The New Middletown Village Council is looking at paying incentives to attract experienced volunteer firefighters.
Fire Chief Curt Brown proposed paying incentives during the village's special council meeting on Monday night.
He said he's still willing to pay to send new volunteers to school, but he's had new people train and stop volunteering a short time after. He said paying experienced people may be a better option.
"Instead of me spending $1,800 to send somebody away to school and etc., etc., etc., put an incentive in there or a bonus sign-on, maybe get someone with the cards and I'm further ahead, to be honest with you. At that point, I got experienced people that are going to make calls," Brown said.
Springfield Township Fire Chief Matt Gebhardt was there to let council know they would be willing to talk about combining as a joint fire district.