Worker shortages have plagued volunteer fire companies around the region for years. But for a Winslow Township community, the need has reached desperate levels, leading to the Cedar Brook firehouse shutdown. Siafa_Lewis reports
Skyrocketing costs, an increased demand for services, combined with a decrease in the ranks of volunteer firefighters, resulting in stations like this one being forced to close.“I feel, and many others feel, that are in my position, part of a national epidemic, to be honest with you. And we’re gonna get into there. It’s hurting our volunteer system,” Winslow Township Fire Chief Marc Rigberg said.
“We would like the community to help support us and find people that are willing and able to be volunteer firefighters. Some of the things that we’re discussing now that we’re putting some of the finances is to go out to the public in February for a staffing referendum, some additional volunteer incentives in that as well. And some additional equipment requests to support all these things,” Rigberg said.
“My concerns are that I live in the development that’s one street over. There’s 174 houses. There was 175, my neighbor’s house burned to the ground two Friday nights ago,” Leslie said.
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