The business of firefighting has changed a lot since Don Catenacci, Wind Lake’s new part-time fire chief, started firefighting in 1977. “My biggest issue is the same with every other volunteer fire department: it’s retaining and maintaining volunteers,” said Catenacci, who is Wind Lake’s first paid chief. Wind Lake Volunteer Fire Company President Willy Ellertson said that the fire company used to have in excess of 45 volunteer firefighters. Their staff is down to 13 volunteers, plus one full-time firefighter who staffs the station Monday-Friday. They also use part-time affiliate emergency members — recent graduates of technical college fire and EMS training programs, who augment the department’s staffing, especially during daytime hours during the week when volunteers can be scare due to their career responsibilities.