Retired Firefighter Interview l Hello Age
Channel: Hello Age
Date: 06/12/2023

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How much do you know about the history of our firefighters? 🧑‍🚒

1736 was the year America’s first all-volunteer fire service, the Union Fire Company, was formed. Armed only with tin buckets, the 30 volunteers of the Union Fire Company vowed to protect all members of their community from the growing danger of fire. 

287 years later, Americans rely on over 600,000 volunteer firefighters across the country. But that number is dwindling. In Pennsylvania, the birthplace of the volunteer firefighter, the number of volunteer firefighters has dropped from 300,000 in the 1970s to only 38,000 in 2018. 

We sat down with T.J. Nedrow, a trained EMT and a volunteer firefighter for nearly 30 years, to talk about his experience in and after the fire service.  

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