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.
The Park City Fire District has agree to cover calls for the North Summit Fire District for 60 days
New Mexico’s firefighters lost qualified immunity: Is your state next?
Of the 25-member department, eight volunteers have been accused of boycotting shifts or refusing to respond to a call
A grateful couple donated land to the Karns Fire Department for a substation, now they want it back
An injured firefighter is suing saying the chief and president’s lax attitude toward drinking on duty led to the crash
He had just finished a city department shift when a volunteer alert went off on his cell phone; he didn’t immediately register it was for the home he grew up in
This apparatus crash is a good excuse to take a hard look at age and the ability to fight fire
The 33-year-old firefighter suffered serious injuries after hitting the ground during a Santa Claus parade
The trooper crested a hill with lights and sirens then hit the apparatus, sending himself and two firefighters to the hospital
The volunteer department initially called did not have an apparatus in service
Watch this helmet-cam video of a truck crew venting a roof and weigh in on the training lessons it offers
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The winner of the contest is rewarded $1 million and given a trip to the Super Bowl; the deputy fire chief says it’s about much more than that
Firefighter Andrew Warren Cody served on the Mansfield Fire Department for 23 years
Firefighters Wyatt Pillen and Vincent Oedekoven were thrown from their vehicle after losing control; they were not wearing a seat belt at the time
The firefighter was in full cardiac arrest when other firefighters on scene administered CPR and used an AED to help him gain consciousness
Neil Gilbert, who started fighting fires at 15, died when his car went off the road and struck a tree on his way to work
Here’s a look at what is available in portable scene lighting packages and how much you can expect to pay
Volunteer firefighter Greg Kretz was the winning entry in California Casualty’s “Firehouse Makeover Contest;" they will get a $10,000 overhaul
Fellow firefighters and his wife are working to raise money to honor and support the 70-year-old retired chief, who is now in hospice care
Charles Bruce, 52, was mistaken for a deer and shot in the chest on a hunting trip with fellow firefighters; DA may press homicide charges as a ''wake up call’ to hunters
His charge went from public intoxication to disorderly conduct; he was ordered to pay a $100 fine, plus he has to stay enrolled in an alcohol rehab program
The firefighter tripped and injured his knee while working around the fire apparatus outside
Volunteer fire departments that allow members to respond in personal vehicles handicap their ability to bring the emergency under control
A long-running contract dispute boiled over when the commission set out to buy apparatus it would use if it broke with the fire department
The ruling strips the county commission of authority to dictate where and how the department can respond
So far half of the $5,000 goal has been raised via the online donation site
Volunteer firefighters have protected all 25 buildings from fire damage so far
Responding local fire departments remained on standby in case the company’s firefighters could not handle the blaze
Andrew Cushman, 25, faces a felony charge for allegedly stealing from the department’s bank accounts
Michael Heaney, who was 25 at the time, died over the weekend from complications stemming from the crash