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We have some more 100 year t-shirts in for sale again as well as some CHALLENGE COINS. Pictures and sizes are listed but hurry because we are selling them fast. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE!!! (LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE) T- SHIRTS: Cost per shirt is $20.00 and will sell out … [Read more...]

One of our Firefighters Kevin Lynch took our Tanker 2 out to Birkdale to celebrate the tree lighting and participate in the parade. It was a packed house as usual and everyone had a great time. Thank you to Birkdale for the invite and we ran into Paul Medeiros and his personal … [Read more...]

Our Huntersville Firefighters want to thank the Lowes Home Improvement Team at their Huntersville store for donating a brand new beautiful Napoleon grill along with accessories today! Our crew at Station 1 will definitely put it to good use and all of our crews are thankful for … [Read more...]

Tower 1 out tonight getting some reps in for training. This truck is an awesome tool for the fire department and has been invaluable in several rescue and fire calls we have had. We truly are lucky to work in a town as great as Huntersville. … [Read more...]

Today is Veterans Day. Fortunately for us here at HFD - we have quite a few military veterans on our team. They make great employees and even better members of our community. We are very proud to have them and we thought we’d share a few of them with you. William Ellison: … [Read more...]

Brush Fire - Engine 1, Engine 11, Tanker 1 & Brush 1 on scene of a woods fire in the area of the 14900 block of Black Farms Road. A large fire in the woods and field that was well off the roadway. … [Read more...]

Good Afternoon,           Asst. Chief Maier and the committee wanted to give a quick update on the progress of the refurb of our Rescue 1. Yesterday they traveled to Taylorsville and picked up Rescue 1 from Anchor Richey where they have finished their portion of the refurb … [Read more...]

This morning Engine 22 responded for an MVA called in by PD. Upon arrival, E22 found a car that ran off the road about 25 yards. The car went through a guardrail and started on fire in the woods. All occupants were able to self extricate and there were no injuries.   … [Read more...]

October was a pretty busy month and kept your Huntersville Fire Department busy as we ran 544 calls for service. Our Training continues to be top notch as we have had some structures donated again to get real life training on. Along with our day-to-day responses and training … [Read more...]

All - we wanted to follow-up and clarify some things as we have seen quite a few comments on various social media platforms and other discussion groups depicting the Huntersville Fire Department as deeply understaffed and struggling to handle calls for service. These types of … [Read more...]

Station 1 on a working vehicle fire this morning on I-485 at I-77 North. Engine 1 and Tanker 1 responded along with Long Creek Fire just after 7am. … [Read more...]

Earlier this evening our Stations 1, 2 & Cornelius Fire responded to a working house fire off Amber Field Road. Engine 1 arrived on scne and declared a working fire where Asst. Chief Murphy took command. There was heavy fire in the garage area of the house and the crew from … [Read more...]

For 23 years the Huntersville Fire Department has been made up of volunteers and part time workers, but now things are changing. "I've seen a little decline in the amount of people that were coming in and wanted part time work," Jim Dotoli, the fire chief for the town of … [Read more...]

Station 1 responded with Cornelius and Medic for a wreck involving two Tractor Trailers. Early reports advised possibly a Pin-in and on fire. Cornelius Chief and E1 both added tankers respectively which were cancelled on arrival because there was no fire. Fortunately the driver … [Read more...]

HFD Station 2 (The Gilead) is in Cornelius assisting with a working fire in the 19920 Block of Bethel Church Road at Bethel Presbyterian Church. As of 1:27pm the  fire was quickly controlled by Cornelius FD and crews are working on smoke removal now. No injuries, everyone is … [Read more...]