Nothing for nothing but when I joined the fire service over 15 years ago, you had to be accepted by your peers and earn their respect. You knew when to show up for training, you didn't have to make phone calls and send e-mails out to try and educate and train members. Today's firefighters want the respect of everyone but they need special invites to come out. Just listen to the radio, departments don't get off the floor because of that "solar pager" because its not an interesting enough call.