Blue Ridge Early College students enrolled the Fire Academy Program were geared up on Friday and worked as a team to put out pallets set ablaze for training. “The students were doing practical training associated […]
Blue Ridge School students learned about fire safety and prevention on Oct. 9 through a cooperative effort between fire, EMS, law enforcement, and emergency management throughout Jackson County organized by Jackson County Fire and Life […]
Folks were evacuated from the Cashiers-Glenville Recreation Center this morning after a strong odor of gas permeated the building. Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department responded at approx. 9 a.m. after receiving the call. FD Chief […]
At recent budget discussions for the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 budget both the Highlands Fire and Rescue and the Sky Valley-Scaly Mountain Fire and Rescue departments have come before the Macon County Board of Commissioners requesting […]
Driver transported to Highlands-Cashiers Hospital for burn injuries Thousands throughout Macon and Jackson Counties were without power on Wednesday after a dump truck unloading waste materials clipped a power line about a mile off Highway […]
During the early morning hours of February 15 at approximately 4 a.m., Highlands Police Officer Eryn Sueyklang observed a pickup truck parked in the parking lot of the North 4th Street Market Shell engulfed in flames while on […]
To stay up to date on the latest techniques and equipment, firefighters from departments throughout the area attended a training session hosted by Highlands Fire and Rescue focused on forcible entry training on Sept. 21. […]
For 65 years Highlands Fire and Rescue has been putting out fires, rescuing lost hikers, responding to medical emergencies and investigating consistent fire alarms, to name a few of the ways HFR keeps the community […]