Here’s a link to a news story on FirefighterNation.com about
some volunteer fire departments in Pennsylvania who are teaming
up to reach out to local high school students for new recruits.
Nontheless, this is a great story of a fire department taking
necessary steps to ensure the survival and success of their
volunteer fire service. Agree or disagree, my helmet is off to
them for doing whatever it takes to keep their service going.
And I especially like the fact that they’re teaming up to do it.
Read it. Digest it. Discuss it here or discuss it there. Stay
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