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!

08/26/2025

Training this evening consisted of drafting, tanker shuttle operations and additional training on Master streams.

08/08/2025

08/05/2025

Attention US Cellular Customers!

911 lines are down for US Cellular users. Please use our non-emergency lines during this time. We will provide restoration updates as they are available.

07/29/2025

Dry Hydrant and rural water supply pump training this evening.