Sentences with phrase «small volunteer fire department»

The village has a single church whose bells peal out at noon each day, a small volunteer fire department, and a cemetery with a special section devoted to German soldiers who died nearby in the closing months of World War II.

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As a psychological study of a dead - eyed fire starter with a Hitler Youth haircut, this is largely insipid, but as a depiction of a unique milieu — specifically, volunteer fire departments in small - town Norway in the late 1970s, with an emphasis on equipment maintenance, procedure, and social status — it's often compelling.
But when the rubber meets the road and we go to our local fire department in a smaller community, a fire department with one or two full - time staff and a gaggle of volunteers, the effort of removal and environmental protection falls apart.
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