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....

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...

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...

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....

South Toe Volunteer Fire & Rescue was founded in 1972, the first fire department on South Toe River. In 1975 voters approved tax-base support for the Department, and the first fire engine was purchased. By 1976 the department had 18 volunteers, and the first station was built in Celo with bays for three vehicles. A two-story additional with a fourth bay was constructed in 2000....