Hamburg Fire Department

From left, Cologne Assistant Chief Nick Joos, Norwood Young America firefighter Steve Noll and Hamburg Fire Chief Brad Droege are among local firefighters hoping to promote a new Fire Service Exploring program for youth. While all three planned to share about the program for this article, Noll and other NYA firefighters were called out during the interview and he was unable to participate. (Times staff photo by Paul Downer)

Local fire departments starting Fire Service Exploring chapter

By Paul Downer on January 18, 2013 at 8:00 am

At some point in their lives, nearly every child probably imagines what it would be like to be a firefighter …