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Wow, kind of shocked at the negativity this brings out. People are sure quick to infer this guy is some kind of scammer, based upon the ignorance of thinking you know how OT works for firefighters (i.e. that he was claiming to work 21hrs per day all year). Perhaps it was partly due to chopping off the "...Battling Raging Wildfires" from the title, so now everybody is all jealous that he made such a killing (without a law degree? without running his father's business? - travesty!). Even the original article is making the 'we need more personnel, this is causing burnout' argument, not some 'look at the grafters bilking the system' angle. You couldn't pay me enough to risk my life doing this, and as far as I'm concerned LEOs and First Responders should all be paid more. OT costs are the only incentive that legislators have to bulk up the staffing, instead of the stupid showy shit they spend money on for good press. OK rant over...
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