Watching someone destroy your house even if it is burning and seeing them laugh and joke while destroying it is pretty tough to swallow, all the while laboring with a boatload of benefits and guaranteed retirement, and having a two day a week work week. As I said before, the military could do this function at 1/3 of the cost. As far as the guys salary, if he is compensated so comparably, then why are there tens of thousands of applicants for every firefighting opening ?