Viola-North Graves Volunteer Fire Department

08/26/2026

We have been cooking up SOMETHING GOOD!

⚠️2 Special Training Announcements!⚠️

(1)
Hendron Fire Department will be hosting a Rope Rescue Technician course on October 10th, 11th ,17th and 18th. The class will be held in McCracken County. Students must attend all 4 days and complete all skills to recieve a certificate of completion. This will be a mentally and physically challenging course. There will be alot of working at heights on ropes during the high angle portion.
Prerequisites for this class are a previous basic ropes training, the ability to tie basic fire knots (family of 8's, bowline, hitches, etc..).
You can find out more by clicking this link:
https://www.kyem.ky.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/656/211?widgetId=1160

(2)
Hendron Fire Department will also be hosting a 24hr- Confined Space Rescue Technician course on November 6, 7, and 8. The class will be held in McCracken County. Students must attend all 3 days and complete all skills to recieve a certificate of completion. This will be a mentally and physically challenging course.
Prerequisites for this class is Rope Rescue Technician.
You can find out more by clicking this link:
https://www.kyem.ky.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/658/17?widgetId=46

Sign up for these course by following this link:
https://forms.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/25701_7726379/94173/page1.html?cachebust=3756

These courses are offered through grants awarded by Kentucky Department of Emergency Management and will be presented by Ky State Fire Rescue Training instructors Chris Peeler and Chris Newton.

08/26/2026

Viola North Graves responded to an early morning garage fire. Luckily it did not spread to the house. Thank you to Symsonia Fire Department and Melber New Hope Volunteer Fire Department for responding and assisting us this morning.

08/20/2026

Just a reminder to everyone!! These crews have been out all night working on restoring power throughout our county. Please try and stay out of their ways while they restore power and to the other responders trying to get roads clear!!

08/02/2026

08.02.2026. Update to our morning fire in Hickory. Since we left, one of our firefighters drove past to check on early morning scene. These pictures are from this check. These items were NOT there when we left.

08/02/2026

The Viola-North Graves Fire Department responded early this morning to an address in Hickory for a report of woods and shed burning. The fire dept has responded to this location numerous times for fires being set, but owner states he doesn’t know who “sets them”. This is a vacant lot that “someone” puts tree limbs, wood and various other materials on and then sets on fire.

07/16/2026

HALO Act....Make yourself aware of it!!!

07/04/2026

05/09/2026

Great Day at Graves County Health & Safety Day!!!

04/27/2026

APRIL 27,2026
Graves County
Tornado watch until APRIL 28, 2026 at 4:00 AM! Stay Safe!

04/27/2026

National Weather Service Apr. 27, 2026 | 08:49 AM |

The National Weather Service has once again ramped up the outlook for significant severe weather in our region this afternoon and tonight.

Parts of southeast Missouri and southwestern Illinois have been upgraded to a moderate risk (intensity level 4 out of 5) of significant storms.

Elsewhere, they're still expecting an enhanced risk (level 3 out of 5) for supercell storms to form in the afternoon in southeast Missouri. As they move into the quad state, the supercells will likely scale up this evening to a squall line that moves across southern Illinois and western Kentucky.

The significant weather event could include strong tornadoes of EF-3 or larger, destructive straight-line winds and large hail.

Damaging winds of 60 to 70 miles per hour can generally accompany a squall line.

The detailed timeline of the storms' evolution is still unclear, but for now the strongest storm activity in western Kentucky will be tonight from 9pm until 1 am.

A slight risk (level 2) of more severe weather is possible on Tuesday afternoon in western Kentucky and west Tennessee.

Total rainfall between both systems is forecast to be between 1.5 to 3.0 inches. There could be some concerns of brief flooding in places where torrential rains fall at a rate of over two inches an hour.

Behind the cold front, the rest of the week will be much cooler with temperatures slightly below normal in the upper 60s to lower 70s.