Volunteer Fire Service
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The Norwich council voted to create a fire services director position and rejected a boost to volunteer firefighter retirement pensions
The firefighter was driving a Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Company SUV at the time of the crash, and was transported to the hospital for his medical treatment
The former volunteer firefighter was sentenced to more than eight years in prison
Firefighter Caleb Benfield was on his way back to his fire station when he lost control of his motorcycle
Take these steps to keep your fire truck performing when Mother Nature turns ugly
The move from career to on-call will bump the response time from 5 minutes to 9 minutes
The female firefighters say they are proud to appear in the calendar that will raise money for a child cancer charity
The annual memorial service should remind us to re-commit to preventing line-of-duty deaths
‘Financial mess,’ leaves county unable to fund fire department operations and with no long-term plan for fire coverage
The Corinth Fire Dept. was badly unequipped with no running water and just a garage and dirt floor
Three suspicious fires have damaged and destroyed three buildings that were in the process of being repaired from a previous flood
3 new pumpers and 4 new tankers will be used largely by volunteers protecting wildland area
Despite bad weather, community members still attended the volunteer fire dept’s BBQ
The firefighters tied a hose around the horse to lift it out
The memorial is adorned with a plaque that has 85 names of firefighters who have died in the line of duty
The one-day benefit raised $7,000 for Fire and EMS departments
Fire chief wants to convert volunteer firefighters into reserves
Following a scathing report in March, the Scottish government wants to see what progress has been made
Firefighters competed to gather the most peanut butter to send to Haiti, gathering almost 700 pounds
Five students have desgined an 11,500 square foot fire station for the Sourdough Volunteer Fire Dept.
The volunteers, a husband and wife, lost control of the apparatus they were driving
“Banshee” hopes to unite EMTs and paramedics and fight for fairer wages
the 18-year-old firefighter has been ordered to 180 days in jail
The Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service was one of the first on the scene at the plane crash that killed 19
Mark Twain’s inspiration for Tom Sawyer has been hotly debated but new analysis claims to prove character’s real identity
This makes the third volunteer department to close and turn over fire and rescue responsibilities to a career department
They learned how to suppress a fire, turn off a gas line and set up a triage
The volunteer station had its public funding yanked and was unable to fill all shifts
Firefighter Jonathan Bedenbaugh allegedly stole $14,000 from the fire department in less than a year
Firefighter Justin E. Townsend was riding in the passenger seat of a pickup truck that lost control
Fire officials agree that it has become increasingly difficult to recruit and retain on-call firefighters