Volunteer firemen furious with top official
The volunteer fire-fighters organisation has reacted furiously to a statement by fire chief Don Berghuijs in which he describes the volunteer sector as being ‘like a gentlemen’s club in need of professionalisation’.
Some 23,000 people work as volunteer fire-fighters but are not included in official talks on reforming the fire brigade.
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