volunteer-fire-departments
Rural Pa. training program helps fill dire volunteer firefighter, EMS shortage
Officials are sounding the alarm. One educator is looking to the next generation to put out the blaze.
‘Are we doing what’s best?’ How one Pa. fire department is trying to save its volunteer service
The volunteer firefighting tradition in Pa. is disappearing. Supporters are doing what they can to prevent it.
Pa.’s volunteer fire departments are in crisis. How Pa. lawmakers are moving to help | Mark O’Keefe
In 1970, there were about 300,000 volunteer firefighters in Pennsylvania. That number has plummeted to 38,000 today.