PARIS — It was a match made in heaven.

Local organizations and government agencies need volunteers and Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School students need 20 hours of community service to graduate. On Wednesday morning, everyone found what they needed at the school’s first community service fair.

Brewster Burns, senior projects adviser and English teacher, organized the fair, which gave students 31 local organizations from which to choose.

Burns said seniors were first to check out the organization tables because in addition to their community service quotas, they must complete a senior project. The project can include their community service work, but must also be “independent, have new learning and have a positive effect on the community,” he said.

The Norway Fire Department table drew students with an array of heavy firefighting equipment, including air tanks, axes and a Halligan bar, a long, metal multipurpose tool firefighters use to pry open doors and break through walls.

Andrew Doucette, a senior from Harrison, said his father was a firefighter and he is interested in carrying on the tradition. He said he wasn’t sure if he could apply it to his senior project, however.

Lt. Christine Yates and Lt. Michael Twitchell, both firefighters, worked the table looking for junior volunteer fighters for the force.

“Every junior volunteer we’ve had went on to be a full-time firefighter,” Yates said.

Norway Downtown, Healthy Oxford Hills, the Good Shepherd Food-Bank, Norway Memorial Library and the Paris Public Library were among the other groups vying for student volunteers. The fair ran from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.