Joseph Maruca has been fighting fires and helping his community for nearly 50 years. (NAPSI)—Joseph Maruca didn’t exactly mean to join the volunteer fire service. It was April 1977, and the then high ...

Leaders of the eight fire departments that make up Mountain Top Mutual Aid gathered recently at Dorrance Twp. fire department ...

Jeff Hawryliw is a fourth-generation volunteer firefighter at Fairfield Hose Company. He follows in the family business of ...

Across the country, the volunteer fire service is experiencing a slow but deeply troubling decline—one marked not only by dwindling membership but also by internal dysfunction, low morale, and toxic ...

ENERGY IT COULD BRING TO DOWNTOWN. ALSO NEW TONIGHT MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AT THIS EVENING’S SURRY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING THAT WILL IMPACT HOW VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL GET THEIR FUNDING ...