Lacking volunteer firefighters is one of the issues mentioned at a joint news conference between five local municipalities.

Plans unveiled Monday include other ways to meet services the stations provide to residents.

One of which is bringing in full-time EMS and firefighter personnel.

Milton Mayor Anissa Welch says it’s one of the things they needed right now, because they don’t have as many people available for on-call, paid on-call, or paid on-premise.