Williamson County Fire Protection District Station 6

07/23/2025

Around 1 PM this afternoon, Station 6 was dispatched automatic aid with the City of Herrin Fire Department for a reported car fire at Route 13 & Route 148. Engine 2650 responded with a crew of 4. Crews arrived on scene minutes after dispatch to find a vehicle with heavy fire in the engine compartment. Crews quickly deployed a handline and extinguished the fire with no injuries reported. Great job to the crews working in this extreme heat!

05/18/2025

Congratulations to the 5 firefighters that graduated the IFSI Blended Basic Operations Fire class today. These gentlemen took on 18 weeks of online and hands on practical weekends and they have finally completed it. Congratulations gentlemen. Thank you for putting forth the effort and being motivated everyday. We are very proud of you guys!

L-R
Logan Soldner - Station 1
Elijah Mason - Station 6
Clayton Richardson - Station 5
Taylin Cornelison - Station 5
Caden Miles (not pictured) - Station 6

03/24/2025

We are sad to announce the passing of Williamson County Fire Chief Jeremy Norris. Chief Norris fought valiantly through a battle with cancer. With Station 6 being headquarters, members of station 6 spent plenty of time with Chief Norris. Thank you for putting your upmost dedication in the district and always helping us move forward in the right direction. Chief, we will miss your jokes, wisdom, and company. We will continue to run out the doors and do the job you loved so much. We won’t let you down.

Rest easy Chief Norris.

- Members of Station 6

03/19/2025

Please do not burn!

A Burn Ban is now Issued for 3/19/2025 for residents of Rural Williamson County and will remain in effect until further notice.
NO OUTSIDE BURNING IS ALLOWED

03/19/2025

The City of Herrin will be under a burn ban Wednesday 03/19/2025. NO opening burning is allowed.
..DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY... A combination of strong southwest winds, low relative humidity, and dry vegetation will result in a fire danger, especially during the afternoon hours.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from 11 AM to 8 PM CDT Wednesday.

* Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 18 to 24 percent.

* 10 Hour Fuels...as low as 6 to 8 percent.

* Impacts...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

11/07/2024

Reminder that our friends at City of Herrin Fire Department are having their annual chili dinner this Saturday!!!

10/17/2024

Come get some amazing chili from our friends at City of Herrin Fire Department!!!

09/19/2024

Tonight our new drivers at Station 6 are working on their water shuttle skills. This scenario is made to imitate how we are able to flow water on fire scenes. When the scene doesn’t have hydrants nearby we have to shuttle water back and forth. Great job by all!!

09/11/2024

Station 6 will never forget!

09/05/2024

Fighting rural fires can be very challenging, which is most of what we do. Most of the time we don’t have fire hydrants as close to the incident like you see in towns, or they don’t flow as much as the ones in town, so we have to drive our water to the incident. At Williamson County Fire we have 7 “Tenders” that we utilize for this.

Tonight, some of our new tender drivers did some training on backing into tight spaces and making sharp maneuvers, in preparation for backing into narrow driveways off a roadway and navigating obstacles in the roadway if need be. Job well done by all!