A gap in coverage of its response district prompted the Monroe Township Fire Protection District to go beyond its installation of a paid-on-call structure to staff daytime firefighter/EMTs. Engaging ...

STEWARTVILLE, Minn. — There’s a common place in Ryan Podein’s childhood memories: the Stewartville fire station. He visited the station with his dad Mark on countless weekdays and weekends. The ...

Volunteer firefighters learn how to protect property during calls by pulling a tarp over a plastic table and chairs during a training session last year at the Ohio Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg. At 83, ...

The Tiltonsville Volunteer Fire Department in Southeast Ohio long struggled with lengthy response times for emergency calls. In recent years, they’ve embraced a new model. Three years ago, when people ...

In the back of the ambulance, Peg Dugan could feel her husband’s pulse fading under her fingers. She called out his blood pressure levels — not to the crew she usually ran calls with as a volunteer ...

Syracuse, N.Y. - Volunteer firefighters across the state, including in Onondaga County, are making a push for new state laws to allow volunteers to get paid for their work. Different ideas are being ...

Some volunteers aren't always behind a desk or in an office. Some are called to run into the face of danger while being part of a volunteer fire department. Jeff Hawryliw from Harborcreek is a ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– On Wednesday, leaders in multiple positions called for changes to increase volunteerism for fire departments, in a time when they say numbers have fallen to their lowest level ...

Since the early 2000s, there has been a significant decline in the number of volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel in New York State. It’s gone from roughly 120,000 volunteers to 75,000. Statewide, ...

Volunteer firefighters learn how to protect property during calls by pulling a tarp over a plastic table and chairs during a training session last year at the Ohio Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg. At 83, ...