CARTERET COUNTY - A Marshallberg firefighter was killed Tuesday morning while responding mutual aid to a structure fire call. The original call is being investigated as a case of arson. Robert Gerald Whitaker, age 55, was killed when the fire department vehicle he was in left the road and struck a tree. Arrangements are pending. […]

The flags at the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Memorial will fly at half mast to honor Tar Heel Firefighter Ronald Phillip Allen, Jr. of Bladen County.  The flags will be lowered to half mast on Sunday September 24th until Saturday September 30th.

The flags at the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Memorial will fly at half mast to honor Tarheel Firefighter Ronald Phillip Allen, Jr. of Bladen County.

BLADEN COUNTY - The Bladen County Fire Marshal is reporting today that Tar Heel Firefighter Ronald Phillip Allen, Jr. was struck and killed by a motorist this morning while performing hydrant maintenance. According to Fire Marshal Mitchell Byrd, Allen was marking hydrants in the Tar Heel Fire District and was standing at the fire department […]

A memorial service is set for Thursday in North Carolina to honor a volunteer firefighter who died of injuries sustained in a collision last month while responding to a call. Joseph Bilka, a member of Antioch-Fishing Creek Vol. Fire Department in Oxford, N.C., died last week at Duke Medical Center.

60 year old Joseph Louis Bilka of the Antioch-Fishing Creek Volunteer Fire Dept. was responding to a fire alarm on April 22nd, 2006. Firefighter Bilka struck a semi-truck as he drove to the fire station. He remained in the hospital until his death on May 21st. A memorial service will be held on June 1st […]