MARION — At the Sept. 7 meeting of the Marion Select Board, there was cause for celebration as members of the Marion Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, were awarded […]
We must take a stand for Volunteers
We must take a stand for volunteers – our essential workers – to ease financial burdens The public and elected officials need to better understand the impact of inflation and […]
Volunteer Firefighters Have Higher Levels of “Forever Chemicals”
Levels of potentially health-threatening chemicals rise with years of service, Rutgers study finds Volunteer firefighters — who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service — have higher […]
Calling all Volunteers: 3 Ways to increase the Volunteer Member Pool
It’s 3:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning. Tones have just dropped for a medical call for a 72-year-old female who has fallen. Silence over the radio as you get up […]
‘And that’s OK’: Not all Volunteers want to operate like FDNY
Volunteers have lives beyond our station walls, and we cannot force them to all have the same level of commitment and passion FireRescue1 Voices is a place where firefighters across the […]
Unfamiliar Avenues: Engaging future Volunteers
It will take a unique mix of leadership, external communications and technological solutions to reverse the downward trend in volunteerism Ask a group of volunteers why they join the fire […]