Provocative images displayed in a glossy format often comes to mind when one thinks of a firefighter calendar.

However, Scott Collard, North Hays County Fire Rescue Chief, felt there wasn’t a need to turn up the heat when his department opted to create a calendar earlier this year.

Instead, the chance to raise money for a good cause, while also promoting fire safety awareness, was the primary goal of the department’s inaugural calendar, which hit shelves and was hung in homes this we...