MS Fire Dept. Named Among Nation’s Best
The Biloxi Fire Department is now ranked among the nation’s best. With the addition of a fire training tower, two new stations and other improvements...
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$7.6M in FEMA grants make Mississippi safer
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Congressman Steven Palazzo announced the approval of $7.3 million to construct eight additional safe rooms in Forrest County. ...
Mississippi fire departments to receive federal boost
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has reported that four fire departments in Mississippi have been awarded nearly $700,000 in federal Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)...
Lamar County dispatch makes emotional final call for volunteer firefighter
by Jared Bounds
The dispatch operators voice cracked as she thanked Loretta Lynn Sykes for her years of service as a volunteer firefighter. “Lorri” had been a volunteer...
JFD Arson Investigator on leave after shooting
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- An off-duty Jackson Fire Department Arson Investigator is on administrative leave after shooting a burglary suspect on Tuesday morning. ...
Both Former Chief Deputy and Paramedic Lost Within a Week in Warren County
by kim
VICKSBURG, Miss.–The law enforcement and rescue communities in Warren County have both suffered big losses as former interim sheriff and chief deputy Othor Jones and...