| Accident blocks roadway |
| Sun. Jul 19th 2009 |
On Sunday, our dept. responded to a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Ky 979 & 1426 about one mile across the Harold bridge.
There were only minor injuries, other firefighters from the Tolers Creek Fire Dept. assisted with traffic control, and firemen remained on scene until the roadw...
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| Structure fire on Track Road at Harold |
| Wed. Jul 8th 2009 |
At 3:19pm on Wednesday, 911 Dispatcher Brian White (Betsy Layne Fire Unit 424) received a call of a structure fire on Track Road at Harold.
Leaving his nearby garage, Asst. Chief Edward Clark was the first unit to report observing a singlewide trailer fully engulfed in flames with&nb...
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| Firefighters establish landing zone for shooting victim |
| Tue. Jul 7th 2009 |
Late Tuesday night a few minutes before 11:30, 911 dispatchers received a call of a shooting in a nearby area of Floyd county. Later, it would be determined necessary that the patient needed to be airlifted to the hospital.
Our dept. was paged to set up a landing zone near the intersection of...
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| Firemen respond to call of vehicle fire |
| Tue. Jul 7th 2009 |
A few minutes prior to 6pm on Tuesday evening, 911 dispatchers received a call of a vehicle fire on U.S. Highway 23 North in front of Layne Brothers (vehicle sales) at Ivel.
Six of our firemen responded to the scene and, shortly after the first unit's arrival at 6:06pm, he reported back that no fla...
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| Fire alarm call |
| Sun. Jun 28th 2009 |
On Sunday morning, we received a call of a fire alarm activation on Coldwater Branch Road near Betsy Layne.
Firefighter Buddie Delpont responded and reported back for other responding units to disregard as it was a false alarm....
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| Suspicious Fire |
| Thu. Jun 25th 2009 |
A few minutes after 1:30 Thursday morning, 911 dispatchers notified our station of some railroad ties on fire in the Powell Branch area of Tram.
A CSX worker had observed the fire and that the ties were stacked close to the main railway therefore he immediately notified his dispatch as it...
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| Electrical Danger |
| Tue. Jun 23rd 2009 |
Just prior to 7:30 on Tuesday morning, 911 dispatchers notified our dept. of an electrical fire at a residence in the Ivel community about three miles north of our station.
Fire Chief Eddie Clark and at least three other firefighters including Buddie Delpont, Dougie Adkins, and Brian White responde...
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| Family's dwelling damaged by fire |
| Tue. Jun 16th 2009 |
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, 911 dispatchers notified our fire department of flames coming from a residence on Store Hollow at Betsy Layne.
When firefighters arrived on scene, they noticed fire on the roof and also coming from one side of the structure. The firemen performed interio...
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| Fender Bender |
| Wed. Jun 10th 2009 |
In the early morning hours on Wednesday, 911 dispatchers received a call of a minor injury accident on Ky 979 on the Harold bridge. Two-vehicles were involved and the roadway was partially blocked.
A few of our firefighters responded along with ems personnel and deputies with the Floyd County...
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| "A Fortunate Turn of Events" |
| Fri. Jun 5th 2009 |
Prior to 9:45 on Friday morning, 911 dispatchers relayed information to our firefighters of an injury accident on U.S. 23 just north of our station. Firefighters Darren Daniels and Dougie Adkins were the first two firemen on scene and the other six responding firemen were advised of possi...
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