VIDEO: Dozens of firefighters filled the Lower Paxton Township supervisor meeting Tuesday night. The township is Dauphin Countyโs largest municipality that still solely relies on volunteer firefighters to handle its three departments โ Colonial Park, Paxtonia and Linglestown.
โMake no mistake our volunteer firefighters are deeply committed professionals,โ said Brett Graham, the townshipโs Deputy Fire Chief. But now, fire officials are looking to hire up to ten full time firefighters to work alongside the townshipsโ 75 volunteers. โThe volunteers we have do a tremendous job,โ said John Fogg, Chief of the Colonial Park Fire Department. โThe problem is we hit a point in the system where volunteers are not enough fire protection.โ Graham added, โAs our community grows so do the demands of our fire services. In just the last year alone our call volume grew sixteen percent.โ
