Firefighters from the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department joined more than 80 firefighters from 36 departments across 12 states for a training conference last weekend, thanks to the generosity of the Gary Sinise Foundation. The foundation provided the conference free of charge, including tuition, lodging, and meals. Gary Sinise is well known for his role as…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department firefighters with Ladder 6 had to rescue a bed-ridden woman from apartment that caught fire Thursday night. Everyone else in the apartment and two adjacent units got out on their own. There were no injuries. Firefighters also saved a dog. The fire was reported at the Park Place Apartments in the…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) firefighters went floor to floor assisting residents out of the Westbrook Towers after a laundry room fire sent smoke billowing through the building Friday morning. The fire was reported at the seven-story building on N. Walnut Street at 10:27 a.m. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire. The fire was contained to…
Quick action by firefighters from the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department saved a woman from a burning home Friday evening. The Amberwood Circle home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The fire reportedly started in the garage area around 8:30 p.m. The woman, in her mid-30’s, was trapped inside the home while her husband, mother-in-law,…
MFRD firefighters quickly doused a fire at a home in the 1900 block of Bradyville Pike at 6:46 this morning. All six people who live in the home were able to safely get out before firefighters arrived. There were no injuries. The fire was contained to one room of the home. The cause of the…
One person is displaced after a house fire in La Vergne on Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the home on the 300 block of John Henry Drive around 1:30 p.m. after reports of heavy smoke and flames coming from the garage. Firefighters were able to quickly get the fire under control. No one was…
A mother and two children made it safely out of a burning home on Teresa Lane at 5:50 a.m., Fri., Dec. 29. When firefighters arrived, flames were visible on one the right side of the home, spreading into the interior attic area. Water was applied to the exterior to bring the fire under control. Fire…
A family of five safely made it out a burning duplex on Daisy Court at 3:19 a.m., Wed., Dec. 27. Moderate smoke and flames coming from the rear of a duplex when firefighters arrived. Fire crews quickly attacked the fire and put it out. Firefighters searched the duplex to make sure no one else was…
A man received minor burns to his hands and foot while trying to put out a fire on his back porch with a fire extinguisher overnight. MFRD firefighters responded to the fire on Lafave Lane just before 1 a.m. Sat , Nov. 11. The man, his wife, and child were at home at the time….
Redstone Federal Credit Union honored the Murfreesboro community’s first responders with a special meal and appreciation gift on Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 11am to 2pm, at its 2404 Medical Center Parkway office. Jonathan Kirby, Redstone’s Vice President of Security and Investigations, said the annual luncheon is one of Redstone’s favorite events and shows appreciation for…