Volunteer Fire Service
Volunteer firefighters provide fire suppression, rescue and emergency medical services in communities of all sizes. Volunteer firefighters, motivated to help others and serve their community, balance training and service with jobs and family obligations. Learn more about latest volunteer fire service news, access FireRescue1 training resources and explore funding and recruitment resources for volunteer fire departments.
Members of the Avondale and West Grove fire companies approved a consolidation plan that will create a single regional fire and EMS department serving 10 municipalities across southern Chester County
The Sublette Fire Department is launching the second year of its hands-on cadet training program for teens ages 15 to 19
From Stewartville to St. Charles, families are carrying on decades-long traditions of volunteer firefighting as departments rely on generational service
“The fire station I’ve been at for the past 10 years is gone. I mean, it looks like just something out of a movie,” said Hughes Springs Paramedic Justin Riehemann
“He told me that if it had been five more minutes, he doesn’t think he would have made it,” said Sumrall Volunteer Fire Chief Virginia Hayes
Limited staffing calls for being efficient in planning, training and member skills
The Harmonville Fire location’s redo will accommodate more firefighters, a bigger apparatus, a meeting space and a diesel exhaust system
Firefighter Kevin May served in the Westwood Volunteer Fire Department for 11 years and was the station’s Santa Claus each year
A Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Company firefighter described belittlement and other mistreatments; a town employee alleged sexual harassment
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency ordered evacuations because of two blazes
South Lockport Volunteer Fire Co. Chief Chris McClune discussed short staffing and increased EMS call volume with the City of Lockport’s Common Council
Megan Warfield, a firefighter with Baltimore County and the Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire Department, checked on a driver in an overturned vehicle
Survey respondents resoundingly recommend a career in the fire service – a vital stat amid growing recruitment challenges
“This legislation will add another tool for our members to use when recruiting and retaining volunteer firefighters and EMS providers,” said FASNY’s Michael Krummenacker
Carroll County Fire & EMS Director Michael Robinson Sr. said he plans to hire up to 240 employees in the next two years
Kengra S. Taylor spent the West End Fire Company’s funds on vacations, purchases and services at retailers and Harley Davidson dealerships, prosecutors say
They’ve been getting a free service for a long time
The rapper credited his fire service career for keeping him out of the drug scene and teaching him discipline
First, make sure you’re not using terms like “brotherhood” and “sisterhood” if you don’t treat potential members that way
Former Cambridge Springs Volunteer Fire Department Chief Christian French faces 18 charges
Mark A. Blake was a Westport EMS supervisor and served with his son and his brother at the Weston Volunteer Fire Department
Copenhagen residents have 30 days to collect signatures on a petition requesting a public vote on the department’s closure
Rural fire/EMS looks for creative recruiting solutions
The Copenhagen village board issued an ultimatum to fire leaders: turn the department’s finances over to the town or be dissolved completely
“He’d been nothing but a good fire chief,” Preston Firefighter Christian Collins said about Chase Stanford
Christopher Lee Osborne pleaded guilty to violating the teen girl’s civil rights by forcibly raping her at the Danville Fire Department last year
Data from the NFPA report “Firefighter Injuries on the Fireground” can guide us toward better use of PPE to mitigate injuries
McLean Volunteer Fire Department’s Timo Klotz helped free three people trapped under debris after an Uber driver crashed a car into the building
Hamilton Township’s Henry Roldan said a neighbor fled the home without help and that he made sure no one was left inside
Chris A. Taylor, a Potsdam volunteer firefighter and former chief, explained that paid drivers often arrive on scene before volunteer firefighters can
Ray Boyd Kerns, who later confessed, was among the more than 20 Woodstock firefighters who responded, in addition to mutual aid crews
The Roanoke County Police Department and the county’s internal auditor are investigating the Hollins Fire and Rescue Volunteer Squad
Riley Huiras was a member of the Grand Rapids Police Department’s Auxiliary Unit and served with the volunteer fire department where his father serves
