East Oktibbeha Volunteer Fire Department

03/15/2026

Pay attention

Oktibbeha County Residents,

Please be advised that the entire state of Mississippi is under a severe weather threat beginning this evening, Sunday, March 15. The primary window for this activity is expected between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM, lasting through the early morning hours of Monday, March 16.

The following conditions are possible:

- Severe storms
- Damaging winds up to 70 mph
- Quarter-sized hail
- Tornadoes

Because damaging winds are the highest risk, please treat all thunderstorm warnings as you would tornado warnings this evening. Straight-line winds can be as destructive as tornadoes; given the saturated ground and weakened trees, downed power poles are anticipated and widespread outages.

Please remain weather-aware, identify a designated safe location, and ensure you have a way to receive emergency alerts that does not depend on home power. Remember to charge your devices now.

01/22/2026

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11/09/2025

FYI. With tonight's coldest weather of the year moving in, firefighters suggest turning on your electric heat before bed if you haven't had it serviced or turned it on yet. This will burn off the dust bunnies on the heating elements, causing a temporary burning smell 🔥.

11/08/2025

East VFD has 6 new certified volunteers who are proud of their accomplishments in the 80 plus hours program at night after their MSU college classes. They put in the extra hours of training while also responding to calls. Their instructor is pretty sharp. Chance Cummings also started his career with EOVFD many moons ago.

11/02/2025

EOVFD was invited by the athletic department to come to their
# Hail O Ween trunk a treat at the Bryant Building on MSU campus and guess who showed up
Bully and Bell got to work the siren and air horn

11/01/2025

Member spotlight. Brad Barr from Four County Electric came to the station to cover the recent award the EOVFD got from the Four County Foundation and was impressed that we had several female College members and began talking with Kailyn and did a short story.
EOVFD has had several female college students over the years and they all have contributed their hard work towards helping the community in the times of need

10/17/2025

EOVFD is very pleased that we got the Gary Sinise Foundation Grant
We bought some much needed equipment and supplies to better serve our community

The Gary Sinise Foundation recently awarded a $58,000 grant to the Oktibbeha Volunteer Fire Department.

09/25/2025

Heads up

Oktibbeha County E911 and several other counties throughout Mississippi and Louisiana are experiencing interruptions with incoming calls to the center. As we are prepared with force we encourage our community to call (662)338-1086 or utilize the text feature from your mobile phone to 911 as our staff is on board to and ready to ensure your emergencies are taken care of.

06/13/2025

Not the way we wanted to start the day. At 2am, a report came in that a two-story house was fully involved, with a person unaccounted for. Starkville City Fire, along with Bell School House and Dist 5, responded to the call. By the time the first firefighter arrived, more than half of the house was gone. Sadly, the homeowner was found deceased around 6am. Please keep the family in your prayers.

05/15/2025

All, if you are interested here is a link to a little video I put together from a lot of body cam footage from the last couple months plus a bunch of photos from some old members. It is on the East YouTube, mostly for recruitment. Send it to anybody you want to get pumped up to fight some fire.

East Oktibbeha VFD is a 100% volunteer fire department located just outside of Starkville, Mississippi. We respond to approximately 600 calls per year, makin...

04/26/2025

AGAIN Touch a Truck was a great success we demonstrated how the Jaw of Life work tried on the Turnout Gear and sat in the front seat