The Youngsville Fire Department held their first annual installation ceremony on April 2nd, 2016 at Faith Baptist Church. A fire department installation ceremony is held traditionally to “install” the department’s officers and new firefighters as well as to recognize outstanding performance of members. Retired Fire Chief Doug Carter served as the master of ceremonies emphasizing … Read more
Last night the Youngsville Fire Department held a valuable live liquid propane live burn exercise to train firefighters on how to handle an intense propane fire. The male and female firefighter participants gave it their all in training and faced the intense heat and flames face-to-face. Below are my favorite photos from the event.
This coming Saturday the first charity run to raise money for Jeffrey L. Fields Memorial Fire Scholarship Fund and the NC Fallen Firefighters Association will happen. Fields was a local Youngsville Fire Department member who lost his life last year. For more see this link. The run will start at the Youngsville Fire Department at … Read more
Sights and sounds from the Franklin County 9-11 ceremony yesterday held in Louisburg, NC. A moving ceremony from small town America.
One of our beloved readers, Tom Carlson, managed to get a lot of people up and moving this afternoon following some perfectly awesome lawn mowing. It seems Tom had finished his trim job and parked the mower back into the shed. He went on to probably get something cold to drink after that. Tom said … Read more
On a bright blue sky Friday afternoon around 2 PM a call was received by 911 in Franklin County that the occupants of a house at 1425 Moores Pond Road heard some “crackling” in the attic and saw some light smoke. It was only about five minutes later that the smoke turned to fire and … Read more
This afternoon at just before 5 PM the call went out for first responders to please hop on over to a home on fire in Franklinton at 202 Lee Street. The home is owned by Jean Bassett and Kay Ellington of Youngsville, according to property records. The amazing Franklinton Fire Department, Youngsville Fire Department, Franklin … Read more
Shortly before 9 AM this morning a call went out in Franklin County for a suspicious package with a radioactive label was found on the side of the road near a Nissan Pathfinder at Tarboro Road and Ruby Lane. The package certainly raised concerns but in almost all situations these things turn out to be … Read more
This morning just after 7 AM, Youngsville firefighter Terry Perry was pulling up to his friend’s house on Waiters Way in Youngsville, bringing him a bit of breakfast. Terry was just doing a nice thing for his friend Ransom Bennett who lives there. But it turns out he was about to trade in a nice … Read more
The Youngsville Fire Department was called out at 7:20 AM for a foul odor at the Youngsville Food Lion this morning. I think someone in the deli was cutting the cheese. Actually, it was some sort of electrical doohickey making a stinky mess. Nothing to see here. Move on. But if there had been an … Read more