Bell County Rescue Squad

01/24/2026

Thank you to Casey’s for donating pizza to our rescue squad members on standby for the county this afternoon. Very much appreciated!!

08/26/2025

08/25/2025

08/25/2025

Monday evening training

08/19/2025

08/05/2025

Schools back! Let's keep our children safe!https://www.education.ky.gov/districts/trans/Documents/Stop%20Laws_ADA_EH.pdf

07/01/2025

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Bell County in southeastern Kentucky...

* Until 5:30 PM EDT.

* At 2:27 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

05/20/2025

Bell County is expected to see severe weather tonight between the hours of 8-11 PM.

The National Weather Service has placed us in the Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) for severe storms. The greatest threat to our area will be damaging winds and possible isolated instances of large hail. Isolated tornadoes are also possible and cannot be ruled out. We are also under a Flood Watch. Any updates to watches or warnings will be posted here on this page as they come in.

Now is the time to prepare for this storm.

-Prepare for possible power outages.

-Be sure you have various ways to access weather information and monitor it throughout the evening, even in the instance of a power outage.

-Secure any objects outdoors that may become projectiles in high winds.

-In case of a tornado, go to the lowest floor of your home away from any windows. If you are outside, find a sturdy building or lie flat in a low area.

-If in a flooded area, turn around don't drown. Do not attempt to cross flooded roadways.

02/15/2025

PLEASE folks, don't drive into these raging torrents over the roadways! We have responded to multiple calls of cars overturned in water. Nothing on the other side of the water is more important than your life and the lives of the emergency responders that you are putting at risk!

02/15/2025

Update:
Flood Warning Extended Until 6AM Sunday
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Update: 12:15 4/15:
A Flash Flood Warning has also been issued for Bell County and surrounding areas until 6:00 PM due to rainfall totaling between 2-4 inches impacting waterways⚠️
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⚠️Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson KY
Sat Feb 15 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Elevated river levels caused by excessive rainfall are expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Kentucky, including the following counties in south central Kentucky: Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and Whitley. In southeast Kentucky: Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox and Leslie.

* WHEN...Until 930 PM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 931 AM EST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.

- Some locations that will experience flooding include...Somerset, London, Monticello, Williamsburg, Barbourville,Harlan, Pineville, Manchester, Whitley City, Middlesboro, Loyall, Science Hill, Burnside, Wallins Creek, Rye, Barton,Faber, Deering, Grove and Woodbine.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.