So New World Order...what's your point?   I bought gas at four dollars a gallon to respond to the station to answer calls...for free.   I wish we did get a call pay considering that I answer several hundred calls a year...for free.   Each call puts wear and tear on my vehicle and burns gas  and takes time and I'm a certified firefighter who has to get many hours of con-ed in fire and medical, haz-mat, and bloodborne pathogens each year!   So exactly what is the nature of your comment that it's "not all as pious as you simplify it to be"??   Seems to me that I spend a lot of money each year to help protect your butt and you're complaining about it!!