Sound the Alarm

The Ohio Newsroom

‘If we don’t do it, who’s going to?’ The hidden cost of Ohio’s volunteer firefighter shortage

Kendall Crawford

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

A tale of 2 volunteer fire departments: What money means when lives are on the line

Kendall Crawford

Ohio volunteer fire departments are funded through local levies. That forces small rural communities to rely on shoestring budgets to keep their communities safe.
The Ohio Newsroom

The roots of Ohio’s volunteer firefighting crisis go back centuries

Abbey Marshall, Ideastream Public Media

With increased service calls, decreased recruitment and higher fatalities than the rest of the country, Ohio officials are sounding the alarm on the volunteer firefighter crisis.