It's that time of year again folks... cold weather is already upon us and many of you will be building fires to heat your home, or help heat your home....

Chief Tony Laws and the members of South Toe Volunteer Fire and Rescue were recognized tonight by the family of a local mother who had been dealing with an illness for sometime. The family drove from Key Largo Florida to present the department with a plaque, thank you letter and donation for there professionalism and dedication to the South Toe Township and Yancey County. 

Multiple fire crews rushed to a structure fire on Buck Creek Road near Elliott’s Trout Pond early Wednesday morning. According to Travis Piercy of the P.G. Volunteer Fire Department, when they arrived on the scene there were heavy flames from one end of the house to the other...

South Toe Volunteer Fire & Rescue has several water points set up within South Toe Fire District, which are necessary for insurance class rating as well as emergency operations for Fire Operations. 

National Fire Prevention week is October 6th through October 12th this year.

Congratulations to Chief Tony Laws, committee chairman Barry Jones and the members of the South Toe Fire & Rescue Department of Yancey County, Burnsville, NC, on the recent delivery of their 2014 International / 4 Guys pumper....

Several members with South Toe Volunteer Fire & Rescue have recently taken a new training program to our department: Scuba Diving International Open Water Dive. This new training will assist our department in providing a local dive team to all of Yancey County, as well as a mutual aid Dive Team to other surrounding counties...

The members of South Toe Volunteer Fire & Rescue request your support. Your contribution is vital toward helping us meet the costs essential to our effectiveness and your safety. South Toe Volunteer Fire & Rescue continues to strive to provide a higher level of service to the South Toe Fire District. Your fire department is dedicated to providing a community oriented, progressive and professional service to all citizens within South Toe Township. South Toe Volunteer Fire & Rescue is an organization working entirely on a volunteer basis, providing the South Toe Township with Fire & Emergency Medical Services since 1972. We rely on your generous tax-deductible donation to continue our high level of service...

State Officials Award District a 6 Rating

RALEIGH – North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin announced today that the South Toe Fire District completed its routine inspection and received a 6 rating, effective Saturday, May 1, 2010. The inspection, conducted by officials with the Department of Insurance Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM), is required on a regular basis as part of the North Carolina Response Rating System (NCRRS). Among other things, the routine inspections look for proper staffing levels, sufficient equipment, proper maintenance of equipment, communications capabilities and availability of a water source....

South Toe Fire and Rescue is the first Fire Department in Yancey County to request and obtain a lower insurance rating district wide. If you live within 5 road miles of either Station # 1 near Celo or Station # 2 in Busick (which is 98% of the South Toe Township) your insurance premiums will see a reduction as of May 1, 2010 after a coveted district wide class 6 rating was achieved....