July '08 New Headquarters Opens!
September '08 New Battalion 1 has been placed into service.
November '08 New Engine 6 has been placed into service.
February '09 2008 Run Stats are now available.
Laurenville Fire Dept. Run Total 2008
TOTAL Runs: 3274 (increase of 424 from 2007)
Medical: 2202 Fire Alarm Activation: 409
MVA: 129 Water Emergency:110
Structure Fire: 21 Mutual Aid for EMS: 98
Brush Fire: 43 Mutual Aid for Fire: 27
HazMat: 23 Misc.: 138
CO Alarms: 74
March '09 Gilford Construction is finishing renovations to Station 4. They expect to be finished in a few weeks. An open house is being planning for sometime in April.
March '09 The new Rescue 3 has arrived in town. It is a 2009 Horton on a Chevrolet 4500 chassis. It should be put into service very soon. When this happens the current Rescue 3 will become Reserve Rescue 6.
April '09 The department has recieved a AFG grant for the purchase new units to replace the boat fleet. The first one has been delivered and assigned to Boat 3.
April '09 Ladder 4 has failed its annual aerial ladder test and has been taken out of service for the time being. It has been parked behind Station 2 until a final decision is made on what to do with it. As a result of this Forestry 3 and Boat 1 have been temporarily reassigned to run out of Station 7.