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    Homer Volunteer Fire Department
    Logo for the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection. (Image via Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection)
    Peninsula fire departments receive grant funding
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 30, 2025 1:30 am

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

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    Photo provided by a Homer Harbor surveillance camera
Fire crew respond to a vessel fire on Oct. 13 in the Homer Harbor.
    Vessel catches fire in Homer Harbor
    By Emilie Springer • October 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer Harbor crew and volunteer fire department responded

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    Fritz Creek general store burns
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 12, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    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
    Fritz Creek general store burns
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 6, 2023 3:00 pm

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

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    Homer Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)
    Council approves purchase of ladder truck
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 18, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    HVFD offers firefighter training course
    By Sarah Knapp • October 13, 2021 1:30 am

    The Homer Volunteer Fire Department is recruiting new volunteers for the 2021 Firefighter I Class, which begins Oct. 18. No…

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    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.)
    Hickory crew member killed in crane rollover on...
    By Michael Armstrong • January 31, 2019 5:30 am

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

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    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)
    City appoints Purcell as interim HVFD chief
    By Michael Armstrong • December 19, 2018 7:13 pm

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

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    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)
    Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Kadel ‘no...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 5, 2018 12:00 am

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

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