Article: SEN. BOB CASEY AND REP. JASON ALTMIRESEN. BOB CASEY AND REP. JASON ALTMIRE HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES AND THE RISING COST OF GASOLINE

Article: Managers and the volunteer fire service: sharing common ground.
Public Management;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......as challenging as the ones that use volunteer fire and emergency service personnel. Most...administrators will agree that the volunteer fire service is a unique animal with its...total service-delivery package. The volunteer fire service, however, does not have to...

Article: USFA, NVFC RELEASE UPDATED HEALTH, WELLNESS GUIDE FOR, VOLUNTEER FIRE, EMERGENCY SERVICES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 5, 2009 ;     442 words ......working with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), has issued...and Wellness Guide for the Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services. The...focused on the needs of the volunteer fire service. The document addresses...

Article: NVFC provides resources for retention & recruitment.(National Volunteer Fire Council)
Firehouse Magazine;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) has long been on...retention issues affecting the volunteer fire and emergency services. From retention...facing the dwindling ranks of the volunteer fire service. In the past decade, there...

Article: REP. BARTLETT ANNOUNCES GRANTS TO FUNKSTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OF $226,094 AND TO MT. AETNA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF $139,650
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 28, 2007 ;     243 words ......Bartlett (R-6-MD) today announced that a volunteer fire company and a volunteer fire department in Washington County will each receive federal grants. The Funkstown Volunteer Fire Company will receive a federal grant of...

Article: Volunteer fire company gets $84K federal grant
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  November 16, 2006 ;     110 words ...New Alexandria volunteer fire department on Wednesday was awarded...program is designed to assist volunteer fire departments in a wide range of...program funding were the Sipesville volunteer fire company in Somerset County, which...

Article: 2008 VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSISTANCE GRANTS AWARDED
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 25, 2008 ;     383 words ......of Natural Resources awarded 37 volunteer fire departments located in 12 counties with a 2008 Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) grant to increase...available to assist 61 percent of the volunteer fire departments that applied this year...

Article: Volunteer fire departments struggle to find those who can give up personal time to maintain public safety.
Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX);  July 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......happened to them. I never realized the volunteer fire department was there because I never...now is fire chief of the Lake Rayburn Volunteer Fire Department. His department, like many...morning shifts that the West Orange Volunteer Fire Department is actively recruiting to...

Article: VOLUNTEER FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 8, 2006 ;     454 words ......Pennsylvania rely on the services of volunteer fire and EMS companies, whose members selflessly...reauthorize Pennsylvania's $25 million Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service...provides grants to more than 2,500 volunteer fire, rescue and EMS companies throughout...

Article: Pennsylvania Ridge Administration Announces First Volunteer Fire And Ambulance Company Grant Recipients in Southeastern PA.
PR Newswire;  October 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ......nearly $2.7 million in grants to 285 volunteer fire and ambulance companies in Southeastern...direct grant program for Pennsylvania's volunteer fire and ambulance companies that protect...Company of West Chester and 284 other volunteer fire and ambulance services in Southeastern...

Article: REP. MUSTIO HELPS SECURE MORE THAN $60,000 IN FUNDING FOR LOCAL MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS, VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 8, 2006 ;     309 words ......today that six local EMS providers and volunteer fire companies have been awarded approximately...survival of our local EMS providers and volunteer fire departments," said Mustio. "I will...are as follows: * Robinson Township Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services...

Article: Montgomery, Ala.-Area Volunteer Fire Departments Await Funding Decision.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 14, 2004 ;     642 words ......state Legislature adjourns Monday, volunteer fire departments across the area will know...state General Fund -- which money to volunteer fire departments is allocated from -- still...make do with that, said Old Kingston Volunteer Fire Department Chief James Hunter. We buy...

Article: National Volunteer Fire Council and Cardiac Science Form Partnership to Encourage Purchase of Powerheart(R) Automated External Defibrillator; Council Represents 19,000 Volunteer Fire Departments Nationwide; Cardiac Arrest Cited by US Fire Authority As Leading Killer of Fire Personnel.
PR Newswire;  March 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ......distributor EMSC, with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) whereby the council...furthers the interests of more than 19,000 volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services...NVFC and the Fire Chief of the LaFarge Volunteer Fire Department in LaFarge, WI said he is...

Article: REP. BARTLETT ANNOUNCES A $43,370 GRANT TO CORRIGANVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 23, 2008 ;     339 words ......today announced that the Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company in Allegany County will receive...43,370 grant to the Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company is part of the federal government...inside buildings. The Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company deserves our congratulations...

Article: PROSPECT'S VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AWARDED NEARLY $30,000 FOR PROTECTIVE GEAR
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 7, 2008 ;     322 words ......Conn. -3) announced that the Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect has been...Firefighters Grant Program. The Volunteer Fire Department will provide $1,492 in matching funds. To assist the Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect's grant...