Support your emergency service organizations Read full article May 2, 2021, 3:32 AM·7 min read May 2—We depend a lot on our emergency services organizations around here. Some are paid, many are volunteer, but all put in their time and in too many cases, risk their lives. As I write this on Thursday, there was a fire alarm in Girardville in the morning. I went over to the scene and saw fire equipment and ambulances from different towns trying to knock down the fire, which was done fairly quickly. They kept the fire from spreading to other row homes, so a pretty great job all around.