The Glasgow city and Long Run fire departments are asking for help getting new radios.
Right now the departments’ radios are about 15 years old and are hand-me-downs.
The radios they currently have aren’t made for fire departments and if they get water in them they don’t work properly.
At a fire recently, firefighters had to be pulled from the scene so they could communicate with the incident command and coordinate how they were fighting the fire.
Angela Austin, a volunteer advocate for the departments, has created a GoFundMe page so people can donate.
Austin said, “It’s a safety reason. If they can not be heard or communicate with their commanders, that poses a huge safety risk. They could be trying to tell them that the roof is about to fall down and I need you to get out now. The communication is very important, it is just key.”