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Are Lawrence firefighters volunteer or do they get paid?

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Yes, when they respond to a call and for our training. Our members carry pagers and work their regular jobs. When the pager goes off, they respond to the call, perform their duties as a firefighter, and return to work. The same holds true for calls at night, our members respond from home to the call. Neither of our stations has any full-time staffing although you can oftentimes find our members at the station training or performing equipment maintenance.