Oglethorpe County Fire & Rescue

01/31/2026

❄️ Snow Conditions Update ❄️
Snow is moving through our area and road conditions- If you don’t have to be out, please stay home and off the

Stay safe and check on your neighbors! 🚒

11/24/2025

🌟✨ PLEASANT HILL VFD ✨🌟
🔥 ANNUAL CHICKEN MULL 🔥

📅 Date: December 13
⏰ Time: 4–7 PM
💲 Price: $10 per quart

Come out and support Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Department!
Delicious homemade Chicken Mull — pickup only.

Ask a member for tickets! We appreciate your support!

05/21/2024

We had a great turn out for the Autism Awareness Class tonight. Thank you to all first responders and fire personnel who attended! We are passionate about training to be the best responders we can be to meet the needs of our community.

05/03/2024

04/21/2024

Members of the Beaverdam Volunteer Fire Department have decided to celebrate World Autism Month by taking “Autism Awareness and Interaction Training for First Responders” and have also designed a shirt to help support autism awareness and to send a powerful message that we should all be aware of autism and its effects. Autism speaks, it’s time we listen!

We will be accepting shirt orders through May 18th, 2024. Orders can be shipped to you at an additional cost or picked up at Beaverdam Volunteer Fire Department (2137 Beaverdam Road, Winterville, GA 30683). Order pickup is scheduled* for Friday, May 31st from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm or Saturday, June 1st, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Pricing: S-XL are $25.00 each, 2XL shirts are $27.00 each, and 3XL are $28.00 each.

To order a shirt, please visit: https://www.oglethorpefirerescue.org/product/autism-acceptance-t-shirt/

04/02/2024

Hazardous Weather Outlook:

A line of thunderstorms is expected to move through north and
central Georgia this evening and into the overnight hours. A few
of the thunderstorms could be severe and capable of producing
damaging wind gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes.

Tonight, showers and thunderstorms are expected before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Low around 61. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Although currently Oglethorpe County is only at a slight risk for hazardous weather, please be mindful that weather conditions are largely unpredictable and could change for the worse or for the better.

03/31/2024

On Saturday, March 30th, 2024, Oglethorpe County Fire & Rescue graduated their 2024-1 Recruit Class of Volunteer Suppression Firefighters. The Recruit Class started in January and consisted of 10 weeks of classroom instruction and skills proficiency training. The class finished with 19 firefighters participating in their Live Burn Training. Of the 19 new firefighters, 13 were from Oglethorpe County and 5 were from Madison County.

Over the past 10 weeks, all students displayed integrity, discipline, and perseverance. These firefighters dedicated over 120 hours of their personal time to become volunteer firefighters, which is often thankless job.

Oglethorpe County Fire Rescue and 10-19 Training would like to thank Athens-Clarke County Fire and Emergency Services for allowing us to use their facilities free of charge. We would also like to thank all of the GFSTC Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council Instructors who dedicated a Saturday to lead our recruits in their Live Burn. Without their support, our recruit class would not have been as successful as it was!

03/08/2024

SEVERE WEATHER WARNING

The US National Weather Service Peachtree City Georgia has issued several hazardous weather warnings for Oglethorpe County, as well as surrounding counties due to a storm system that is approaching from the west.

As of the 11:30AM briefing, the NWS is predicting severe thunderstorms with rainfall amounts of 2-4" expected this evening through Saturday night with isolated higher amounts possible. We are also expected to see damaging winds and/or brief tornadoes early Saturday morning with more gusty winds expected to come in behind the storm system late Saturday into Sunday. This will increase the potential for downed trees and powerlines.

There is a Flood Watch in effect from March 8th at 7:00PM until March 10th at 01:00AM.

During the storm, please exercise extreme caution while driving and stay alert for public safety personnel working to keep roadways open.