Saving lives: Volunteer firefighters on LI
Quick ReadIn Nassau, a total of 9,500 firefighters volunteer. In Suffolk County, there are about 11,000 volunteer firefighters. Here's what you need to know to get started.
Photo credit: Photo by Michael Nagle | Jonah Yoon (L) and Yuki Tanaka (company 5) volunteer at the Syosset Volunteer Fire Department. (Jan. 20, 2010)
Everyone knows their community has a volunteer fire department. But did you know that you, too, can become a local hero riding to the rescue on fire department emergency calls?
In Nassau, a total of 9,500 firefighters volunteer at 71 fire departments. In Suffolk County, there are about 11,000 firefighters and 110 departments.
"Local fire departments are always trying to recruit new members,"...
