Avon Volunteer Fire Department needs recruits amid statewide firefighter decline

The Avon Volunteer Fire Department is looking for help.  Avon Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bruce Appell said there were about 100 volunteer firefighters in town 40 years ago. Over the last decade, numbers have decreased and stayed consistent at about 50 firefighters.  “There were just a lot more people that were members of the fire department and were active in...