City of Follansbee Volunteer Fire Department

08/07/2025

Rob and Aspen Carroll personally and also the members of the Hooverson Heights Fire Department, myself and the officers and members of the Follansbee Fire Department and City of Follansbee Administration wish to extend to you our deepest sympathies upon the passing of Retired Chief Bob Carrol.

As a young fire chief in 1980 and early through my career I had the opportunity to work alongside, learn from and be mentored by a handful of great men in the local fire service. Men that were dedicated to their communities and served the citizens tirelessly throughout their years. These men have all passed on. Jack Stankiewicz, Mario Sciarretti, Bud Reese, Ron Recchio, Weno Kinns and now Bob Carroll. I’d like to be a fly on the wall to hear the conversations from this crew.

09/15/2024

Congratulations Dameon Rea, I cannot be prouder of you along with John Anthony Casinelli and Melissa Kafton. They completed the live fire training portion of the Firefighter 1 class today at the Wheeling Fire Department’s live burn training complex sponsored by West Virginia Public Service Training. You all are working hard training and studying, keep up the excellent work you’re almost finished.

05/10/2024

02/24/2024

02/13/2024

Look what I bought today, saved it from the crusher at Jacks Recycling in Mount Morris, Pa. With the help of a friend Robert Gaffney, the truck was located in a collection owned by Harold Berthy of Morgantown, WV. Robert had contacted me a while ago about the truck’s location and I had made contact but to no avail, the answer was always the truck was not for sale. The Berthy family finally decided to auction off all the trucks and antique collectables that Herald had amassed at an auction a couple months ago. I could not make it but followed the auction and contacted Jacks Recycling (thanks to Bob Fowler) and after some negotiating, I purchased the truck. The price was right, so it was not crushed for scrap as it was purchased for and lost forever. Another piece of Follansbee FD history saved.

08/04/2023

On Thursday August 3rd at 12:00PM, Follansbee Fire Department responded to a single car MVA with entrapment. The vehicle veered off into the creek near Allegheny Street. FFD’s Rescue-4 and Squad-4 responded to this accident and immediately started with the extrication of the driver. BCEMS Paramedic units started lifesaving treatment on the unresponsive driver who was quickly transported to a nearby hospital.

07/11/2023

Around 6:52 p.m. on Monday, July 10th 2023, FFD was dispatched to a structure fire on Main Street in Follansbee across from Destefanos.

Follansbee Fire Department’s Rescue-4, Tower-4, and Squad-4 responded to the location and found a working fire with smoke showing from a two story ordinary construction apartment building. Rescue 4 deployed a hose line to the second floor of the apartment to start an offensive attack.

The fire was controlled within 15 minutes and firefighters throughly checked for extension. Fortunately there were no residents home and no injuries were reported.

Follansbee was assisted by Hooversoon Heights Tower-8, Engine-8, and Engine-88.

07/09/2023

Follansbee Fire Department is raffling off a classic style metal pedal car! Only 200 tickets will be sold and drawing will be held when they are all sold. Tickets are $5 each. Stop by a table by the fire trucks at Community Days or contact and Follansbee Firefighter to buy tickets!

07/08/2023

Today July 7th around 10:30pm this evening, Follansbee Fire Department’s Rescue-4 and Squad-4 responded to a two car injury MVA with no entrapment on Route 2 right before the Market Street Bridge. Two patients had minor injuries and were transported by BCEMS for evaluation.

07/08/2023

At approximately 8:00pm on 7/7/23 Follansbee Fire Department was toned for an MVA into a structure. Upon arrival Chief-46, Squad-4, and Rescue-4 found a single car MVA through a structure on Main Street. The occupants were not pinned and were out of the vehicle upon arrival. Two occupants sustained moderate injuries and were transported by BCEMS for treatment. Fire department units stabilized the structure before clearing the scene.