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Originally Posted by JDNSW
That statement could cut across a raft of volunteer organisations. We live in a selfish society.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
That statement could cut across a raft of volunteer organisations. We live in a selfish society.
That is part of it, but there are other factors as well, apart from the red tape I mentioned. We live in an ageing society - for example, the average age of farmers in this state is 59 (that is the average - just think about it for a moment!) and we also have the highest average working hours since WW2, which doesn't leave a lot of time for volunteering, so that any disencouragement to volunteer should be (but isn't) carefully weighed before being introduced.Quote:
Originally Posted by mittadisco
John
Forget about the admin side of it, consider joining as a way of repaying the community for your enjoyable use of the bush for your hobby. In the process you will learn new skills which are now accredited nationally and I am sure you will also meet some property owners which will lead to other benifits.
If you are a Gov employee you can usually be released for duty on full pay.
As with the Canberra fires (and the current US fires) you dont have to live in the bush to be burned out by a so called bush fire.
People tend to have short memories, but I can assure you when the flames are lapping I have not met anyone not happy to see the crew in the bright Yellows arrive.