AdvertisementFighting Fires For Free, Aging Volunteers Struggle To Recruit The Next GenerationAugust 16, 2017Frank MorrisfacebookEmailSteve Hirsch boasts that the fire department in tiny Hoxie, Kan., is fully staffed. But, Hirsch says, if you get in a wreck on a rural stretch of highway nearby, another department may not be. (KCUR)