In Bad Times, East Bernstadt Fire Department Does Good

  Just two days after a tornado destroyed parts of East Bernstadt, the Fire Department ask some of us to come up and help with the clean-up. We went to EB Fire Department where they had a command post setup. They directed us to a part of the area that had been hit by the storm. There we were met by Keavy, Bush, Laurel Co, Lily, Campground, Woodbine & EB Firefighters along with a few from Laurel Rescue. I'm sure there were other departments there... Go Here For More...

Big Blue Valentine Raffle This years winner is Les Rose from Corbin. Les won two tickets to watch Kentucky beat Florida at Rupp Arena on February 7th. Plus $250 in cash and Dinner for two at Cracker Barrel. We would like to thank all of those who helped make this possible. Especially Senator Stivers and WEZJ Radio in Williamsburg. We'll Do It Again Next Year!!

			New 2010
			National Fire Protection Association Statistics
			NFPA estimates that there were approximately 1,103,300 firefighters in the US in 2010. Of the total number of firefighters 335,150 (30%) were career firefighters and 768,150 (70%) were volunteer firefighters.

  Most of the career firefighters are in communities that protect 25,000 or more people. Most of the volunteer firefighters (95%) are in departments that protect fewer than 25,000 people. There are an estimated 30,125 fire departments in the U.S. Of these, 2,495 departments are all career, 1,860 mostly career, 5,290 are mostly volunteer and 20,480 are all volunteer.

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Fifty Years of Serving our Community

  This year marks the beginning of our 51st year of service to our community. West Knox Volunteer Fire Department was founded in January of 1962. We have grown over the years to provide many other services than those offered from our start. Our original station, Station 1, is at the end of the football field at the old Lynn Camp School. In 2003, we added another station, Station 2, in Laurel County to help our ISO rating. We are working hard to add a third station in Gray as soon as possible. If you know of property available around Crossroads Market, let us know.