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Carolina Village on Wednesday received the LeadingAge North Carolina award for Excellence in Community Service on Wednesday for a program that has helped more than two dozen Hendersonville firefighters receive continuing education. Read Story »
Around 60 patients were moved to other locations after a fire broke out on two floors of Pardee UNC Health on Friday afternoon. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | fire
The Hendersonville Fire Department recognized two members during the annual awards ceremony held before the holidays. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | Fire Chief D. James Miller
N.C. Department of Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson visited Hendersonville Wednesday to recognize the inclusion of Fire Station 2 into the state’s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | Fire Station 2 | D. James Miller
Engineer David Corey was named Firefighter of the Year and Capt. Cameron Womack was honored as Officer of the Year during the Hendersonville Fire Department's awards ceremony for 2020 Tuesday. Read Story »
In 1970, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” led the Billboard charts, “Love Story” was a box office smash and “Marcus Welby, M.D.” drew the most television viewers. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | Valley Hill Fire and Rescue | volunteer fire departments | Tim Garren | Gary Ward
The Hendersonville City Council recognized police officers, firefighters and other city employees for extraordinary service to the public during its regular meeting on Thursday night. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville City Council | Hendersonville Fire Department | Harrys & Piggys | city MVP awards
Justin S. Ward, who previously held the position of fire marshal of Hendersonville, has been promoted to deputy fire chief, the city announced. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | James Miller | Justin Ward
Hendersonville police detectives charged a man with setting off a device that released white powder at a package delivery store on Friday. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | Hendersonville Police Department | explosion | bomb
A Hendersonville firefighter charged with setting roadside fires in Polk County has been fired from the city department, Fire Chief James Miller said in a statement Thursday night. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | volunteer fire departments | arson | firefighters
The city of Hendersonville has a new fire chief. Read Story »
Flat Rock mayor pro tem Nick Weedman says the proposed Hendersonville Fire Station 3 could encroach on the territory covered by Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue and further erode the rural department’s tax base. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | Nick Weedman | Fire Station 3
The Hendersonville City Council made a big commitment last week to build a third fire station, agreeing to buy 2 acres on Shepherd Street at Old Spartanburg Highway for $266,500 and to add a fire company that will cost city taxpayers $767,000 a year starting in 2023. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | local government borrowing | Fire Station 3
You can't afford to miss this week's Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: restaurants | Hendersonville Fire Department | downtown parking | 2019 elections | 2019 Flat Rock election
The city of Hendersonville has received a $1.25 million grant that will enable the fire department to add 12 firefighters and a new fire engine. Read Story »
Numerous fundraisers have been scheduled for Hendersonville Fire Capt. Josh Poore, a U.S. Army veteran, decorated firefighter and father of three who was seriously injured in a mountain bike accident on June 13. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | mountain biking | Josh Poore
The city of Hendersonville would substantially expand first responder service if the fire department is successful in getting a federal grant to hire 12 firefighter/EMTs. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | fire | Fire Chief Joe Vindigni
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | fire | Fire Chief Joe Vindigni
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | fire
A 74-year-old man died early Friday when his home caught fire on Dollie Lane behind the Flat Rock Wood Room on Greenville Highway, the city of Hendersonville said in a news release. Read Story »
Responding to firefighters’ concerns about increased call volume and staffing levels, new fire chief Joe Vindigni plans a full assessment of the call volume and a strategic plan for the fire service, the city says. Read Story »
Firefighters think a burned-out elevator fan caused smoke that forced the evacaution of the Henderson County office building at 100 N. King St. shortly before noon today. Read Story »
It was all in a day's work for a cop and two firefighters on Monday when they rescued two baby ducks from a storm drain. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | Hendersonville Police Department
The Hendersonville Fire Department promoted a firefighter to lieutenant and hired three firefighters. Read Story »
Hendersonville City Council members, firefighters and community members turned out last week for the official dedication of the city's new Fire Station No. 2 on Sugarloaf Road. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | Hendersonville Fire Chief Dorian Flowers
Lifelong firefighter Jon Ward was promoted to Engineer with the Hendersonville Fire Department on July 1.Ward credits his father, Eddie Ward, for his love of the fire service. Read Story »
Hendersonville firefighters and police used a rare mud rescue on the Friday when they got a call about a 10-year-old boy and then an adult stuck in the mud at the Jackson Park sewer line project beside the Oklawaha Greenway, the Fire Department said in a news release. Read Story »
A huge fire destroyed most of a condo building on West Allen Street and sent four people to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said. Read Story »
A fire captain from Rocky Mount has been named deputy fire chief for the Hendersonville Fire Department. He is filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Fire Marshal Robbie Henderson. Read Story »
Hendersonville Fire Chief Dorian Flowers has earned a master of public administration (MPA) degree from Anna Maria College in Paxton, Mass. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville Fire Department | Hendersonville Fire Chief Dorian Flowers
It probably was no accident that the proposal to radically cut back on Hendersonville city fire truck responses to medical calls came from a lame duck city manager. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville City Council | Hendersonville Fire Department | Henderson County Emergency Medical Service
Hendersonville Fire Department firefighters are going pink for the month of October. Read Story »
The Hendersonville Fire Department has achieved certification to begin providing enhanced medical response services to the public, Fire Chief Dorian Flowers said. Read Story »
Tags: Hendersonville City Council | Hendersonville Fire Department