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From what I've seen across the country, many communities have volunteer FD's. My dad in Maryland has a volunteer FD.
I used to volunteer at Deer Springs FD in North San Diego County way back in the day - 1982 or so. I don't know if it's still a volunteer organization or not, but it seemed to work out pretty well. There was definitely a difference, though, in professional paid staff versus volunteers. You can be a lot more choosy with paid. If it were me, I think I'd prefer to have paid vs volunteer protection.
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