Kathy Miller keeps her windshield clean and her pager on.
For the past 10 years, Miller has been on call as a volunteer with Capital City Fire/Rescue. When there’s a car crash Out the Road, Miller is often one of the first people on the scene.
She’s usually there in five or 10 minutes once her pager goes off. She likes to say that when she arrives on a scene, she likes to “calm things down.” Miller, a former nurse, evaluates people’s injuries and relays information back to the CCFR responders (the cavalry, as she calls them).
Most volunteers, CCFR Assistant Chief Ed Quinto said, last around five years. Miller has been around twice that long, serving as an EMT after retiring 10 years ago from her nursing job.