For the third year, we are partnering with Hillsborough Police Department to collect toys for distribution to needy children. This year our efforts will be a little more wide spread than just here at home. This year we plan to divide our efforts and send toys to children in western North Carolina and children in our own town.
Donations will be collected at the Hillsborough Fire Station located at ... (Full Story & Photos)

Well look no further, our friends at New Hope Fire Department and our friends at White Cross Fire Department have fresh cut, North Carolina Christmas Trees available at their stations for purchase.
These departments worked with growers from impacted areas of western North Carolina to harvest and haul the trees to their stations here in Orange County. You can stop by one of these two locations and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Sneak Peak of the New "Rescue 261"

Part of the job for the Board of Directors and the administrative staff of the fire department is to plan, acquire and maintain the necessary amounts of quality and functional fire equipment. This equipment ranges from firefighter gear all the way up to the stations and their locations.
One of the hardest equipment lines to design, acquire and fund are the emergency ... (Full Story & Photos)

Many relate fire safety to the month of October and local fire departments usually receive a lot of calls to visit schools, businesses and daycares.
Fire Prevention Week occurs each year during the week of October 9th to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire which started on October 8, 1871. The loss caused by that fire laid the foundations for many building and fire codes we still rely on today.
Our ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 10:37 this morning, B-Shift responded to an odor of natural gas near a residence on West King Street. Upon arrival, crews found a two inch gas line that had been struck by machinery used to install fiber optic lines. Dominion Energy arrived on scene and quickly began digging up the line and valves to shut off the flow of gas. Fire crews evacuated residences closest to the leak as a precaution and ... (Full Story & Photos)