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.
Local leaders urged state lawmakers to invest in school-based training, public safety education and regional partnerships to attract the next generation of first responders
The 37-year-old Murdo firefighter died after being ejected from a fire apparatus in a rollover crash
Thousands of convenience stores across the U.S. will offer free coffee, drinks or snacks to uniformed first responders on July 24 as part of the 2025 24/7 Day
More than 80 departments and dozens of volunteers have pitched in to help Farmington firefighters after the Sept. 16 explosion
Legislators said they have seen how hard it is to recruit and retain volunteers and that the paperwork required with fulfilling requests would be “burdensome”
Three trucks were damaged after more than a dozen shots were fired into the Ona Volunteer Fire Department building
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad is providing financial incentives to volunteers who live at the station in return for increased duty requirements
The Monarch Fire Company set up a GoFundMe page for the family, which has raised over $10,000
The film recounts the catastrophe in as-it-happened fashion from the moment of ignition and via harrowing first-hand footage
Fire department board president Jeff Stivenson said Vernon Township VFD was reorganizing to “better protect the community”
Length of service awards, college loan forgiveness, tuition assistance and local property tax credits may soon be among the incentives available to responders
Kenyatta Mwambu, 17, was hit by a Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 ambulance in May while crossing a street
A package of 23 bills are aimed at addressing the well-being of responders and providing incentives to recruit and retain volunteer and career responders
A volunteer firefighter tried to stop Jessica Clines, but she struck him in the shoulder with the mirror of the truck
Lyle Walker-Pugh was struck at the corner of his eye by ammo that traveled through his head and exited behind his ear
The Glosson family’s tradition of public service began in 1956 when Emmett Glosson first suited up at Austin Central Fire Station 1
Michael Johnston, a member of the Equality Volunteer Fire Department, was responding to a brush fire at the time of the crash
The Make Me a Firefighter campaign helps departments connect volunteers with opportunities
A Florida volunteer fire department has since been shut down pending an investigation into the incident
A witness said the rigs were heading in opposite directions when one veered to avoid a car that had stopped in the road
Steven Henderson and another firefighter were inspecting their fire truck on the side of the road when another firefighter struck them with his POV
Scott Orr speaks with Jack Kline about his recent op-ed about how to reverse the volunteer firefighting staffing shortage trend
“You never expect to go through it. Never. It’s just unreal,” firefighter Joseph Small said
The study will assess current fire service response, identify strengths, make comparisons to benchmarks and make suggestions for future fire service response
Terry Gough, 52, has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatality accident
Anthony Jackson joined the Pedricktown Fire Co. as a junior firefighter and was serving as an assistant chief for the company at the time of his death
Sgt. James Johnston, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist and volunteer firefighter, was killed in south-central Afghanistan
Firefighter Dan Ravenhorst was responding to a mobile home fire when he suffered a heart attack
Dakotah Mingee, 19, pleaded no contest to setting fire to a building on a remote road
James Devane responded to a 2011 house fire that earned three New Hyde Park firefighters the Gold Medal of Valor for Devane’s and another firefighter rescue
Rep. Chris Sainato’s House Bill 1834 will extend the expiring Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant program if it passes the floor vote
Nicholas Leone, 22, and Dylan Dalessio, 19, allegedly caused a fire that destroyed a furniture store in January
Reading Firefighter Robert Louis Berger was operating a tractor with a backhoe attachment and was digging a hole when he became pinned
