What does the color of your fire company or department's trucks say? Traditionalist? Unique? Deviant? "Red means go fast!" Let's take a...

Entering the fire academy to complete fire fighter 1 is usually a 5-month process that will challenge a probie's body physically on the...

Volunteer firefighters don't have collective bargaining, a multi-million dollar political action committee and many other perks and...

1) Cancer You would be hard pressed to find a firefighter, volunteer or career, who doesn't know somebody in the fire service who has...

1) Face shield Pros Protects from the helmet brim to the bottom of the firefighter's mouth Some side protection for the eyes Can be worn...

1) Get out of jury duty That's right, as a volunteer firefighter you can get out of doing that dreaded civic responsibility called jury...

A junior firefighter program is what you put into it. A program that mentors and trains young people will bolster your fire department as...

There were firefighters that came before you, and hopefully there will be firefighters who follow you. So it means all the more that we...

The most contact many residents have with their local volunteer firefighters is either as a speeding red blur with lights and siren or as...

As mentioned in a previous post, the volunteer fire service is facing a 30 year low in membership, and at the same time a 30 year high in...

Every September in New Jersey a mass migration occurs where firefighters from more than 530 companies that are from all over the state...

It is a simple fact that people like to be appreciated for what they do. This means even more for volunteer firefighters who put in...

If you haven't figured it out yet, the days of attending a once a week firefighter 1 course that that takes less than 100 hours to...

Volunteers needed, a phrase that can be seen outside many a fire station in the United States. At this point for many volunteer fire...

Well, I guess this is where it begins. I'm Todd Evans, it says so on my license, passport and birth certificate but to the 42 people on...