To join as a volunteer firefighter, you can pick up an application at the fire station between 9 and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. Fourteen is the minimum age for a Cadet member and eighteen for volunteers. Consideration is given to those who live within the original fire district boundaries beginning at Pershing Road on the south.
Aerial 438 responded to a supervisory alarm at the Maroa-Forsyth Grade School following a thunderstorm. A power outage was in progress in the area and the alarm was tripped by the effects of the storm. Units were returned at 12:17 a.m. and automatic aid was disregarded.