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CO Fire Departments Need 2,623 New Firefighters and 753 New Rigs

Colorado’s fire departments need 2,263 new firefighters and more than $25 million to buy an estimated 753 new trucks to fight fires over the next two years, according to a report released Monday by ...
WUNC

With fewer volunteer firefighters, NC lawmakers want to study future of rural fire departments

Small rural fire departments across North Carolina are struggling to recruit volunteer firefighters and pay for the rising cost of equipment. That’s prompting the state legislature to look more ...
Firehouse

Volunteer View: Developing Future Volunteer Fire Officers Through Training, Non-Fireground Experience & Mentoring

Justin Bailey explains ways that volunteer fire departments can make sure that future officers don't feel as though they ...

Ohio volunteer fire department hopeful after being forced to shut down online raffle sales

The Wintersville Volunteer Fire Department is hoping that a new bill being introduced in the Ohio legislature will allow them to resume online raffle sales, which were shut down due to a ...
Times Union

How New York’s volunteer fire departments are dealing with shortages

Thirty-six-year-old Justin Elliot has been involved with the Hudson Fire Department for more than half his life. At 14, he joined the department’s Explorer Program, which brings in future firefighters ...
News and Sentinel

Vienna Volunteer Fire Department captain looks back on 27 years of service

Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Tim Woollard will have been a firefighter in the community for 28 years in January. He ...
WDSU

Westwego Volunteer Fire Department hosting open house

The Westwego Volunteer Fire Department is inviting the community to its open house.Visitors will be able to tour the station, view fire apparatus and meet firefighters. Demonstrations and fire safety ...
nptelegraph

Fire Departments in Nebraska receive $10,000 grant from State Farm, National Volunteer Fire Council

State Farm and the National Volunteer Fire Council have teamed up for a second year to support local volunteer fire departments with funding to secure needed equipment to help keep their responders ...
WREG.com on MSN

MS volunteer fire department gets $10,000 grant

Volunteer firefighters in Marshall County, Miss., are getting help to purchase new equipment through a grant from State Farm ...

Waldens Creek Volunteer Fire Department welcomes new mascot

Waldens Creek community members are already falling head-over-heels for the volunteer fire department's newest recruit.
KETV Omaha

'Our volume has increased': Blair seeking to add paid position to volunteer fire department

IT’S RESPONDING TO 100 MORE CALLS EACH YEAR. THEY POINT TO THE CITY’S ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND THAT’S WHY CITY OFFICIALS HOPE TO MOVE THE DEPARTMENT AWAY FROM BEING SOLELY VOLUNTEER. KETV NEWSWATCH ...
wdam

Public invited to Rustin Volunteer Fire Department open house

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - The Rustin Volunteer Fire Department has a new station in Laurel, and they are inviting the public to an open house happening this weekend. Two years ago, the department ...