A volunteer firefighter reaches for his gear at the Kalida Volunteer Fire Department. Area volunteer fire departments’ chiefs said they felt the strain of needing more people to help. The “help wanted ...

The Reedsport Volunteer Fire Department is in the process of replacing the two old fire sirens with new updated sirens. The reasons for this change is that our present sirens are from the World War II ...

PLEASANT VALLEY, W.Va. (WBOY) — After some technical problems, the Valley Volunteer Fire Department has decided to stop using its alert siren. According to the a post by the department, the siren has ...

After the updated Comfort sirens were installed, the volunteer fire department spent months getting the community used to the siren tests that sound daily at noon, putting out messaging that if they ...

Sirens at rural volunteer fire stations are a tradition. In days gone by, they literally called the firefighters to the station. But in recent years, as more homes were built near fire departments, ...

After a teenager died in a flash flood last summer, the Town Council plans to install two sirens to make sure residents know ...

When a fire breaks out in Oyster Bay overnight, volunteer firefighters are alerted to the blaze. A text is sent. A radio relays the information. Then a loud fire horn blares through the hamlet. The ...

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 ...

Jan. 24—The "help wanted" ad for the Cridersville Volunteer Fire Department in Auglaize County is as honest as it can be. "Odd hours, no pay, cool hat," it shared in a Facebook post. It's one of a few ...