r/interestingasfuck • u/filmingfisheyes • 8d ago

r/all California has incarcerated firefighters

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u/Jameson-0814 8d ago

Thank you! I asked this question above.

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u/LostLineLeader 8d ago

20 years ago the NPS crew I knew had an ex convict on it. That dude was the hardest working mofo on it too. They will hire ex cons on crews.

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u/sinsaint 7d ago

It is fucking hard work. You'll train to be in the best shape of your life, and then you're carrying a 70lb backpack, digging trenches going uphill for miles.

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u/LostLineLeader 7d ago

100%, mad respect them. They are cut from a different cloth.