WTOV

Calcutta Volunteer Fire Department receives grant for new equipment

The Calcutta Volunteer Fire Department has been awarded a firefighter grant from the Ohio Division of Natural Resources.The ...
WVXU

Looking forward: Will Ohio's volunteer fire departments survive?

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 ...
Rome Sentinel

Vote to decide future of embattled Poland Joint Fire District

The futures of the Poland Volunteer Fire Company and the Poland Joint Fire District are in the hands of area voters when they decided whether or not to dissolve the district in a vote on Tuesday, Feb.
WVXU

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

In the back of the ambulance, Peg Dugan could feel her husband’s pulse fading under her fingers. She called out his blood pressure levels — not to the crew she usually ran calls with as a volunteer ...

Structure fire in Belmont County, crews on scene

Emergency crews are responding to a structure fire on Maple Lane off County Road 4 in Belmont County, officials said.