Hygenall Firefighter

06/17/2026

🚫🚁 NO DRONES IN FIRE ZONES 🚁🚫

Wildfire airspace is a dangerous place for unauthorized drones. When a drone enters an active fire area, firefighting aircraft may be forced to stop operations — delaying critical missions and putting firefighters and the public at risk.

CAL FIRE aircraft fly low, fast, and often in challenging conditions while dropping water, transporting crews, and providing critical support. A drone in that same airspace creates a serious mid-air collision hazard.

This year, we continue to see increased drone activity near emergency operations. One person’s decision to fly can impact an entire firefighting operation.

If you see aircraft working a fire:
✅ Keep your drone grounded
✅ Stay clear of emergency airspace
✅ Never interfere with firefighting operations

If you fly, we can’t.

06/15/2026

06/05/2026

June is PTSD Awareness Month, a time to recognize the mental and emotional impact that can come with serving others in emergency response.

To the EMS professionals and First Responders who continually show up for their communities every day; thank you. Your wellbeing matters, and reaching out for support is an important part of taking care of yourself, just as you take care of others.

05/29/2026

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬!

Proper installation and regular maintenance are essential to ensure your smoke alarms work when you need them most. Simply having an alarm in your home isn’t enough - it must be correctly placed, tested routinely, and replaced when necessary.

Follow the guidelines below to help make sure your smoke alarms are ready to provide early warning in the event of a fire:

1️⃣ Install at least one alarm on each level of your home. It is recommended to have one in each sleeping area and outside of sleeping areas.

2️⃣ Test all smoke alarms, battery powered and hard-wired, once a month. Vacuum or dust around the alarms regularly to keep them clean.

3️⃣ Change batteries once a year unless you have a 10-year battery operated alarm. Make sure you change the backup batteries in your hard-wired alarms once a year as well.

4️⃣ Replace all smoke alarms when they expire after 10 years.

Our 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 provides and installs smoke alarm(s) free of charge to City of Statesville NC homeowners who own and live in the requested home. Learn more, linked below.

05/26/2026

State and local officials are increasingly looking for ways to expand mental health resources aimed at reducing stigma and improving access to care for 911 dispatchers, police officers, firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians.