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The Bruceton Brandonville Volunteer Fire Department is proud to spotlight our Swift Water Rescue team, a capability that has been in the works for several years and has seen major progress and growth over the past year.
Swift water incidents present unique and dangerous challenges. Through dedicated training, teamwork, and commitment, our members have worked to build the skills and readiness needed to safely respond to these situations and better protect our communities.
This progress reflects countless volunteer hours spent training, planning, and preparing—often behind the scenes. We are incredibly grateful to our members who continue to invest their time and effort to make this service possible.
We also want to thank our community for its ongoing support. Your backing has helped provide the equipment and resources needed to turn this effort into a fully operational response capability.
This service is another step forward in our mission to be ready when our community needs us most.
After a long day of responding to snow-related calls and attending our monthly meeting, firefighter Eric Rowan still took the time to help a member of our community who was in need.
The individual had run out of gas and became stranded in a difficult spot on the road. Eric stopped, checked on the situation, and helped push the vehicle to a safer area so traffic could continue moving and the driver wasn’t at risk. A family member later brought fuel, and the driver was able to get back on the road.
Moments like these reflect what our department is all about — helping others whenever and wherever we can.
Thank you, Eric, for setting a great example and representing the Bruceton Brandonville Fire Department with pride.
We’re excited to share that our department has officially received a heavy rescue truck—a major addition that strengthens our ability to respond when our community needs us most.
This truck expands what we can do on emergency scenes by carrying specialized rescue tools and equipment all in one response. It allows our volunteers to work more efficiently, arrive better prepared, and operate more safely during vehicle accidents, technical rescues, and other complex emergencies.
Most importantly, this heavy rescue truck helps us provide faster, more capable service right here at home, reducing the need to wait for additional resources when time matters.
We’re incredibly grateful for the continued support of our community. Your donations, encouragement, and trust make investments like this possible—and allow us to keep serving with pride.
Thank you for standing behind your volunteer fire department.
We have been awarded a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, in which the purpose for volunteer depts is for recruitment and retention of firefighters. We have a strategic plan in place with our primary goal being to add 12-firefighters over the next 4-years, but we have several other secondary goals in place as well.
The grant components or budget line items include: