Lily Fire & Rescue

10/09/2026

🚨🔥 FALL FIRE SEASON 🔥🚨

Fall fire season began October 1st marks the beginning of Kentucky’s Fall Forest Fire Hazard Season, which runs through December 15th.

During this period, Kentucky law places important restrictions on outdoor burning:

NO OPEN BURNING BETWEEN 6:00 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M.

Outdoor burning within 150 feet of woodland or brushland is prohibited during those hours. Burning is permitted during the restricted season only between 6:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M., subject to other applicable restrictions.

Please remember: Local ordinances, county burn bans, weather conditions, and other restrictions may impose additional limitations on outdoor burning. Always check before you burn.

Help us prevent wildfires!
If you are burning, make sure your fire is properly prepared, continuously attended, and completely extinguished before leaving it. Keep burn piles small, maintain a cleared area around the fire, and have water and a shovel readily available.

A small burn can quickly become a large wildfire.
What starts as a simple burn pile can threaten homes, property, forests, and the firefighters who respond to these incidents.

PLEASE — THINK BEFORE YOU BURN!
DON’T LET YOUR BURN PILE START A WILDFIRE!

10/05/2026

Please share this post. If you see this subject do not approach him contact 911, Kentucky State Police Post~11 (606) 878-6622, or Whitley County 911 (606) 549-6017.

PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT – ESCAPED INMATE

Law enforcement agencies are actively searching for Charles Blake Randle following his escape from the Whitley County Detention Center on Sunday night, October 4, 2026.

At approximately 10:50 p.m., officers with the Williamsburg Police Department joined the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, Kentucky State Police, and other area law enforcement agencies in responding to the detention center on KY Highway 92 West.

Authorities were advised that multiple detention center staff members had been assaulted during the incident and that Randal had escaped from the facility. He was last known to have fled on foot into a wooded area near the detention center.

A coordinated search of the area is underway utilizing multiple law enforcement resources, including aviation and K-9 assets.

⚠️ Randal’s whereabouts are currently unknown. Members of the public should not approach or attempt to detain him.

Anyone who sees Randal or has information regarding his location should immediately contact Whitley County 911 Dispatch at 606-549-6017. If possible, provide dispatchers with his location and direction of travel.

Residents in the surrounding area are encouraged to remain alert and report any suspicious activity to law enforcement.

10/01/2026

The members of Lily Fire & Rescue would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Lieutenant Greg Penning and his wife, Melissa Campbell, and Firefighter Terseia robinson and her husband, Jimmy Robinson, on the arrival of their beautiful new grandchild, Phoenix!

Phoenix entered this world weighing a healthy 6 lbs. 12 oz. and is already bringing plenty of love and joy to the family!

We are happy to report that Phoenix, mother Shasta Robinson, and father Dakota Joseph are all doing great!

From all of us at Lily Fire & Rescue, congratulations on your new bundle of joy! May Phoenix’s life be filled with love, happiness, health, and countless wonderful memories.

Welcome to the world, Phoenix!

09/30/2026

🚨🔥 FALL FIRE SEASON BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST! 🔥🚨

As we enter the fall season, October 1st marks the beginning of Kentucky’s Fall Forest Fire Hazard Season, which runs through December 15th.

During this period, Kentucky law places important restrictions on outdoor burning:

NO OPEN BURNING BETWEEN 6:00 A.M. AND 6:00 P.M.

Outdoor burning within 150 feet of woodland or brushland is prohibited during those hours. Burning is permitted during the restricted season only between 6:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M., subject to other applicable restrictions.

Please remember: Local ordinances, county burn bans, weather conditions, and other restrictions may impose additional limitations on outdoor burning. Always check before you burn.

Help us prevent wildfires!
If you are burning, make sure your fire is properly prepared, continuously attended, and completely extinguished before leaving it. Keep burn piles small, maintain a cleared area around the fire, and have water and a shovel readily available.

A small burn can quickly become a large wildfire.
What starts as a simple burn pile can threaten homes, property, forests, and the firefighters who respond to these incidents.

PLEASE — THINK BEFORE YOU BURN!
DON’T LET YOUR BURN PILE START A WILDFIRE!

09/29/2026

Please keep our police officers and military in your prayers. They are out there protecting us, some giving their lives each and everyday so we can remain safe.

Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

09/19/2026

💍❤️ CONGRATULATIONS, DESTYNEE & STEVEN! ❤️💍

The Lily Fire & Rescue Board of Directors, Chief Dougie Jones, Officer’s, and your fellow Firefighters would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Firefighter Destynee Monroe and Firefighter Steven Browning on their wedding day today, September 19, 2026! 🎉🥂

May this new chapter of your lives together be filled with love, happiness, laughter, and countless wonderful memories. We are honored to have you both as members of the Lily Fire & Rescue family and wish you a lifetime of happiness together. ❤️

Congratulations to the newlyweds! 💍👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️

From all of us at Lily Fire & Rescue — congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy marriage! 🚒❤️

09/13/2026

Today, we pause to honor the life, service, and sacrifice of Kentucky State Police Trooper J. Cameron Ponder #954, who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

💙💙End of Watch: September 13, 2015 💙💙

Trooper Ponder was not only a dedicated Kentucky State Police Trooper, but also a United States Navy SEAL and Navy veteran who devoted his life to serving and protecting others. 🇺🇸

Thank you, Sir, for your courage, dedication, and selfless service to our Commonwealth and our Nation. Your sacrifice will forever be remembered, and your service will never be forgotten.

Today, we also lift up Trooper Ponder’s family, friends, brothers and sisters in law enforcement, and all those who continue to feel the emptiness left by his passing. May they know that Cameron’s life and sacrifice continue to be honored.

The actions of the individual responsible could never erase the impact Trooper Ponder made during his life, nor the legacy he left behind.

11 years later, we still remember.
11 years later, we still honor.
11 years later, we still say his name.

🇺🇸 We will never forget you, Trooper Ponder. 🇺🇸

Rest easy, Trooper. Your watch may have ended, but your legacy lives on.

Trooper J. Cameron Ponder #954
EOW: September 13, 2015
Never Forgotten

09/11/2026

🇺🇸 WE WILL NEVER FORGET — 9/11/2001 🇺🇸

Today, we remember the 2,977 lives lost on September 11, 2001.

We remember the firefighters, police officers, EMS personnel, dispatchers, military members, and ordinary Americans who ran toward danger when others were running away.

We remember the families who never got to say goodbye, the first responders who gave everything, and those who continued to suffer in the years that followed.

25 years later, may we never forget the courage, sacrifice, and unity America showed on one of our darkest days.

Take a moment today to remember those who went to work and never came home, those who answered the call, and the families whose lives were forever changed.

Never Forget. Never Forgotten. 🇺🇸

September 11, 2001 — September 11, 2026
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