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For rural fire departments, especially volunteer ones, funding and resources can be a challenge. Fortunately for the Camas ...
Smith said both structures caught fire. Led by the Oloh Volunteer Fire Department, firefighters from six Lamar County VFDs responded, Smith said. “It was a big to-do,” Smith said.
Multiple volunteer fire departments are rejecting a new fire service agreement with Onslow County due to what they say are unfair provisions. GOP rep: Threat to arrest Democratic colleagues ...
GALLATIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — Sumner County now has a brand new fire station to serve its rural areas — but the volunteers that run the department need your help to fund it. Captain Corey Young ...
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — Some Volunteer Fire Departments say they need more money to stay operational in Hamilton County. The departments went to the county commission recently, saying that they ...
The Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department is cutting all of its career firefighter positions. It comes after the Montgomery County Council approved a budget that will save nearly $1 million.
Those departments include volunteer fire departments, rescue squads and EMS. “Being volunteer agencies, we don’t have that money coming in from taxes from municipalities that a big city has, so these ...
AND RIGHT NOW, HEAVY HEARTS RIGHT NOW. NEW AT TEN. AS WE LEARNED, THE COVINGTON FIRE CHIEF HAS DIED. THE DEPARTMENT POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING CHIEF GARY BLOCKER JUNIOR DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO ...
Also, volunteer fire department chiefs told the County Commission their costs are escalating and it is getting much harder to find volunteers. Chiefs said new fire engines cost $800,000 to $1 ...
The rollover happened around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Facebook post from Merrimac Fire & Rescue. The agency says one of its water tenders lost control on Highway 113 north of Highway 78, went ...