GREENSBORO, NC — The shortage of volunteer firefighters in North Carolina is reaching critically low levels.
As reported by the Greensboro News and Record, Throughout history, men and women from all walks of life have scrambled to answer the call of a fire. But things have changed. In the Triad, our volunteer firefighter shortage has reached a critical state.
Approximately every four days a life is lost to fire in North Carolina.
Volunteers make up the majority of our firefighter personnel.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 72 percent of North Carolina firefighters are volunteers, and we have lost an average of 600 firefighters every year since 2016.
Fewer volunteers create the need for us to call departments outside of our district to assist, leaving fewer firefighters to respond to fires elsewhere.
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