Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department

08/05/2026

Burn ban for the city of Joaquin effective immediately.

08/05/2026

August 5, 2026 - Allison Harbison, Shelby County Judge, announced during Commissioners' Court on August 5, 2026, that she would be putting a burn ban in place. This will give opportunity in a week's time for it to rain before the commissioners consider ratifying the ban at the next meeting. The orde...

08/02/2026

07/16/2026

Yall come out to the Center Square and help us say goodbye!

Just to clarify, this is happening on the Shelby County Courthouse Square in downtown Center! Shelby County we need your help! Tenaha VFD Assistant Chief Craig Terry passed away today. At this time, Mangum Funeral Home is in the process of bringing his remains back to Center to make his final arrangements. Shelby County fire departments are coming together to provide a fire truck es**rt from the county line north of Tenaha to Mangum Funeral Home on San Augustine Street in Center. We will keep you updated, but we are expecting this convoy to be arriving in center sometime between 6:30-8:00 pm this evening. We will narrow that window down as we can. We would like to ask as many citizens as can to line the north and west sides of the square to pay respects to a lifelong volunteer firefighter. Craig served as a member at Tenaha VFD for many years, including over ten years as an officer. Craig is one of those people that would drop what he’s doing to go help a complete stranger at a moment’s notice. This is your opportunity to show your appreciation for that, as this is essentially his funeral procession. Stay tuned to our page for more updates on the timeline!

07/16/2026

07/15/2026

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Please join us in supporting our brothers and sisters with Tenaha VFD as they endure the loss of longtime Assistant Chief Craig Terry, who passed away this afternoon after a battle with cancer.

07/11/2026

Just a couple of the veterans that stopped by to sign Brush 3 , aka “The Patriot” at the Shelby County Stars and Stripes event on the historic downtown Courthouse Square today. Every time one of these heroes adds their signature, the coolness factor on this truck goes up a little more! To all of our veterans, THANK YOU! You are the reason we still celebrate freedom in this country!

07/10/2026

Yall come see us and get a great tasting pulled pork sandwich! Joaquin VFD Brush 3, aka “The Patriot” will be on the square in full parade form. This truck is unique in that it carries the signatures of over 300 U.S. veterans and we will have a paint pen with it so we can add more. If there’s a veteran in your family, encourage them to stop by and sign the truck!

07/05/2026

Ok now that we’ve had a chance to catch our breath after a long hot 4th of July I thought I would say another big THANK YOU to everyone that helped to make this year’s raffle our biggest fundraising event in Joaquin VFD history. This is not possible without our sponsors and you, the people who actually buy the tickets. The winners are as follows:
#1. Molly Lehman; Savage Axis II from Farmers State Bank/ Sig Buckmaster 4x12 scope from Joaquin Tire.
#2. Matt Lawson; 2 Basket Fish Cooker from Haslam Sales
3. Buren Lowe; Dewalt drill/ driver combo from Kay’s Hardware
4. Phyllis Westbrook; Wi******er Super X 12 gauge from Rodney and Gearline Dean
5. Ronnie B. Stone; Henry .22 Fire Chief Perry Pugh Memorial from East-West Outfitters
6. Ethan Wood; $500 cash from Joaquin VFD
7. Arnold Isbell; Case pocket knife from Boles Feed
8. Joe Hewitt; Case pocket knife from Boles Feed
9. Judy Harvey; Turtle Box speaker/ $60 Ram House Too gift card from Ram House Too
10. Tim Hopkins; Browning X-bolt .243 from The Garrett Family Foundation
11. Mike Wilson; Springfield Hellcat Pro 9 MM from Joe Scruggs
12. Cole Anderson; R***r SR1911 .45 ACP from Sand Hill Foundation
13. Mary Cummings; Ta**us G2 9MM from Shelby Savings Bank
14. Jeff Dean; Es**rt youth model .410 from High Roller Logistics
15. Stevie English; Citadel LevTac-92 .357 mag from NEXGEN Energy Services
16. Mike Harris; Coleman camp chair from Steve and Joyce Cockrell
17. Zachary Bates; Bond Arms Old Glory .45 LC/ .410 from the Perry Pugh Family
18. Shelby Garrett; Diamondback AR-15 .300 Blackout from Covington Lumber Company
19. Robby Register; vintage parlor bench from Fix or Flip It Furniture Refinishing
20. Cole Anderson; Kids tackle box/ rod & reel combo from Stateline Precision
21. Dewayne Pinkston; $200 Wings & Whitetails gift card from Wings and Whitetails
Congratulations to all of our winners and thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. We are already looking at ways to make next year’s fundraiser bigger and better!

07/05/2026

Raffle drawing is on!