The volunteer and career fire services have historically been populated by many who had previously served in the military. They proudly returned from national service and transitioned to domestic service, bringing many skills and leadership traits with them. If you look back at the ranks in the years when many suburban and rural US volunteer fire companies came into existence (30s & 40s), you ... (Full Story & Photos)

It may be Gary McCormick in the white helmet.

After the election this week, and the voters speaking, it appears the community name of "Mars, " in some form, is destined to return to our gear and apparatus. What old is new!... (Full Story & Photos)

SANTA ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎅🏻🎄🎁

It is that time of year again!! Scheduling for this years Santa visits will be slightly different than years past. This year, we will not be accepting visit requests until this Saturday (November 7th) at 8 am. With growing popularity and neighborhoods in our district, we are doing this in an attempt to give all our wonderful neighborhoods a fair chance to secure the ... (Full Story & Photos)

reminder to everyone to be extra vigilant on the roads tomorrow evening, as the kiddos will be out in full force!

As like in years past, the Adams Area Volunteers will be out in the community, However, we will not be driving around as we did in the past. Due to the number of Kids out, and our rapidly growing area, out of an abundance of caution we have decided to post up at several locations, and ... (Full Story)

The top image is circa 1995, during a crash investigation. The lower image (borrowed from a 228 Times post), is recent.... (Full Story & Photos)