Nearly $8M in grants awarded to Ohio volunteer fire departments, including nearly $1M locally

Several local volunteer fire departments will receive new state funding to help smaller departments upgrade equipment, improve facilities and support firefighter training.

MA Firefighting Academy graduates Templeton, Phillipston recruits

Phillipston and Templeton firefighters are among 33 graduates of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy's training program.
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Ohio's volunteer firefighters often face bigger fires with less training

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, ...
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Advanced training strengthens Ocracoke’s Volunteer Fire Department

Brandon Jones’s graduation day. With him are Vann O’Neal, left, and Fire Chief Albert O’Neal. Photo by Tracey Jackson By Peter Vankevich Personnel training for a volunteer fire department is vital ...
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Training for the Worst: Inside Volunteer Firefighter Survival Drills

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KTIV) - The North Sioux City Fire Department says it is always looking for people willing to step up and serve their community as volunteer firefighters and EMS. This comes as ...
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Lynnfield firefighters graduate from academy

Thirty-four recruits from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Program graduated at the middle school Tuesday night, including two Lynnfielders: Niko ...
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Mounting problems: Ohio's volunteer firefighters often face bigger fires with less training

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, ...