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Daniel Jager is the new fire chief for the Homer Volunteer Fire Department as of Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Photo provided by Daniel Jager

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City hires new fire chief

The Homer City Council confirmed Daniel Jager as the new Homer Volunteer Fire Department chief on Oct. 13.

Logo for the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection. (Image via Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection)

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Peninsula fire departments receive grant funding

Thirty-three rural fire departments within the state were awarded funds in a total amount of $306,292.

Photo provided by a Homer Harbor surveillance camera Fire crew respond to a vessel fire on Oct. 13 in the Homer Harbor.

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Vessel catches fire in Homer Harbor

Homer Harbor crew and volunteer fire department responded

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Fritz Creek general store burns

Fire damage causes loss of a long-time community hub to East End residents

Kachemak Emergency Services and Homer Volunteer Fire Department personnel respond to a fire at the Fritz Creek General Store early Thursday morning on July 6, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Mark Kirko

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Fritz Creek general store burns

Fire damage causes loss of a long-time community hub to East End residents

Homer Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

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Council approves purchase of ladder truck

The previously owned truck will be acquired from the City of Ketchikan for no more than $230,000

Firefighters from multiple agencies prepare to enter a structure with a fire burning inside it as part of a live fire exercise Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 at the Homer Volunteer Fire Department���s fire training facility on Freight Dock Road in Homer, Alaska. Student volunteers from Anchor Point Emergency Services, Homer Volunteer Fire Department, Ninilchik Emergency Services, and Central Emergency Services attended the drill as part of a joint Firefighter I class they are attending hosted by Anchor Point Fire and HVFD. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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HVFD offers firefighter training course

The Homer Volunteer Fire Department is recruiting new volunteers for the 2021 Firefighter I Class, which begins Oct.…

Homer Volunteer Fire Department emergency medical technicians treat a person injured when a crane tipped over at the Pioneer Dock on the Homer Spit at about 1:55 p.m. Jan. 31, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News.)

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Hickory crew member killed in crane rollover on Homer Spit

Update: The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday evening announced that the victim has died.

Interim Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert Purcell poses for a photo at Homer City Hall on Dec. 18, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. Purcell was a former HVFD chief from 1992-99. (Photo provided)

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City appoints Purcell as interim HVFD chief

A former Homer Volunteer Fire Department chief will step in as interim fire chief, the city announced in…

Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Kadel waves to the crowd gathered on Pioneer Avenue during Homer’s Independence Day parade Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Kadel ‘no longer with’ city

Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Kadel is no longer with the department, Homer City Manager Katie Koester…