Prince George's County v. Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

As every resident of this State who lives outside of the urban areas of the State knows, volunteer firemen perform an important and necessary service. Without them property in such areas would be unprotected from the ravages of fire and in extinguishing fires people would be reduced to use of the archaic methods of a bygone era.

The population of Prince George’s County has grown from 60,095 in 1930 to 661,192 in 1970. The “growing pains” resulting from that increase in population have been reflected in more and larger volunteer fire companies and controversy between those fire companies and…