Local Firefighters Say It’s Not About the Money. Southwestern Virginia firefighters weigh in on the controversy in rural Tennessee surrounding the subscription Fire Protection Districts. Here what they have to say here.

Rural fire station open to ambulance housed there. The Middlebrook Volunteer Fire Department has asked that an ambulance be placed at their station. They are wondering why they have not been considered yet though. Read what Isaac Wolfe, the president of the Middlebrook Volunteer Fire Department wrote about it.

158 pigs saved from burning trailer. Clarksville firefighters extinguished a fire in five minutes Friday morning, saving the lives of 158 pigs trapped in a burning trailer. Eight pigs died. Read about it here.

First Female Battalion Chief in Charlottesville. Emily Pelliccia will become the first female Battalion Chief for the City of Charlottesville’s Fire Department. Read about it and other promotions in Charlottesville.

Officials: Heat buildup causes fire at Blue Ridge Fiberboard. Heat buildup in fiberboard stacked outside Blue Ridge Fiberboard on Celotex Drive early Monday morning started a fire that caused moderate damage, the Danville Fire Marshal’s Office. Read it here.

Woman, baby rescued from burning home; Two others, including a firefighter injured. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Four people including a baby and a 70-year-old woman are in the hospital after fire and smoke tore through a home in the Pembroke Manor neighborhood of Virginia Beach early Tuesday morning. The fire started just before two along Jeanne Street and Declaration Road. Read more here.