Our Mayor here in Anchorage put a stop to our firemen doing this on paid time. Our city is in financial crisis due to the previous mayor pulling some crafty business with union contracts etc. so cuts have been made including this activity. Also we have some problems with other organizations wanting fair use of our firemen to support their causes. So the Mayor put a stop to it all the way around. The firemen can choose to do it on their own time but not on paid city time. It will probably come to that in many cities across America due to fiances and organizations that are less than desirable wanting equal use of city personnel.