Volunteer Firefighters Decline in Salisbury Township

In this special edition, guest Alok Patnaik, Salisbury Township commissioner in Lehigh County, PA, talks with host Tate Blanchard about issues in his community, including recruiting and retaining volunteers, especially in fire protection, and dealing with the pandemic’s digital transformation, as part of the 2022 Municipal Leadership Summit in Pittsburgh, where leaders in many of Pennsylvania’s cities, towns, townships and boroughs gathered, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Municipal League (PML), the PA State Association of Township Commissioners (PSATC) and the PA Career Fire Chiefs Association. salisburytownshippa.org, pml.org