I was going to make it. Shar Porier is a reporter for The Banks County News. Believes emergency personnel deserve salary increase I am writing this article on behalf of all emergency personnel in the county. The question has come up many times about raising emergency personnel pay in the county. Well, I strongly support the recommendation.
Persons involved in emergency services are very underpaid.
I, too, am involved in such services and love the field very much, as do many of the personnel involved. We chose this career for the love of people, their well-being and our communities. Saving a life or even bettering one for an individual is very rewarding, however, by no means easy. Emergency personnel put their lives on the line every day. When a firefighter leaves his home to save someone else's, he never knows if he will return back to his family.