RS Firefighters Complete Additional Training

Being a volunteer firefighter takes a level of commitment that goes beyond showing up on the scene of an incident. While having an adequate amount of manpower to fight a fire is vital, it’s the things the public doesn’t see, the hours of training done on their own time and dime that takes these volunteers to another level of dedication to public service.

Nationwide, fire houses are facing a shortage of volunteers, and while local numbers vary by station houses, they are not as strong as the chiefs of the Cove’s respective fire companies would like. However, the men and women who do serve have...