Barry VFD

05/26/2026

Barry BFD was dispatched to a possible gas leak on Wright street. Barry VFD blocked the street and secured the area until Atmos could get on scene to address the issue. Atmos made scene and determined that there was no active leak and that the fire units could clear.

05/24/2026

4:26 PM 5/24/2026 - Thunderstorms have formed near Oak Valley, Purdon, to near Richland. This activity may contain gusty winds and pea sized hail.

05/24/2026

At 1:47 PM today, Barry fire was dispatched to a control burn that had a control moving through the grass in the area of 1126 and 744 unknown exact location, very fire units located in extinguish fire and was dispatched to a medical call on NW County Road 1041 crews cleared the fire and responded to the medical. All crew are clear back at the station.

05/23/2026

Today at 3:40pm Barry was dispatched to mutual aid Blooming grove fire with a control burn that had gotten out of control off of Fm744. Blooming Grove requested Barry’s military truck for its off road capabilities due to the soft ground and rough train multiple of their agencies, such as Retreat and Dawson responded with side-by-side units once the fire was extinguished the Blooming Grove fire department command released Barry fire department to return to station. Please keep in mind that all these fire departments out in the county are self funded volunteer fire departments. They require donations to continue serving the community.

05/19/2026

3:50 PM 5/19/2026 - Thunderstorms have begun to fill in along and near the cold front. These storms have remained below severe limits thus far, but are still producing heavy rainfall, lightning, gusty winds, and small hail. The activity is moving slowly SE and will have the possibility of producing heavy rainfall over the same areas throughout this afternoon.

Anyone with outdoor activities planned, especially from 5:00 PM on will want to monitor this line of storms. If they intensify, we will will provide you with the latest updates from the NWS.

05/19/2026

05/16/2026

LZ Training went well today, Emhouse Fire came out to train with us. I want to thank the crew from PHI, they were very helpful and answered tons of questions. Always a pleasure to work with. All in all a good day .

05/16/2026

🚨🚨PSA🚨🚨
It has been brought to my attention that one or more of you have received spoofed or fake calls from Barry VFD this is not the number at our station. The Barry Volunteer Fire Dept phone number is (903)-695-0036 and it is posted on our page as well. Please know that the other number is not us nor would you be getting calls from our station number. We all have cell phones that we use, the station is not manned at all times so that phone is primarily used as an answering machine. Thank you for your support and your attention to this post.

05/15/2026

At 2:32am Chief Hale started receiving calls and text saying the storm siren in Barry was activating. Chief Hale called the Navarro county Sheriff’s office and they were un aware and looking into it as well. That we know of there is no event in which it should be activated for and will be looking into it.

05/14/2026

At 4:45pm Barry fire was dispatched to a grass fire in the 4800 block of hwy 22 towards Corsicana. Barry Fire responded with Engine3382 and Brush3352, once in route Chief Hale called for mutual aid from Emhouse Fire and Reteat Fire for a tanker and brush truck due to the amount of smoke showing from Barry. Once on scene we found approximately 5acres on fire started by a hay baler. Barry requested Blooming grove to send a brush truck as well and with the help of all units on scene the fire was contained quickly. Once the majority of fire was out Barry released all non Barry units to return to station and Barry VFD remained on scene to finish mop up. We want to thank all the other agencies that showed up to help contain this fire today sometimes it takes us all.