Per state law, Tennessee counties are not required to give volunteer fire departments any money, if they don’t want to.

A volunteer firefighter reaches for his gear at the Kalida Volunteer Fire Department. Area volunteer fire departments’ chiefs said they felt the strain of needing more people to help. The “help wanted ...

Volunteer fire fighters are the first to respond to fires, car crashes and other emergency situations in rural communities ...

SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Volunteer fire departments in Sumner County may be in line for more funding. The move comes at the request of multiple volunteer fire stations within the county that ...

The tests were originally scheduled for Saturdays, but the change was made due to more volunteer fire personnel being ...