Congratulations to Deep Gap Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Stephen Ayscue for graduating the City of Concord NC Fire Department academy, class 33! All of us at Deep Gap Fire Department are extremely proud of him. Stephen will be assigned to Concord Engine 5, but most importantly still remain a member here at…

October is Fire Prevention Month! Every Deep Gap Firefighter promotes the “Close before you doze” campaign. Closing the doors in your house can help save your life. Closing doors can compartmentalize the fire and drastically improve conditions in other portions of your home during a fire. Deep Gap Fire Department…

On July 30th around 2:20pm, Deep Gap Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire on Old 421 S. near the Brown’s Farm Road intersection. Within 2 minutes, Engine 2301, Tanker 2306, & Squad 2304 with 4 personnel arrived to find a 2 story farm house with heavy smoke…

It is with great pleasure to announce Seth Norris as Fire Chief of Deep Gap Fire Department! Seth has previously been serving as a Captain/Training Officer for us. Seth has 20 years of fire service experience and has worked as a fire marshal for Watauga County & Boone as well…

Mark your calendars! Deep Gap Fire Department will hold our annual community meeting on Tuesday, July 13th. This is an opportunity for the local community to hear updates from our board of directors and fire chief, also to vote on new board of directors positions!

We would like to wish DGFD member Jamie Dunn good luck as he attends the fire academy! Jamie starts a 3 month fire academy at Cleveland Community College. Upon graduating and returning to Deep Gap Fire, he will be a NC certified Firefighter & EMT-Basic! Jamie Dunn joined our department…

Card My Yard of Boone recently help Deep Gap Fire Department with our recruitment efforts! With their help, we were able to put out signs around the fire station to encourage community members to join our department! Deep Gap Fire is recruiting new members all the time! DGFD offers positions…

Deep Gap Fire Department got a little busy on the afternoon of April 18th, after a vehicle driving down Hwy. 221 & Hwy. 421 started multiple fires along the roadway. At approx. 3:30pm Deep Gap was dispatched to a grass fire off Hwy. 421 near the Natural Gas station. Shortly…

Deep Gap Fire Department prepares for upcoming NCRRS inspection! The North Carolina Response Rating System (NCRRS) is a division of the Department of Insurance (DOI). Administered and maintained by the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM), the NCRRS routinely inspects more than 1,300 North Carolina fire departments. It rates…