VFAO

08/29/2026

Fire officials say the county’s volunteer firefighters are aging, and new members have been harder to find. County EMS crews are often first to fire scenes, yet current policy can leave them standing by while shorthanded fire companies get to work.https://www.ems1.com/fire-ems/md-county-weighs-using-ems-crews-to-help-shorthanded-firefighters?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

08/13/2026

08/11/2026

As our wildfire danger increases, please take the time to review your home defense.

https://www.nvfc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/WFAP-home-assessment-checklist.pdf

08/09/2026

🍝 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 🚒

Join Prue Fire Department on Saturday, September 5th from 5–7 PM at Prue Assembly for our Spaghetti Dinner!

Bring the whole family out for good food, family fun, and our AR-15 raffle!

We also want to give a HUGE thank you to the businesses helping make this event possible:

🥩 Wild Country Meats is donating ALL of the meat for our spaghetti dinner!

🏰 Cox Family Inflatables LLC is donating their equipment so we can have some extra fun for the kids!

We are incredibly thankful for local businesses that step up and support our department and our community.

🎟️ Raffle tickets are available now from any Prue Volunteer Fire Department member or you can purchase tickets at City Hall. You do not have to be present to win.

Come eat with us, bring the family, and support your local volunteer firefighters! ❤️🚒

08/09/2026

Somewhere, in a room you'll never sit in, someone looked at a spreadsheet and decided your crew could run short.

Not because the calls slowed down. Not because the acuity dropped. Because it penciled out cheaper on paper.

They call it "budget efficiency." You call it running two-deep on a call that needed four hands. They get a bonus for hitting the number. You get to explain to a family why help took longer than it should have.

Understaffing isn't a mystery. It's a choice — made by people who will never feel what it costs.

08/09/2026

How is your department using AI? Here are some example prompts from Fire Engineering https://www.fireengineering.com/firefighting/fire-leadership/from-the-firehouse-to-fireground-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-fire-service/?utm_source=copilot.com