A volunteer firefighter reaches for his gear at the Kalida Volunteer Fire Department. Area volunteer fire departments’ chiefs said they felt the strain of needing more people to help. The “help wanted ...

The Reedsport Volunteer Fire Department is in the process of replacing the two old fire sirens with new updated sirens. The reasons for this change is that our present sirens are from the World War II ...

Sirens at rural volunteer fire stations are a tradition. In days gone by, they literally called the firefighters to the station. But in recent years, as more homes were built near fire departments, ...

VALLEY VIEW, Texas — The Valley View Volunteer Fire Department confirmed in a Facebook post on Wednesday evening that the town's warning sirens malfunctioned during the tornado that killed seven ...