When many Ohioans call 911, the people who show up to help in their darkest hours are volunteers, armed with as little as 36 ...

With increased service calls, decreased recruitment and higher fatalities than the rest of the country, Ohio officials are ...

As emergency calls rise and the U.S. population continues to grow, a quiet crisis is unfolding: the country’s volunteer firefighter ranks — the backbone of fire protection in most communities — are ...

Ohio volunteer fire departments are funded through local levies. That forces small rural communities to rely on shoestring ...

West Virginia has more than 400 volunteer fire departments statewide, serving the public every day with unpaid firefighters ...

Maine's firefighter shortage is part of a national problem, but the state's size, rural makeup and aging population ...

Hiring trained volunteer firefighters to work part-time might address a call that Hazleton’s career firefighters have made to ...