Southwest Camden County Fire Protection District

10/19/2026

Vehicle Rescue training tonight at SWFPD. Next Monday practical training at Firehouse #4.

10/12/2026

Please avoid outdoor fires today!
The persistent hot and dry airmass combined with increasingly gusty winds will produce widespread Elevated fire danger today.

10/05/2026

Asst. Chief Mike “The Legend” Hufferd leads Brush Engine Operations training. Our junior firefighters learn all aspects of firefighting techniques, including a “Basic Fire” course coming up later in the Fall.

09/19/2026

UPDATE 9:50pm
All SWFPD units have returned to district along with a massive mutual aid response from the region. Earlier this afternoon, Laclede County requested a third alarm response prompting units from the Lake region to respond for a 300 acre Wildland Fire near Eldridge. Brush-Engine 41 & Tanker 41 responded as a part of the task force. All units returned to service shortly before 10pm Friday.

09/18/2026

Wildland fire strike team response
Brush-engine 41 and water-tender 41 are responding to Laclede County to assist Eldridge Fire with a third alarm brushfire with multiple structures involved.

09/11/2026

09/09/2026

STRIKE TEAM update..
All Lake Area units have returned from Laclede County as of 9pm.

09/08/2026

WILDLAND FIRE Strike Team Response

SWFPD brush engine 41 currently deployed on a strike team activation to Laclede County for a large, “out of control”wildland Fire near interstate 44. Fire agencies from throughout the lake region are responding to assist our neighbors to the south.

09/07/2026

Due to continuing extremely hot and dry conditions anticipated through this week, elevated Fire danger conditions exist. Please avoid outdoor burning, and use caution disposing of smoking materials.

09/06/2026

Scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and evening. While not all areas will see storms, the stronger storms will produce frequent lightning and wind gusts to 60 mph. Remain weather aware if outdoors today.