrock – you just don’t know! You said it yourself “career”… Heroes aren’t born, they volunteer!
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
ha ha. sure think …
ha ha. sure think alot of themselves. nothing wrong with that. ive been a career firefighter/medic for 15 years. all i see on here is kids playing with big boy toys and talkin alot of smack.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Btw Kentland VFD …
Btw Kentland VFD is only 1 company out of many in PG County they most likely send 1-2 pieces of equipment to each call. Kentland may be 100% volunteer but the rest of the county has career stations 46 is mostly career i am pretty sure, and others have career staffing in the mornings till bout 3 or 5pm.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
why? i mean if it’s …
why? i mean if it’s working for them why become paid. All it means is wasting more of PG county’s tax money
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
My Squad averages 1 …
My Squad averages 1 MVA; and 2 house-fires a week. But, to answer your question, it could just very well be that the squad itself prefers to have better equipment over being paid. For some people, it isn’t about pay, and being paid or not doesn’t make you a Professional squad, it’s how you act and carry yourself.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
my department is …
my department is vol and we get like 15+ a yr
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
What are u talking …
What are u talking about what satatistices are u reading because my volunteer house gets more then 1 ever three years we get like 40 to 60 a year or more look it up!!!!!!!!!!!
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Well they say their …
Well they say their 100% volunteer. And the statistics say that a volunteer FD ussually gets 1 house fire every 3 years. So I think they should become professional
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
because i heard …
because i heard that most of the guys their are proffesional from like dcfd so i think its like a training or something
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Great video…but …
Great video…but why dont they turn Kentland VFD into a professional FD…They have more house fires than a usual VFD…more MVAs than a VFD.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
GREAT VIDEO….
GREAT VIDEO….