Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department

01/24/2026

Stop by and give a shout out to Rural Retreat Firefighter Jeremy Zook and the team at the Java Blend Cafe!!

hello from the Java team 🖤

We love our customers, especially the regulars who are more like friends! Thank you for your loyalty this past year, as we adjusted to a new normal in our team life. We hope you have a lovely weekend and stay warm!

01/20/2026

Congratulations to Captain Joel Zook for being awarded the 2025 firefighter answering the most calls.

01/20/2026

Congratulations to Firefighter Eric Fisher on receiving the 2025 recipient of the Wade Fielder service award. This award in memory of Wade Fielder is awarded to the firefighter for exemplary service to the Department.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from the Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department!!

10/29/2025

Happy Halloween! The Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department will be handing out candy at the fire station this Friday from 6-8. Make sure to stop by for treats and check out the fire engines!

10/25/2025

We would like to take this opportunity to Thank everyone who came out and supported our fall BBQ fund raiser. We always enjoy seeing our friends and neighbors in the community every BBQ. Special thanks to GFL Environmental, Parkway Gas, Lowe’s, Food City, Food Lion, Rural King, the Java Blend, The Dutch Pantry, Harpo’s Hardware and Hilltop Carryout, Ron Penland, and Dave and Brenda Gilbert for their Donations and support.

10/23/2025

Tomorrow October 24! Drive through service begins at 3:00. Lunch orders also available!

10/20/2025

Sunday morning at 03:16 the Rural Retreat Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched for a fully involved Barn Fire with hay and equipment inside the Barn. Upon arrival a Barn was fully engulfed with fire and approximately 375 round bales of hay inside with several pieces of farm equipment. Fire attack was made with both hand lines and master streams with the assistance of the Speedwell Fire Department providing manpower and water supply. A tanker shuttle operation was put in place to provide 145,000 gallons of water that was needed to extinguish all the burning hay. Wytheville Fire Department aerial 61 was also called in to provide aerial master streams to extinguish the burning hay. Thanks to the Speedwell Fire Department, Wytheville Fire/EMS, Wythe County EMS and Emergency Services personnel Also, Special thanks to Jeremy Miller for providing excavators and skid loaders to move and spread out the burning hay for extinguishment. Crews were on scene 12 hours extinguishing this fire.

10/18/2025

Next Friday!! Our Fall BBQ from 3 till it’s gone. Dinner plates available for $8.00 per plate and BBQ by the pound for $12.

10/15/2025

Getting everything cleaned back up and put back in service after a call. Photo courtesy of Josh Buck.

09/26/2025

09/12/2025

BBQ is back!!! Save the date for Friday, October 24 for our Fall BBQ. October 24 we will have our BBQ dinner plates of our pulled pork with the Zook family recipe cole slaw, our firehouse baked beans and dessert. Also, we are taking orders for BBQ by the pound either hot and ready to eat or vacuum packed freezer ready to stock your freezers!