Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’
Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’
The US has this. The majority of fireman in the US are volunteers. But they are rarely called out for more than a few hours at a time (my neighbor went to a large fire for several days once, but that is extremely rare). Fighting a large brush fire could take weeks.