"As part of the metro Milwaukee region and home to several burgeoning suburbs, many might assume that Ozaukee County is served by robust fire and emergency medical service operations that rival those of its neighbors in Milwaukee County to the south or Waukesha County to the west. A closer look, however, reveals that is not the case. Relying largely on part-time paid and unpaid volunteers, the fire and rescue departments that serve Ozaukee County all take a comparatively bare-boned and inexpensive approach."
