Airway Heights department needs volunteer firefighters

The application period to become a volunteer firefighter in Airway Heights is open and the city needs the help. People can apply either online or in person at the fire station located at 1208 South Lundstrom St. The deadline to apply for the next academy is Aug. 5.

"I have 35 volunteers right now," Mitch Metzger, the Airway Heights fire chief said. "But really I would love to have 75."

There is no background on firefighting needed to apply. The way the hiring process works is that there will be a general aptitude written test, kind of like the Armed Sources Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)...