I remember years ago, my father had a friend who was a member of the Eutaw Volunteer Fire Department in rural Greene County, Ala. They called themselves the 'chimney savers' because in many cases they could only save the chimney of a burning home and focused more on keeping the fire from spreading to other properties.
Back in those days, I'm guessing the 1960s and early 1970s, volunteer fire departments like the one in Eutaw held multiple fundraisers by selling everything from ribs to cupcakes to raise enough money to hopefully buy an old truck and a fire hose. Most of the firemen had no train...