The Medical Lake Fire Department does community outreach throughout the year, such as visiting Hallett Elementary School during Fire Prevention Week in October.
Volunteer numbers are down a little bit and the Medical Lake Fire Department is working to bolster its recruitment efforts.
"We've been talking to folks and getting stuff out there on social media and job websites," Fire Chief Jason Mayfield said.
Mayfield explained that numbers at Medical Lake, which is an all-volunteer agency, "kind of ebb and flowed a little bit" over the years. Some reasons why volunteers leave Medical Lake are because of conflicts with their work schedule, or "want to move on to other things." In the last couple of years, some have left because they found full-time firefi...
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