With Fire Departments Struggling For Volunteers, States Respond To The Alarm

With Fire Departments Struggling For Volunteers, States Respond To The Alarm

Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
By Alex Brown

When firefighters show up to a blaze or medical emergency across much of the United States, they most likely are volunteers. It's also likely the department is understaffed, struggling to replace old equipment and facing uncertainty about its next generation of firefighters.

RFK Jr. Trails Biden By 43 Points, Poll Shows
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RFK Jr. Trails Biden By 43 Points, Poll Shows

Tom Joyce

Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has some support in the Democratic presidential primary.

Kennedy received 19 percent support in the latest Fox News primary poll released this week; that put him in a distant second place behind President Joe Biden, who had 62 percent in the poll. That's a 43-point difference.

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