NEW YORK (WABC) -- Volunteer fire departments in New York may soon be able to bill insurance companies, including Medicare and Medicaid, for ambulance calls. For 16 years, volunteer fire companies ...

Veteran volunteer firefighter Pat Vannozzi wasn't looking for any accolades when he answered the call to service on the evening of Oct. 21, 2006. Vannozzi and his fellow firefighters at the Clark ...

The state's 60 volunteer fire companies will not have to offer health insurance to their firefighters, emergency medical technicians and other volunteers in order to comply with requirements of the ...

In most Connecticut towns, volunteer firefighters are depended upon to answer calls for everything from flooded basements and car engine blazes to rescues of people and property from burning homes.

May 04--State officials are working to help fire departments recruit and retain volunteers, clear up a backlog of inspections and work harder investigating arson cases, according to North Carolina ...

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Teddy Wolfe, director of the Orangeburg Fire District highlighted the ongoing struggles faced by volunteer fire departments, noting that 65% of fire departments nationwide, ...

Volunteers feared the insurance rates for personnel would force them to close. Source Firehouse.com A loud sigh of relief was heard in fire and rescue stations 'round the country late Friday afternoon ...

The IRS considers volunteers to be employees of their departments, so Obamacare would require the agency to insure all members. Source The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. Dec. 05--A local congressman ...

CHICAGO & BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company (SVMIC), a physician-owned mutual providing medical professional liability insurance to healthcare providers in ...

TOKYO – Many people are likely planning to spend the Golden Week holiday period, which starts Friday, volunteering to help victims of the Kumamoto Earthquake. Authorities are urging such people to ...