Marlow Fire & EMS Department

06/07/2026

Marlow 250th Parade 🇺🇸

06/07/2026

June is PTSD Awareness Month.

And for first responders, that word does not always look the way people think it does.

Sometimes PTSD looks like anger that shows up before the tears do.

Sometimes it looks like walking into the grocery store and suddenly hearing a sound that puts you right back on a scene.

Sometimes it looks like not sleeping, then joking about being “built different” because it feels easier than admitting you are exhausted in places rest does not touch.

Sometimes it looks like remembering every detail of a call everyone else has already moved on from.

The house.
The smell.
The scream.
The silence after.
The face you could not save.
The family you had to walk past when you knew there was nothing else to do.

First responders are trained to run toward what most people pray they never see.

But nobody talks enough about what happens after the call.

After the uniform comes off.
After the tones stop.
After the report is finished.
After everyone says, “Good job,” and you go home carrying pieces of someone else’s worst day inside your own chest.

PTSD does not mean you are weak.

It means something you went through left a mark.

And asking for help does not make you less of a firefighter, medic, EMT, dispatcher, officer, nurse, rescue worker, or veteran.

It makes you human.

So check on your people.

Not just the loud ones.
Not just the quiet ones.
Not just the ones who “seem off.”

Check on the strong ones too.

Because sometimes the person making everyone laugh is the same person fighting to make it through the night.

No one fights alone.

If you are struggling, please reach out.

Call or text 988.

You matter more than the job.
You matter more than the call.
You matter more than the silence you have been suffering in.

Stay here.

The world still needs you. 🖤

05/27/2026

05/22/2026

2nd night of hands only CPR training! Thank you to all of the participants!

05/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who took part in last night’s NH CPR Challenge! It was great seeing familiar faces & meeting new ones. Thank you to Dan Mack, Jeff Tickner, Melanie Kraus & Lindsey Guyette for assisting with the instruction! We will be doing it again today between 4 & 6 pm at the Marlow Town Office. Stop by if you would like to learn hands only CPR, it only takes 15-20 minutes!

05/20/2026

JOIN US THIS EVENING!! 6-8pm (trainings on going every 1/2 hour) at the Marlow Fire Station. IT’S FREE!!! Walk-ins welcome 🤗

We are taking part in the NH CPR Challenge Week by hosting Hands Only CPR training FREE to everyone! Please stop in & join us to learn this valuable skill.

05/18/2026

This is the week! NH CPR CHALLENGE WEEK♥️

Learn CPR at the Marlow Fire Station on Wednesday from 6 to 8pm. It only takes 15-20 minutes to learn this valuable skill!

Learning CPR can help save a life.

To get more people trained in hands-only CPR, the N.H. Executive Council is challenging all five districts to train as many residents as possible. The trainings will be held during EMS Week, May 17 to 23.

Locally, trainings will be available in Gilsum, Harrisville, Keene, Marlow and Walpole. Register for a training near you at cprchallengenh.com/training.

05/16/2026

Learning CPR can help save a life.

To get more people trained in hands-only CPR, the N.H. Executive Council is challenging all five districts to train as many residents as possible. The trainings will be held during EMS Week, May 17 to 23.

Locally, trainings will be available in Gilsum, Harrisville, Keene, Marlow and Walpole. Register for a training near you at cprchallengenh.com/training.