Ohio volunteer fire departments are funded through local levies. That forces small rural communities to rely on shoestring ...

Some days, it means leaving a family ballgame. Other days, an evening dinner, or responding to a 3 a.m. call before a normal ...

When many Ohioans call 911, the people who show up to help in their darkest hours are volunteers, armed with as little as 36 ...

“It’s very heartbreaking," one chief said.

With increased service calls, decreased recruitment and higher fatalities than the rest of the country, Ohio officials are ...

After fierce community backlash, Surry Commissioners reviewed a proposal that keeps all 17 fire districts intact, and keeps ...