WV Volunteer Fire Official Pleads to Insurance Fraud After Burning Down His Home August 23, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A former West Virginia volunteer fire official is awaiting sentencing after he admitted to setting fire to his home, filing...
Oklahoma Sees Increase in Number of Volunteer Firefighters November 28, 2017 Almost 200 new volunteer firefighters have joined rural fire departments in Oklahoma two years after successful legislation eliminated the age...
Rural Utah Fire Departments Grind to Keep Up Daytime Manpower April 19, 2016 By Amy MaCavinta Fire chiefs in rural Cache Valley say when someone calls 911, they always manage to send a team to help,...
Alabama’s Volunteer Fire Departments Not Alone in Recruiting Struggles July 22, 2014 By Greg Phillips, The Dothan Eagle They’re often the first ones on the scene of major emergencies, but their numbers appear to be dwindling. Volunteer firefighters...
Delaware Senate Bill Would Fund Volunteer Ambulance Services May 16, 2014 The state Senate is set to vote on one of a series of bills aimed at providing more money to...
Trusted Choice Grants Support Texas Volunteer Fire Departments February 25, 2013 The Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office announced that Texas independent insurance agents, who operate in their communities under the Trusted...
Funds Withheld for 5 West Virginia Fire Departments September 26, 2012 Kanawha County, West Virginia, officials are refusing to give taxpayer funds to five volunteer fire departments that haven’t shared their...
Eastern Kentucky Fire Departments Struggle to Find Volunteers February 28, 2012 Fire departments in eastern Kentucky are struggling to find enough volunteers. Pike County Emergency Management Director Doug Tackett told the...
Tennessee Fire Departments Lacking in Volunteers September 20, 2011 While calls to volunteer fire departments are on the rise, the ranks of these volunteers are dwindling in Middle Tennessee...
West Virginia Backs Workers’ Compensation for Volunteer Firefighters March 4, 2011 West Virginia lawmakers appear willing to help the state’s volunteer fire departments with their workers’ compensation expenses. The House and...