I took the trainings and am certified with both PB & Parr, but have never gone out on assignment. I was called 3 or 4 times, but declined for many of the reasons already elaborated on in other posts. Bruce hit on most of them. I have decided I am better off staying home and building my inspection business. If you are gone for a period of time the people who have been calling you will go somewhere else and may not come back when you return. There are just too many unknowns when you are deployed and with the expenses ongoing regardless of the work load I don't think it is worth the risk. I was called to Katrina and considered it, if for no other reason than I wanted to do something to help. I turned it down, again, because they couldn't even tell me if I would be able to find a place to sleep other than in my car. You are completely on your own in an unknown, chaotic environment with few, if any assurances about anything. If they had said that arrangements had been made for lodging I might have decided to put my business aside for 3 weeks. Even then, I think it might have hurt my business for a long time in the future. I can't see myself ever doing this until I retire.