Oak Bowery Volunteer Fire Department

05/24/2026

REMINDER : TRAINING TODAY 1:30 PM

We are at it again team. Please try to attend our next practice session for ISO 5 rating. 👊🚒

05/22/2026

Our Team responded to a structure fire this week for one of our neighbors on County Road 12. Thankfully no one was injured but unfortunately, it was a total loss. The homeowner was an elderly lady who lived alone. She is currently in a motel and will be staying with family members until she can navigate the loss. In the meantime, if you would like to help, her immediate priorities are clothes Size 20 and 3XL tops, 22 pants and 8.5 wide shoes. We are planning to drop off donations to her on Tuesday afternoon May 26th. Please reach out via FB Messenger if you would like to donate and we will coordinate with you to drop off at Station 1 on 431 between now and Tuesday.

05/11/2026

We are at it again team. Please try to attend our next practice session for ISO 5 rating. 👊🚒

05/05/2026

Please pm your name phone number and how many you would like. You can pay via PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay by scanning the donate QR code or cash at pick up. Thank you for your support!

05/04/2026

To our Oak Bowery Team: Thank You for the personal sacrifice of your time it takes to be a volunteer. For the hours of training, the many nights you leave your warm bed or get up in the middle of dinner to answer that call; we thank you, and our community thanks you. 🚒🚒🚒

04/28/2026

On Sunday afternoon our team trained to improve our speeds on moving 30,000 gallons of water to a scene. 250 GPM of uninterrupted flow is the goal required to Improve our ISO to a 5. Thank you guys for your hard work and practice.
WE WILL GET THERE! 👊
With that said we are always looking for new members. It is a lot of work but a whole lot of fun as well - if you are interested in being a member visit us at oakbowery1400.org to join our team. 🚒🧑‍🚒

04/23/2026

04/22/2026

Statewide Fire Alert is in effect for Alabama, including Chambers County, due to high wildfire risks ! Don't let this be our community folks.

4/21 1:45 PM WILDFIRE UPDATE:
The fires in southern Clay County/northern Putnam County remain a combined 4112 acres and are 50% contained. Hundreds of responders from multiple counties and the state continue to fight this fire. Here are the latest updates:

- There is a lot of misinformation circulating about this fire - the ONLY source of information about this fire is coming from this page. The Sheriff’s Office is also sharing this messaging through SaferWatch and its social media. We will also share messaging from Forestry here.
- Decoy Road IS OPEN, and Highway 17 IS OPEN.
- Please avoid this area - the smoke along the highway is heavy.
- There are NO NEW VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS in place aside from Varney Road and Woodard Lane, and officials have not deemed it safe to return to those areas.
- Please DO NOT fly drones above the fire or the water. It prevents emergency aircraft from fighting this fire.
- Please do not come look at the fire. It’s not safe!
- Avoid boating on the St. Johns River, as planes are actively gathering water to fight the fire.
- We appreciate the offers to come volunteer. At this time, we have enough resources, and we’ll let our community know if the need arises.
- We also appreciate the offers for prepackaged food and drink donations for our crews! We will gladly accept them at the Clay County Fairgrounds Cattlemen’s Arena! We'll continue this 7-7, each day until Thursday.
- The Call Center is taking questions about this fire. That number is 877-CLAY-EOC.

04/21/2026

This week is National Volunteer Fire Week and we would just like to say THANK YOU to all of the dedicated men and women who volunteer their time and resources to help protect our community.

If you would like to join our team visit us at oakbowery1400.org to learn how you can be a part of something really special.

04/19/2026

Thanks to all the first responders who came out last night to fight the fire on county road 83 🚒 your community thanks you for all you do 😊 We need to all keep the family of the home in our prayers 🙏🏻