The city of Wayne has 14 firefighters and they're looking to hire a handful more, but the only problem is they're not getting people in the door. It's also not a problem unique to the city, it's happening across metro Detroit.
Andrew Stager is a captain in the city of Wayne Fire Department, and he has been a firefighter for more than 20 years. He said the job isn't about just fighting fires now, the job duties have changed.
"We're doing fire prevention, fire inspections, going out to schools, teaching kids fire safety," Stager said.
Other duties include EMS, but recently, Stager said it's been hard getting people to apply.
"There are openings out there," he said. Wayne has four open positions. Other cities have more.
Southgate has five positions open, Hamtramck has four, Redford Township has four, and Farmington Hills has nine.