The number of volunteer firefighters in Pennsylvania's third-most populated county continues to fall, leaving first responders hopeful for new recruits.
Chief Kevin McDevitt of the Norrriton Volunteer Fire Department in Montgomery County says the decline in volunteers has been happening for 10 years and is exacerbated by growing populations.
On Tuesday morning alone, the department was called to three emergency calls in a row, including a gas leak at a shopping center in East Norriton. "I just love to help the feeling I know I helped somebody today," Jimmy Toth, an 18-year-old volunteer who provided mutual aid on Tuesday morning's gas leak.
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