The following was published in the Main Line Life and Main Line Times:  

LOWER MERION– Since the first permanent buildings were constructed hundreds of years ago in what would be called Lower Merion Township, men and women were counted on to fight fires in a non-paid, volunteer system.But now, some are worried that the long honored tradition of volunteer firefighters leaving jobs and families around the clock is threatened.

"The volunteer system as we know it is failing," Lower Merion Commissioner Lance Rogers said by phone last week. "What we in the township want to do is keep the volunteer system in place."