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Leland Volunteer Fire Department SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE, HONOR, AND EXCELLENCE…

10/26/2026

Video creds to: Katie Horne Ramage

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Water relaying

10/08/2026

Being a volunteer firefighter can be harder than being a paid firefighter.

Before anyone gets offended, this isn't a knock on career firefighters. The job is hard either way. The difference is what happens before and after the call.

A paid firefighter goes to the station, works a shift, answers calls, trains, eats, sleeps when they can, and eventually goes home.

A volunteer firefighter answers the same alarm but often after working a full-time job, raising a family, dealing with everyday responsibilities, and living life just like everyone else.

The pager goes off at 2:00 in the morning? You get up.

Structure fire? You leave your family and respond.

Medical emergency? You stop whatever you're doing.

Vehicle accident? You show up.

And when the call is over, you don't necessarily go back to a station and get paid for the hours you just gave away. You go back to work the next morning. You go back to your family. You go back to your responsibilities.

You sacrifice time, sleep, weekends, holidays, family events, and sometimes your own safety without a paycheck.

That's what makes volunteering different.

A volunteer firefighter doesn't do it because it's a career.

They do it because they believe their community is worth serving.

So before you look at the word *volunteer* and think it means less trained, less committed, or less capable remember this:

Volunteer doesn't mean amateur.

It means someone was willing to run toward the emergency when they could have stayed home.

And sometimes the hardest part isn't answering the call.

It's answering it when nobody is paying you to do it.

10/08/2026

LELAND… WE’VE BEEN KEEPING A PRETTY BIG SECRET. 👀🐴❤️

The Budweiser Clydesdales are coming to Christmas on Deer Creek! 🎄✨

Join us December 5th for a Christmas on Deer Creek unlike any other. We can’t wait to welcome these iconic horses to Leland!

Who’s excited!!! WE SURE ARE❤️🎄

10/08/2026

A little housekeeping this weekend....

NO PERSONAL VEHICLES IN PIT AREA

ATV PASS $30

Race teams will receive one complimentary ATV pass at no charge.

We are expecting a great crowd this weekend and we appreciate everyone checking in! We can't wait to see you guys for THE 20TH ANNUAL GUMBO NATIONALS!!!

10/01/2026

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