Blair Volunteer Fire & Rescue advises that the Blair and Herman Fire Departments will be conducting live fire training in the area off South Highway 30, behind Woodhouse and Sid Dillon. During the training, you may notice visible smoke and flames, fire apparatus and emergency vehicles, and firefighters operating throughout the area. Please do not be alarmed. This is a planned training exercise, and there is NO emergency. Crews will be training for most of the morning and into

Blair Volunteer Fire and Rescue reported that Monday was a busy day for calls. BVFR responded to 5 calls for service, including 4 medical and 1 fire-related incident. The first call came in at 3:01 AM with the Fire Detection call being the last to start at 7:15 PM. The Blair Volunteer and rescued released the statement. “another busy Monday for our volunteers, who answered the call around the clock to serve the Blair community. Whether responding in the early morning hours or

Blair Volunteer Fire and Rescue reported their weekend calls for service recap, from July 17th–19th. In this time period, BVFD responded to 12 calls for service, including 10 medical and 2 fire-related incidents. Kennard Fire Rescue was called into a mutual aid call that was later cancelled. The BVFD posted that they are proud of their top call responders: Probationary FF Erika Smith – 10 responses Probationary FF Justin Smith – 9 responses Probationary FF Bob Raymond – 8 res