Greenfield Fire Territory recruits check their breathing equipment during a training session in 2019. For the expense of properly training firefighters -- the cost runs into the thousands of dollars -- departments want that investment to go toward full-time first-responders, not volunteers. (Tom Russo | Daily Reporter)
"We got tired of paying thousands to train firefighters and watching them leave and go elsewhere around the state," said Chief Brandon Kleine of the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department. (Tom Russo | Daily Reporter)