The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department is an outlier among its peers in its continued exclusive use of part-time responders. And as call volumes continue to grow, any desire to improve its response times and service levels will likely require greater use of full-time staffing. This and other conclusions come from a recent Wisconsin Policy Forum report commissioned by the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Commission and the villages of Union Grove and Yorkville. The report looks at fire departments in peer communities to examine options for how emerging challenges might be addressed, though it does not make recommendations on how to do so. Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department (UGYFD) is staffed primarily by volunteer members who receive compensation only when called in to respond to a call or for time spent on training and education.