All fire departments within the Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District are asking the community for its help as they are currently in need of more paid on-call volunteers.
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ROCHELLE – All fire departments within the Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District are asking the community for its help as they are currently in need of more paid on-call volunteers.
The Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District consists of four different fire departments that work and train together as one unit. The departments include Hillcrest, Creston, Flagg Center and Steward. All are in need of volunteers.
Paid on-call volunteers are called in for help anytime the department needs the extra hands, whether full-time employees are on vacation or out on other calls. The Rochelle Fire Department currently has 26 paid on-call volunteers, but some are more active than others. While these volunteers can be called in at any time of the day or night, the department is especially in need of individuals who can be available between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
“We staff four firefighters a day, essentially enough for one call,” said Rochelle Fire Chief Dave Sawlsville. “But, frequently we will get simultaneous calls, we will get two or three ambulance calls going at the same time. When this happens, we have to use our full-timers and call in our paid on-calls at the same time.”