Aircraft slides off runway at Rowan County airport

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — Emergency crews responded to an aircraft experiencing engine failure at Mid-Carolina Regional Airport in ...
salisburypost

City fire departments create Municipal Fire Association

Leadership from all of the municipal fire departments in Rowan County met in an inaugural Municipal Fire Association at Spencer Town Hall recently. Fire chiefs from all nine municipalities in Rowan ...
Hosted on MSN

Fire departments in North Carolina to install free smoke alarms for statewide initiative

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal will launch its statewide “Smoke Alarm Saturday” initiative this weekend. As part of the initiative, more than 150 fire ...
The Herald SC

Huge plumes of smoke billow from fire at NC Freightliner truck plant on Saturday

Huge plumes of smoke billowed from a fire at a Freightliner plant in the Rowan County, NC, community of Cleveland on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. WSOC A firefighter was hospitalized and several others ...
Hosted on MSN

Massive Freightliner Fire Erupts At Cleveland NC Plant, Dozens Of Firefighters Respond | Watch

Firefighters rushed to the Daimler Freightliner facility in Rowan County on Friday night after a blaze broke out just after 8 p.m. at 11550 Statesville Boulevard. Rowan County Emergency Services ...
WUNC

With fewer volunteer firefighters, NC lawmakers want to study future of rural fire departments

Small rural fire departments across North Carolina are struggling to recruit volunteer firefighters and pay for the rising cost of equipment. That’s prompting the state legislature to look more ...