Yes, I am a volunteer firefighter with the RFS. In fact we are all volunteers, I fought alongisde a 17 yr old who was in the middle of his HSC (Like the SAT in the US or GSCE/A Levels in the UK). He had completed a 2 hour math exam that morning, did a 17 hour shift fighting th Blue Mountains fires, had a sleep and went off to his Physics exam, then was back at the front as soon as it was done.
When I hear people complaining about the 'youth' of today, I would like them to have a go at what some of these young blokes have been doing, unpaid, for the last month or so.