Northeast Lamar Fire & Rescue

10/06/2026

08/15/2026

It’s was too hot to have this today but a great stop. Great work by everyone involved.

08/05/2026

Lamar County Schools’ Police Chief Tamica Hill said the uptick in traffic could give young drivers anxiety.

She believes long lines outside of school before supervision times may be the source of some of the traffic.

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07/02/2026

Meet the Executive Board

The Mississippi Firefighters’ Association is proud to introduce Chief Kyle Hill, who serves as the Mississippi Fire Chiefs Association representative on the MFFA Executive Board.

Chief Hill currently serves as Fire Coordinator for Lamar County and Fire Chief of Northeast Lamar Fire Rescue, bringing nearly four decades of dedicated service to Mississippi’s fire service. Although he officially joined Northeast Lamar Fire Rescue in 1989, his passion for the fire service began much earlier—around 1976—while following his father around the Taylorsville Volunteer Fire Department.

Following the sudden line-of-duty death of Chief Mac McKay during a structure fire, Chief Hill was promoted to Assistant Chief in 1995. In 2000, he was appointed Fire Chief, a position he has faithfully held ever since. Under his leadership, Northeast Lamar Fire Rescue has experienced tremendous growth, including the construction of a new fire station, renovation of an existing station, expansion of the department’s fleet from two apparatus to eight, the addition of full-time and part-time firefighters, and an improvement in the department’s fire insurance classification from a Class 9 to a Class 6.

After retiring from Pearl River Community College in 2018, Chief Hill was selected by the Lamar County Board of Supervisors to serve as Lamar County Fire Coordinator in 2019. Since then, he has helped lead significant advancements throughout the county, including the development of a state-of-the-art fire training facility completed in 2023 and the restructuring of career firefighter payroll under the Fire Coordinator’s Office in 2024. These improvements have strengthened county-wide fire protection while increasing funding opportunities for local fire departments.

Chief Hill has also provided outstanding leadership at the state level. He previously served as Southeast Vice President of the Mississippi Fire Chiefs Association from 2000 to 2003 before being elected President of the Mississippi Fire Chiefs Association in 2022.

Chief Hill’s decades of leadership, commitment to firefighter training, and dedication to strengthening Mississippi’s fire service make him a valued member of the Mississippi Firefighters’ Association Executive Board.

If you have any questions or need assistance, Chief Hill can be reached at [email protected].

06/17/2026

We are currently having technical difficulties with some of our tornado sirens. We recommend downloading a weather app on your phone. Weather apps are more reliable and can send an alert to everyone. Tornado sirens cannot be heard by everyone. Also make sure wireless emergency alerts are turned on.

06/17/2026

06/04/2026

Great teamwork today on working structure fire.

05/21/2026

With the recent severe weather that happened in our area we want to remind residents of the multiple ways to receive weather alerts.

STAY WEATHER AWARE, STAY PREPARED, STAY INFORMED.