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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.

Volunteer firefighters learn how to protect property during calls by pulling a tarp over a plastic table and chairs during a training session last year at the Ohio Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg. At 83, ...

Volunteer firefighting in New York State developed out of community necessity and neighborly cooperation. In the colonial and early national periods, towns and villages had no organized public safety ...

Wealthier volunteer departments, like Gates Mills, pictured here, have more than one engine to respond to a fire. In poorer and rural areas, it's difficult to maintain a single engine. The smell of ...