Midway Fire District / Socorro County Fire Department

05/29/2026

05/26/2026

Your Midway Firefighters were out having a WATER FALL 💦💦 of a time with Cotton Wood Valley Charter School as they finished their school year! Enjoy your summer kids!!!

05/21/2026

Your Midway Firefighters had a WATERFUL 💦 time with your children at Midway Elementary. We were happy to help send kids into the summer with a little bit of cool water. Thank you for inviting us Midway Elementary!!!

05/17/2026

05/16/2026

Was an honor to stand with our partners to honor the es**rt for the fallen medical flight crew today as the made the journey to medical investigators office. Rest easy and thank you for your service

05/08/2026

“Nobody cares, work harder” is bu****it.

Straight up.

That mindset doesn’t build good firemen, medics, or officers. It burns people out and teaches guys to stay quiet instead of getting better. People DO care.

Good crews care. Good officers care.
Good leaders care enough to hold people accountable while still giving a damn about them as human beings.

What we DON’T care about is excuses, ego, laziness, or people quitting on the team when things get hard.

And somewhere along the line people started acting like admitting you don’t know something makes you weak. That’s bu****it too.

Some of the best firemen have no issue saying:

“I forgot.”
“I don’t know.”
“Show me again.”
“I need help with this.”

That’s humility. That’s maturity. That’s how you actually learn this job.

The dangerous people are the ones too prideful to ask questions because they’re scared of looking inexperienced.

Somebody struggling doesn’t make them soft.
Refusing to learn, refusing to improve, and hiding behind ego does.

Real leadership is:
“I care about you, so I’m gonna expect more from you.”

That’s how standards get built.
That’s how culture gets built.
Not by pretending nobody matters.

~ Connor

05/08/2026

Come out and help us support a family in need

05/08/2026

Midway and San Antonio fire districts along with Socorro County EM/ Fire responded to Interstate 25 mile marker 124 south of San Antonio for a semi truck on fire. Fire was controlled within 15 minutes of arrival. The truck caught fire after a tire blow out. The truck and all its contents were a total loss. Big thank you to City Of Elephant Butte Fire for the assist!

04/07/2026

This includes Socorro County and excludes municipalities as in the City of Socorro and Magdalena.

For immediate release: State forester enacts statewide fire restrictions
Smoking, fireworks, campfires, open burning, gas flares are prohibited
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Amid unseasonably hot weather and dry fuel conditions, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Forestry Division is enacting statewide fire restrictions in New Mexico to reduce the risk of wildfire starts.

These restrictions respond to persistent dry and warm conditions across the state: conditions heightened by low humidity, high winds and abundant dry fuels across our forests and grasslands.

The level of wildfire danger poses a threat to public safety, life, property and natural resources across New Mexico.

The state forester has placed the following restrictions – to remain in effect until rescinded – on non-municipal, non-federal and non-Tribal lands statewide:

→ Smoking
→ Fireworks
→ Campfires
→ Prescribed, open, agricultural and/or debris burning
→ Flaring of gas related to oil and gas production

Exceptions:

→ Exceptions are allowed for certain prohibited actions in specific cases or when specific conditions are met.
→ The state forester may allow additional exceptions upon receiving a written request.

“We’re already in a particularly high-risk period for above average fire potential, which is not expected to let up anytime soon,” said State Forester Laura McCarthy. “Our current conditions are highly conducive to fires starting and spreading quickly. These restrictions are necessary to reduce that risk for the duration of this particularly hot, dry wildfire season.”

“Fire restrictions are about individual actions that protect our communities as a whole,” said EMNRD Acting Secretary Erin Taylor. “Nine out of 10 wildfires in the state are caused by humans, which means 9 out of 10 wildfires can be prevented. We’re asking that every resident and every visitor take extra precautions during a particularly risky wildfire season.”

For detailed descriptions of restrictions and for the full list of restrictions and exceptions, visit emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/find-current-fire-restrictions

Full release at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/forestry-news

04/01/2026