When Benjamin Franklin founded America’s first volunteer fire company in December 1736, he had no idea he was starting a tradition that would define community service for centuries to come. The Union ...
Joseph Maruca has been fighting fires and helping his community for nearly 50 years. (NAPSI)—Joseph Maruca didn’t exactly mean to join the volunteer fire service. It was April 1977, and the then high ...
Bailey Shepard vividly remembers the sense of belonging he felt the first time he put on a firefighter’s helmet. It was a weekend day, and his family was at the Berlin Mall. Out in the parking lot, ...
(NAPSI)—Joseph Maruca didn’t exactly mean to join the volunteer fire service. It was April 1977, and the then high school senior had gone to the hardware store to purchase cement for footings on his ...