Kempner VFD

10/15/2026

The BURN BAN is now in place.
The Burn Ban is in effect until 5:00 PM, Monday December 28, 2026.

10/09/2026

Burn Ban temporarily lifted until Tuesday October 13, 2026 at 5pm.

10/02/2026

10/01/2026

PLEASE avoid low water areas. The community is aware of the areas that always cause dangerous flooding. Please do not attempt to drive through standing water. Please plan ahead and take extra time to go a longer, safer route,
at least for the next 3 or more days.

09/29/2026

BREAKING: A level 3/4 MODERATE risk for excessive rainfall has been outlined for both WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY this week for North Texas. Outlining a moderate risk this far out is pretty rare, indicating the Weather Prediction Center is confident in numerous flash flooding events with significant impacts to life and property possible.

A level 4/4 high risk is not off the table as more data comes in on where exactly the highest totals set up, but for now, anyone in the red zone has the potential to see significant flooding. Low lying areas, areas with the driest soil, and burn scars are at greatest risk. Most of North Texas will see 1-2”, with a handful of us seeing 4”, and a 25% chance of some locations seeing 8” of rain. The heaviest rain starts Wednesday night.

Stay updated as this forecast and where the highest totals set up may change rapidly.

09/17/2026

FIRE UPDATE | HAY BALE FIRE | HWY 190

Lampasas VFD and Kempner VFD are currently on scene conducting mop-up operations following a hay bale fire.

The fire has been contained with no further spread, and there is no threat to the public at this time.

09/11/2026

25 YEARS LATER — WE REMEMBER 🇺🇸

September 11, 2001, began like any other morning. By the end of that day, our nation had changed forever.

Nearly 3,000 lives were lost - mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, husbands, wives, friends, coworkers, first responders, and Americans simply going about their day.

Among them were 343 FDNY firefighters who answered the call and never returned home. Firefighters, law enforcement officers, EMS personnel, military members, and ordinary citizens ran toward danger to help complete strangers.

For those of us in the fire service, September 11 is more than a date in a history book. It is a reminder of what the badge represents:

Service before self.

Courage when others need us most.

And the promise that when the call comes, we answer.

Twenty-five years later, an entire generation has grown up without experiencing that day firsthand. It is our responsibility to continue telling the story — not only of the tragedy America faced, but of the courage, sacrifice, unity, and selflessness that followed.

Today, we ask you to take a moment.

Pause and remember the nearly 3,000 lives taken that morning. Remember the families who never got to say goodbye. Remember the passengers and crews aboard the four flights. Remember those inside the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Remember the first responders who went to work knowing they might not come home. And remember those who have since lost their lives because of illnesses connected to their service and recovery efforts.

Twenty-five years may have passed, but we have not forgotten.

Remember the lives. Honor the sacrifice. Tell their stories.

Never Forget 🇺🇸

08/31/2026

Over the past week, 156 wildfires have burned 94,067 acres statewide. Texas A&M Forest Service and all assigned resources have responded to 89 of those wildfires for 93,615 acres.

Rain chances are ending today as a weak cold front moves out of Texas. This weekend, drier conditions return, with breezy winds of 15-20 mph expected across portions of the High Plains on Saturday.

🔥 Initial attack potential will remain moderate in East Texas due to ongoing dryness and dry surface fuels. However, the lack of a significant fire weather trigger should help keep resistance to control low to moderate.

Looking ahead, above-normal temperatures and dry weather are expected to increase wildfire activity across the state next week. Fuels are expected to dry quickly, and elevated to significant fire potential could develop as early as Sunday and persist through next week, especially across the Rolling Plains, Cross Timbers, and Eastern Hill Country.

Stay aware of local conditions and use caution with activities that could spark a wildfire.

08/31/2026

08/31/2026

Incident Information - Texas A&M Forest Service

The Texas Fire Potential Update is posted at: https://bit.ly/TexasFirePotentialUpdate

Through the outlook, potential impacts from a tropical system in the Gulf will create a complex fire environment. Portions of southeastern Texas could observe improve fuel dryness and limited fire danger, while regions west and north of the projected path have low probability of developing widespread elevated to critical fire weather. Increased winds are likely along and north of I-20 in Northeast Texas, North Texas, and Cross Timbers and could result in increased fire potential in dry to critically dry surface fuel, though increased clouds and increased surface moisture may promote low potential for a large fire with high resistance to control. This could change as forecast guidance becomes clearer.

The fire environment for the High Plains, Rolling Plains, Eastern Hill Country, Central Texas, South Texas, and Lower Gulf Coast will continue to support moderate potential where rainfall deficits and dry to critically dry surface fuels are present and forecast to persist. The Western Hill Country will continue to support low initial attack potential as underlying dryness persists. Increased afternoon wind speeds that will linger in the evening could cause moderate resistance to control in high-risk juniper fuels.

The fire environment will gradually improve for Western Pineywoods, Southeast Texas, Upper Gulf Coast, and portions of Central Texas as a tropical system in the gulf will increase precipitation chances, moisten surface fuels, and the lack of elevated fire weather will limit volume of initial attack potential.

On Friday, the Sub-Tropical Ridge reamplifies aloft, and limits precipitation chances. Hot dry conditions return dry surface fuels and regions that don’t receive precipitation from the tropical system could experience a return to moderate to high volume initial attack potential.