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Who has time to volunteer when you have to work more than one full time job... With driving... People just don't care anymore more so in states that don't arrest or ticket drivers people use the law to drive illegally

M son has been volunteer fireman ( at ground zero 9/11) and an EMT/paramedic for over 20 years . He ,and many others , suffer PTSD BUT he and most others fight through that to provide care for we the public !!! Thank you Rob and Brook and others for your service and life changing work !

Where is the mortgage for givness. Just kidding

90 percent of loan forgiveness is for parasites Atleast the WW2 vets paid for their gi bills some with.their life's

Part of the problem is healthcare in general...especially in rural areas with a higher rate of families on welfare and medicaid. Medicaid requires an upfront fee or co-pay when you see a family dr or go to an urgent care center. But they don't require that fee if you go through the ER. And anyone who's been to ER more than once knows the wait is a lot shorter in the ER if you're being wheeled in by a medic than if you are a walk-in. So they're using 911 as a cheaper way to seek medical care. Also I think there's a lack of education regarding medicine in general. I was brought up in a family with medics and nurses, so I grew up knowing what constituted as an emergency and what did not and was taught to never abuse the 911 system. They also taught those things in elementary health class. Those lessons aren't being taught in school anymore. Some counties are circumventing the shortage of personnel by requiring their medics to also have fire training and their firefighters to also be an emt.

All this is the democratic party is trying to buy some voters that is it no more no less

There are many support positions needed also. There are Board positions, office support, budget committees needed, etc. Just stop in and ask!

There's an interesting if subliminal and entirely unintentional connection between 'Poo-pourri' and 'Orabrush', imaginatively packaged for the masses by two Mormon brothers raised under the umbrella of the church. 'Squatty Potty' establishes something of a theme. 😄 I had a High School graduate's intentions of working in the advertising snake pit of Madison Avenue and ascending prominently as an artful visionary, but I never realized the opportunity. 😆In hindsight, and not as 'sour grapes', I'm glad to have not been a part in that ultimately soul-selling machine. My first viewing of the 'Squatty Potty' ad -- the little anime-inflected Unicorn's 'performance' in particular -- had me laughing, asking everyone I knew if they'd seen it, fully appealing to my forever-adolescent sense of humor and the 'artist' within who long ago wanted to produce conceptually and visually captivating ad content. I've liked Mike's style and material since 'Dirty Jobs', and he does a great 'job' in the carry-over to this format, but in this whirlwind world I often pass over even what I'd like to watch on CZcams. I'm glad I clicked on this 'thumbnail'. It's cool to meet the minds behind some of the most successful -- both artistically and commercially -- advertising of the Internet era. Even in this age where we encounter literal four-second advertisements, most truly smart spectators won't allow the collective delivery phenomenon of 'TikTok' and 'Shorts' to erode their attention spans.That *_said,_* regardless of length, well-done ads are still good art, no matter their underlying purpose. I've seen arresting advertisements over the years, both print and video, that embed themselves as much as do museum masterpieces. *_That_* experience opens a new can o' werms.😋 I'm not even through this video yet. 😆

incredible episode! Thank you!

1:01:48 ''...we had pictures....''; In late October, 1983, Norman Schwarzkopf stood on the inside of the fence which separated the RUSSIAN EMBASSY in Grenada from the American liberated populace outside. He and I, solemnly, eye to eye, stood our ground silently on opposing sides of the fence, interminably. As the youthful mirror image of that maturing to be greater military genius, I wondered marvelously at the significance of my orders issued by the JAG. After G-2 intelligence gave general Schwarzcopf the all clear signal, the gate was opened. I was in the first group of a dozen to go freely into the embassy. I hustled through the foyer and directly into the documents repository. On the floor on top of excusable expediently discarded technical memorial evidence, was a 300 x 400 mm black and white photo presumably taken by Emmanuil Noevich Yevzerikhin (Russian: Эммануил Ноевич Евзерихин), of Barmalay Fountain snapped immediately following the bombing of Stalingrad, featuring the statued representation of the Children's Korhovod - six Soviet children dancing joyfully around an alligator ( www.stalingrad.net/russian-hq/barmaley-fountain/barmaley-fountain.html ). The symbolism of this event within events provides me infinite discernment through peerage as looking into the one true glass onion. By my hand, the rare photo was hung on the east wall of my private quarters at the Grenada Beach Hotel, Headquarters, Combined forces, for OPERATION URGENT FURY. I was assigned to post perimeter guard later that night. Arriving back at my room the following morning, the photo was missing, as well as ten 35mm rolls of 36 which I had taken while functioning as casualty reporter with my very own assigned jeep, during my first days of historicity motivated reconnaissance of the entire island after landing at the recently secured airfield. I believe that photos of the horrors of communist atrocities exist. Like the found photo of Barmaley Fountain and my history preserving rolls of film, having been neatly tucked away in a top secret vault, or hung on some obscure black-op retired colonel's private studio office wall. Bill Whittle must dig deeper. Artifacts remain. They must be made known to the free world. The stories behind the dark realities must be revealed.

Mike rockin the dad bod 😅

My dad first started his firefighting training in the Korean War then eventually became a captain for LAFD. If you start young and get your 25 years in you can retire with a great pension then move on to another career if you'd like or work a second job while on the department because of the shift patterns and retire in your fifties. Who wouldn't want that?

sea bees are badass

My first date with my husband was in November of 1973 and we went to see the school play…. “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.”

I haven't fought structure fires, but I was a wildland firefighter, hands down, the most rewarding thing I have ever done and if my health would allow, I'd still be doing it.

Okay, I'm not a firefighter (and I don't play one on TV) But I am a truck driver with well over 3 million miles. And the car wreck issue is constant. FROM WHAT I SEE in my seat is, Too many people are under the DELUSION that the technology in their cars exempts them from the law of physics!!! There is so much technology in the modern car that it gives people a false sense of security. And number 2, at least seven out of 10 people driving by me are driving by me looking at their phone. When I first started driving back in the late '60s, the only thing in your car was a radio. But you were driving your car. You were paying attention to the road to what the car was doing. The modern car is so cush people think they're on their couch in their living room while they're rolling down the road at 80 mph. And on top of that, they're staring at their cell phone instead of watching the road. Because I see a lot a majority of the wrecks that I see. I can't figure out how they happened other than the person in the driver seat was just not paying attention but there they are plowed into a tree off the side of the road

In 2005, an ounce of cannabis from Humboldt would sell for more money than gold. Weed worth more than gold per ounce…

Big hug to grandma

If the government hadn't drained our Social Security system for years we wouldn't have to look for money from our kids and grandkids! We put our money in!

I HIT GET THIS , A E.M.T AT A CROSSING the first responders knew him we were doing 50 thankfully he survived

To the point of the number of emergency calls going up, LOOK AT THE LIBTARDS AND LEFTIST, more and more STUPID PEOPLE BEING MADE.

Good to see you Mike. Still delivering the goods.!!

America is great but Maga is our enemy and Trump is evil

Kid wants to eat with the crew….the crew:a bunch of pretty women hahahaha,kid has his head on right

Thanks for introducing ppl to excellent role models.

I can relate to the Candice story somewhat, when i was going through basic training with a Fire department, paid position, we were training some volunteer firefighters on how to carry someone down a ladded, we put up a 50' extension ladder, me Captain choose me to demonstrate how it was done. I was 5'10" tall, weighed 160 lbs, of corse bigger than Candice, but I'll never forget that he was so big that twoo or three fighters couldn't pick him up to put him out the window. Not sure i remember now how much he weighed, but it was well over 300 lbs. I barely was able to reach around him to take him down the ladder. Candice would know how I did it and the technique used. She did and is doing a great job. Now at 76, im not sure if physically i could do anything to help out.

Sorry one of my friends deleted this vid

Off subject but kind of not. The eye story had me laughing and reminded of the time DMV decided I needed to be re tested. The counter has many stations each with an eye chart hanging from the ceiling. I have a blind eye that has a mind of its own where it wants to look. The guy behind the counter points to the chart behind him and tells me to read it, as soon as I start he stops me and says this chart not that one. I nod and say ok and start again the same thing. Third time he’s slightly irritated, Sir I said this one! I looked at him and pointed to my blind eye are you looking at this eye I’m blind in that eye. The look of oh crap on his face,,, I laughed told him I messing with him. I passed the test and told him sorry for messing with you.

The opening line of Mike's biography has to be "Over the years I've been allowed to attempt a great many things far beyond my actual skill set."

How CAN we restore the concept and pride of Civic Duty? We've drifted so far apart now... Outstanding interviews with both Candace McDonald and Jonathan Dayton! 👍

Actually, a fireman was the bad guy in the movie "Backdraft".

I love Jonathan’s perspective on finding or creating opportunity in your own community instead of leaving town. 😊

“Volunteerism has a selfish component…”, yeah, that’s why I am still a Scoutmaster for a Scouting America troop at the age of 63. I love hiking, camping and backpacking, and the Scouts gives me much greater opportunities to do that, than if I was not working with all our youth.

I paid $300 a month for 20 years on a $30,000 loan and it still wasn’t paid off. The interest is impossible to pay off that’s why I stopped paying the loan. Fuck them.

The department I was in had a guy lose his job because he got injured on a call due to him having to miss a weeks work. The only option he had then was to file workman’s comp. And they refused to pay anything because he was a volunteer. As a department we had to come up with money to get an insurance policy to cover our members or they would end up leaving. It got to the point that I left because I couldn’t afford to get injured because the insurance wasn’t going to pay enough to cover my bills. I do miss volunteering a lot

I think another contributing factor with the volunteer fire service is many volunteer firefighters used to work in small mom n pop shops that allowed them to leave job to respond. Corporate world isn't as inclined to allow that as mom n pop shops shutter up.

one question to ask is how forgiving are jobs if your a volunteer? bosses cant be happy or even some of your fellow workers if your skipping out half thru a shift. you might want to volunteer but after a discussion with your boss, you might not be able to. in short, whats in it for your boss besides a warm fuzzy that doesnt pay their bills?

Absolutely beautiful episode, thanks Mike

People are not just less competent behind the wheel. People are less competent full stop.

This young man gives me hope 🙏 😊

Thank you Mike for highlighting this subject. I was a volunteer for 30 years and with the exception of a few years in the 70's (yes the 70's) recruitment and retention has always been a big issue. At one point or another I've worked every job in the service, from washing floors and cleaning bathrooms, to Fire Chief but I feel strongly that the volunteer fire service always gave me back many times more than I ever put in....

Candace you're my HERO 😊

Oh don't get me started with Social Security. The Baby Boomers spent our entire working lives paying into the system. It is supposed to be our money we are receiving now. Enough to have a comfortable life with medical included. It has been the DC people who spent our money wrong. NOW they have the nerve to say they we expect them to pay for us to retire and yada yada yada. They mispent our money, now we have to pay for medical insurance and medicare really doesn't pay for anything, at least it hasn't so far us. The young workforce need to put the blame where it belongs.

Omg the pig fire 🤣 rotflmao 😝😝😝

First responders deserve all the attention to keep and remind people's attention to what they do thank you ALL 😊 😊

Distracted driving and impaired drivers and wrong way drivers because they don’t speak/read the language. Overdoses and other drug related or mental health problems all call 911 😢🤷‍♀️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Rural areas have their manpower working 1-3 hours away 5-6 days a week. Loads of work places where I live (dependant on rural stations) don't hire volunteers that will leave suddenly. So we have retirerees or disabled working the calls.

May Ralph Fuentes R.I.P🕊️2:10

I lived 10 miles away from where the Granite Mountain Hotshots died. The town was Yarnell, AZ. I saw the dry lightning strike late that afternoon and the breath went out of me. It was so close to our ranch and the wind was blowing towards us. I saw the local volunteer fire fighters from Skull Valley take off to answer the call. The fire started on a mt. side adjacent to a small neighborhood. It was so dry that it was just a tinder box. The town slowly rebuilt but has never fully recovered.

It’s this constant “ You’re first after me” mentality. Absolutely no consideration for others