Red Cross Honors Walker County Fire Rescue

Award presentation

Rock Spring, GA - The Red Cross of Georgia honored Walker County Fire Rescue today for its exemplary partnership to install free smoke alarms that saved eight lives in two recent home fires. It was the most lives saved in Georgia in a single month since the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign began in 2014. … Continue reading Red Cross Honors Walker County Fire Rescue

Six People Escape Early Morning Fire in Walker County

Photo of a house and cars burned up

Updated at 12:00 p.m. - The cause of the fire has been ruled as electrical. The point of origin was the front wall of the living room where the Christmas tree was located. A resident told the Fire Marshal the tree was left on overnight. Walker County Fire Rescue installed three new smoke alarms at … Continue reading Six People Escape Early Morning Fire in Walker County

Walker County Fire Victims Remembered at Georgia State Capitol

2019 Capitol Swearing-in

Atlanta, GA - The annual swearing in ceremony for Fire Marshals and Fire Inspectors at the Georgia State Capitol took on new meaning this year for Walker County Fire Marshal Paul Linder.  The State Fire Marshal's Office displays shoes on the Capitol steps to represent the lives lost to fire during the previous year.  This time, … Continue reading Walker County Fire Victims Remembered at Georgia State Capitol