Jackson County fire departments start new recruiting program as volunteer and paid on-call firefighter numbers drop from 30-40 to just 5-10 responders per call over past twenty years.
According to FASNY officials, the number of volunteer firefighters has decreased from 120,000 in the early 2000s to around 80 ...
The Elizabethtown Volunteer Fire Department has received $1,000 from the Protect Those Who Protect Us community initiative.