Evergreen Fire Department Chief Craig Williams carefully watches the fire fighters working on a structure fire at 551 Plentywood Drive as they battle a blaze in a garage on Friday night, January 16.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
September 23, 2018
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Volunteer firefighters are vital for rural areas, but their numbers are on the decline
Rural communities like those scattered across the Flathead have relied for decades on volunteer firefighters and paramedics, who train for hundreds of hours and risk their lives for others.