Annual Fish Fry 2007

We were happy to meet a lot of people in the community during our annual fish fry this past July. Prattville fire department brought out their training trailer which was a big hit. The children all enjoyed jumping in the blow up slides and getting balloon animals made by our clown. The air evacuation life team brought in their helicopter so that the community could see it. They also took some time to train the fire fighters here in Independence how to best work with them in helping to land the helicopter and assist with transports.

Independence Fire Fighter of the Year

Congratulations to Ben Absher for receiving this year's award as the Fire Fighter of the Year. Ben gives so much of this time to the Independence fire department. Everyone can count on Ben. He shows up for almost every call even if it is 3:00 in the morning. He does a lot of the training each month. Ben is a great guy and we are proud to have him as the Captain of our fire department.

End of the year Association Party

Thanks to the Association for a great night of good food and entertainment.

Prattville Christmas Parade

We were invited to participate in both the Prattville and Old Kingston Christmas Parades. Everyone had fun during the Prattville parade. We threw candy to the crowd which was a huge hit. Unfortunately the Old Kingston parade was cancelled due to weather.

Improvements around the station

We knew we had people from other fire departments coming for the CPR classes. We wanted to make sure our station looked good so we cleaned and painted the bathrooms. Bob, our resident cook made all the firefighters breakfast the morning of the CPR class. Thanks Velida and Jen for painting. Thanks to Bob and Velida for breakfast!

Training Day

We do a lot of training each month so that when you need us, we are ready. These pictures were taken during one such training day.

More Tornado Pictures

Most of our firefighters were stationed in the commercial district of Prattville. Our assistant chief was doing search and rescue through the homes that were hit so hard. The pictures provided here are ones that other people took and gave to us. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families and businesses affected by this terrible event.