16 year old volunteer firefighter in Town of Western 

how do you respond to calls as a minor?

Here in the US that's considered a junior member in most departments. It's an insurance liability thing; most juniors aren't allowed to go interior and in some departments they aren't allowed to directly assist at all apart from auxiliary duties such as message running or refilling SCBA bottles. Her department is putting ALOT of trust in her, but she's definitely up to the challenge.

in the last almost 25 year in the US, teens have are now "children" both legally and socially pressure wise (top down).