Emergency services suffering from lack of volunteers

Joanna Richards — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:56:26 +0000

Recently, a local volunteer department was late responding to a fire in the town of LeRay in Jefferson County. The mutual aid system was activated and a nearby department responded to the blaze; fortunately, no one was hurt. But the incident did highlight a persistent and growing problem among the north country's primarily volunteer emergency services: a lack of manpower.