Throughout the week, the West Virginia State Fire Academy is hosting the 18th year of its annual Junior Firefighter Camp at Jackson’s Mill.

West Virginia — WOWK reported that the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office has closed the Chesapeake Volunteer Fire Department after the department failed several administrative and ...

Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed five people in northern West Virginia and rescue crews are out searching ...

Officials in a West Virginia town are trying to determine whether the chief of a volunteer fire department can keep his job after an anonymous letter was circulated complaining that a 1997 felony ...

Source The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Nov. 13--The Smithers Volunteer Fire Department has been shut down as officials try to confirm whether their several insurance policies are up to date.

West Virginia firefighters are aware of the risk, but tight budgets — particularly for the hundreds of volunteer fire departments — make it difficult or impossible to make changes that could ...