Ohio volunteer fire departments are funded through local levies. That forces small rural communities to rely on shoestring ...

Ohio’s volunteer firefighting system depends on the sacrifice of aging, underpaid and overworked Ohioans who serve their ...

With increased service calls, decreased recruitment and higher fatalities than the rest of the country, Ohio officials are ...

It’s often taken for granted, Cape Girardeau firefighter Chris Miller said, that people can call emergency services for a structure fire and know that a fire engine will soon arrive to extinguish it.

The majority of Ohio's volunteer fire departments are staffed by volunteers. While the number of volunteers is decreasing, ...