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Eastern Connecticut’s volunteer fire departments, the backbone of the region’s emergency service system, were already finding it challenging to recruit and retain members before the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the region.
“Even in normal years, the volunteer fire services had been struggling.” South Killingly Fire Department Chief Seth DeAngelis said. “But when COVID-19 hit, it was like being slapped in the face after being kicked a couple of times in the ribs.”
Volunteer departments in Norwich, Plainfield and Killingly each weathered the 2020 pandemic differently, with one losing a handful of members while another at the other end of the state gaining a few.
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