 Hey this is Michelle Getzinger and I'm here doing the Freeport Focus at the Freeport Volunteer Fire Department and this is our Methi Hero Series. This is Jeff, he's the captain of the Volunteer Fire Department and he's going to introduce himself here. Hi my name is Jeff Lowers, I'm a 38 year member of the Freeport Volunteer Fire Department, president and captain. I've lived in Freeport all my life and we do our best to protect the community and surrounding communities. Anything of the negative happens. So Jeff tell me a little bit how the Volunteer Fire Department works. In this type of community we have limited members for the department so we do our best to train and we all have cell phones and monitors. Somebody calls 911, we respond as best we can and go and quell the situation. But how many volunteers do you have right now? Right now to answer calls volunteers are between 12 and 14. As a parallel when I joined back 38 years ago it was probably about 30-35. If somebody wanted to become a volunteer what do they need to do? Just get a hold of one of us or you can email us on our website and we will get in touch with you, do a mini background check, have an interview with you and start the process. It isn't too hard and the rewards are nice. We are very fortunate here in Freeport to have a good a good community. We do get a couple fun drives a year and we are always looking for volunteers to help with the fun drives. Virtually everybody in Freeport over the years has always been very nice to the department either coming to help with chicken barbecues or with the Halloween parades anything we are we're extremely fortunate. Chicken barbecue is the bomb. That's really about it and I appreciate the time. Thank you Jack. Sure.