The new Van Wert Fire Station – one of two new stations for Polk County Fire-Rescue – is getting its foundations settled, and the station that consolidates two on the west side of the county is…
A new station combining the Blooming Grove and Esom Hill fire stations will soon open for volunteers to use when their services are needed, and another new station over in Van Wert is now underway and…
Update: Polk County EMA added the following message within the past 20 minutes (or so) for local residents: A second update from Polk County EMA: Polk County Fire officials are aware of a large controlled burn…
Emergency Management Agency organizes exercise Tuesday at The HON Company to see response to industrial fire Imagine for a moment a worst-case scenario. Large saws that are cutting the pieces for furniture have gotten clogged with…
The HON Company played host for an Polk County Emergency Management Agency’s exercise to see how first responders would act during an industrial fire breaking out at the facility in the Westside Industrial Park on West…
Local first responders and workers will be out this coming Saturday for the fourth annual Touch A Truck hosted by Polk County government in Cedartown. Vehicles will be parked at The Home Depot in Cedartown and…
A elderly man died on the scene following a house fire on Paris Mountain Road this afternoon according to local officials. The Polk County Coroner’s Office confirmed that Vernon Leslie Vogel Jr., 80, of a Paris…
Note: The following release was provided by Polk County officials for publication late this afternoon. -KtE Over the past 12 years, both Polk County and the City of Rockmart have both enjoyed automatic aid for fire…
City Council votes to call off Fire Department’s Automatic Aid Agreement Since 2013, residents within a five mile radius of the Rockmart city limits have benefitted from an agreement between the County Government and the City…
Local firefighters got out their tools from rescue trucks to show off what is required to get someone out of a vehicle when it is severely damaged in a crash. Polk County’s Facebook page shared photos…
