Lower Merion Fire Chief “Our Biggest Issue Is Fire Alarms.”

Chief Charles “Chas” McGarvey Talks About “Nuisance Calls”

“These fire alarms that we’re responding to three, four, five, six times a day.”

Do we need to be concerned about fire department staffing levels?

Chief McGarvey “All of our fire companies need personnel… In the 1970s we had over 300,000 volunteers statewide. Today that number is less than 38,000.”