Madden Volunteer Fire Department

10/15/2026

BURN BAN FOR LEAKE COUNTY

By the recommendations from the Mississippi Forestry Commission due to the EXTREME CRITICAL fire weather potential for this weekend from an approaching cold front that has the potential to create 30mph + wind extremely low humidity and extreme drought condition, Leake County has issued a burn ban that prohibits any burning. The burn ban is in effect until November 15 unless we receive measurable rain that limits the fire potential. Anyone violating this order can be charged a fine and suppression costs.

09/28/2026

Please be aware of your fire if you are doing any burning. It is still very dry in our area.

09/02/2026

08/15/2026

PLEASE DO NOT BURN!!!!!!!

It is way to dry and windy. Edinburg VFD, Madden VFD, and MS Forestry Commission are currently working a woods fire that is out of control. It has already burned several hundred acres.

06/01/2026

We really enjoyed doing the Escape Room with everyone on the Leake County team.

05/30/2026

05/15/2026

Our department is grateful to be a receipient of the FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency AFG Grant.

The turnouts we have been using vary in age from 13 to 32 years old. To say we needed them was an understatement.

Today we were able to unbox and try them. It is an awesome feeling to have up to date turnouts to keep our members safe while we serve our community.

Thank you!!

04/25/2026

Today we hosted a landing zone class with AirCare - University of Mississippi Medical Center. Though the weather did not cooperate for the helicopter to land, we still had a great training session.

We had volunteer firefighters from 10 departments across Leake, Newton, and Scott counties, along with staff of Magnolia Ambulance. Thank you to Ben White for instructing and Cori Bitner for organazing this class. We always appreciate joining together as a team to ensure readiness across our state.

04/21/2026

This Saturday-April 25th, 2026 at 09:00am. Madden VFD will be hosting an LZ class in partner with UMMC AirCare and local EMS. We invite all local fire departments and other first responders to join us for a fun day of learning and training together.