The Tiltonsville Volunteer Fire Department in Southeast Ohio long struggled with lengthy response times for emergency calls. In recent years, they’ve embraced a new model. Three years ago, when people ...

The city of Norwich says that response times have improved since NFD took over in Yantic, but Volunteer chiefs dispute it. What they're saying.

A wave of nerves rolled through the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Department when the idea of forming a Qualified Response Unit ...

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 ...