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On the front lines of recruitment challenges, WVU Extension Fire Service trains firefighters

Campers in action at Junior Firefighter Camp

In West Virginia, 90% of fire departments are staffed entirely by volunteers, a heavy reliance that  Mark Lambert, director of the WVU Extension Fire Service, says was born out of necessity.

“It’s a matter of the rural nature of West Virginia and the mountainous terrain,” Lambert said. “It may be 10 miles as the crow flies on a map, but it may take you 45 minutes to get from point A to point B in West Virginia because you follow the roads through the valleys and the hills.”

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