Editor’s note: Area volunteer firefighters are staying busier than usual, fighting wind-driven field fires and debris fires that spread out of control. As evidence, look no further than recent articles in your local newspaper. With March and its tinder-drying winds on the way, if your business is firefighting, business may continue to be better than you want…
When you're a firefighter — either volunteer or paid — part of the deal is serving all members of the community, even the ones you'd like to rather forcefully tell: "Get off my planet."
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