Westarea Fire Department

08/31/2026

A few simple fire safety tips can help keep your home and family safe.🔥🏠🚒

08/28/2026

Today’s training focused on drafting operations using a dry hydrant. LT Hartsell and FF Kinney worked with our crews on proper drafting techniques and pump operations.

Great work by everyone who participated and continues to build their skills through hands-on training!

08/22/2026

Proud of our firefighters for continuing to further their training and skills! Several of our members are currently completing their TR Passenger Vehicle Technician certification. Keep up the great work! 🚒💪

TR Passenger Vehicle Technician is underway at Meadow Fire Department Thank you Chad Autry for sharing your experience and knowledge to help our staff and these other departments become efficient and proficient in our craft!

08/22/2026

Years of experience teaching the next generation.

08/22/2026

In today’s Fireground Operations class, the Fire Academy students spent the day focusing on water supply operations, gaining hands-on experience with hydrants and drafting. 🚒

08/21/2026

The last two Thursday nights have been spent focusing on RIT training, with last night’s training being air consumption drills. Our volunteers and paid staff are constantly working to improve their craft. Also, a big shout out to FF Cunningham on recently becoming our newest state certified firefighter, and also on scoring his first full-time firefighter job with the guys at Puppy Creek Fire Department. These are no small accomplishments, and we see good things in his future. Plus we needed a picture of the station dog Bowen added in because it’s Bowen.

08/20/2026

Just another day at Westarea.

Teamwork doesn’t only happen on the fireground. Sometimes it looks like a group workout in the station gym and a little friendly competition along the way. We all push each other to be better here.

08/15/2026

At approximately 10:30 a.m., Westarea Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire with reported life hazards.

Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and fire conditions with two occupants still inside the residence. Search operations were initiated immediately, and both victims were quickly located and removed from the home before being transported by air medical for further treatment.

We would like to thank the many agencies that responded and assisted on scene. We apologize if we unintentionally leave anyone out, but we are grateful for the support from Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Summerville-Bunnlevel, Erwin, Dunn, Flat Branch, Eastover, Wade, Godwin-Falcon, Pearce's Mills, Stoney Point, and Bethany Fire Departments.

Thank you as well to Cotton Fire Department for providing coverage in Westarea’s district while our crews were committed to the incident.

We also appreciate the assistance of Cumberland County Dispatch, Cumberland County EMS, Cumberland County Emergency Management, and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

Several fire and EMS personnel were transported and treated for heat-related injuries during the incident.

A special thank-you to Dino’s Pizza for providing pizzas and water, to the 3D and BTO gas stations in Linden for providing water to crews, and to Sardis Presbyterian Church for bringing snacks and water to personnel on scene. The support shown by our community and neighboring agencies during a major incident like this does not go unnoticed.

We are grateful to everyone who showed up and worked together throughout this incident.