More than 2 million Arizona residents are protected by volunteer or combination fire departments. These organizations are mainly in rural or semi-rural areas where residents and structures are spread over a wide range of terrain.

The volunteers donate their time, and salaries for the firefighters who do get paid are typically below poverty level. Despite the millions of people depending on them, critical ongoing training is typically out of reach financially.

That’s where Eric Kriwer and the Arizona Fire School fill the gap. A project of the Arizona Firefighters Fund, the school has gifted more than $1 million in scholarships for continuing education for firefighters including live drills and skills to equip them with the latest techniques in firefighting. They train nearly 1,000 firefighters and fire prevention professionals each year, making not just the public safer, but the firefighters as well.

Click here to learn more about the Arizona Firefighters Fund: https://www.azfirefightersfund.org/

Original air date: July 3, 2025.

More than 2 million Arizona residents are protected by volunteer or combination fire departments. These organizations are mainly in rural or semi-rural areas where residents and structures are spread over a wide range of terrain.
The volunteers donate their time, and salaries for the firefighters who do get paid are typically below poverty level. Despite the millions of people depending on them, critical ongoing training is typically out of reach financially.
That&rsquo;s where Eric Kriwer and the Arizona Fire School fill the gap. A project of the Arizona Firefighters Fund, the school has gifted more than $1 million in scholarships for continuing education for firefighters including live drills and skills to equip them with the latest techniques in firefighting. They train nearly 1,000 firefighters and fire prevention professionals each year, making not just the public safer, but the firefighters as well.
Click here to learn more about the Arizona Firefighters Fund: <a href="https://www.azfirefightersfund.org/">https://www.azfirefightersfund.org/</a>
Original air date:&nbsp;July 3, 2025.

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world.

Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism.

Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world. Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism. Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/">https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/</a>

Rescuers radio show

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.