Fire Department
The Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department exists to provide fire service to the Town of Magnolia and the Natural Wells Fire district. We are here to serve, protect, and provide exceptional service to Magnolia’s citizens and visitors. Our departmental values; Integrity, Trust, Respect, and Professionalism. With each value in mind, we strive daily to make a positive impact in the Magnolia community.
Magnolia Fire Department currently has 30 fully volunteer members who serve our town. Our department has two operation structures, Fire and EMS. We respond to all type of fire, wrecks, or any incident related calls. Our First Responder unit goes out and teams up with Duplin EMS to serve our community as an Emergency Medical Responder unit. We are normally the first faces that citizens see before the ambulance arrived. Magnolia Fire also has its board of directors that the fire chief answer to.
The fire Department has one fire chief, one deputy chief, two assistant chiefs, fire captains, and an EMS captain. Suppression is made up of twenty fire personnel. We have three engines, one pumper/tanker, one equipment truck, one brush truck, and one medical responder unit. Chiefs, captains and suppression personnel are always ready for any type of call at any time of the day. With integrity, trust, respect, and professionalism, we proudly represent what our community expects us to be.
Contact
Magnolia Fire Department
110 Taylor Street
PO Box 457
Magnolia, NC 28453
Luis Arellano
Fire Chief
(910) 590-6337
Magnolia.v.f.d@gmail.com
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Take the challenge, answer the call, start your volunteer carer with Magnolia Fire today!!
The Magnolia Fire Department is always looking for volunteers who are highly motivated, dedicated, and willing to learn. We seek individuals of all ages, sex, and/ or race who will complement and strengthen our team.
We meet every Monday at 7 O’clock, and the first Monday of every month is when we hold our business meetings. Applications for interested individuals are accepted any Monday or at any time. You will need to fill out a very simple application and go through a month of probationary period before been voted on to the department by active members.
Minimum Qualifications
Junior firefighters
Be at least 16-years or older
Be in good standing with your school.
Valid driver’s permit
Stay within our fire district or in a 5-mile radius of our district line.
Firefighters
Stay within our fire district or in a 5-mile radius of our district line.
Valid driver’s license with good driving record
Be able to submit to a background check (which may include criminal check, and/or driving record) will be required prior to joining the department.
For more information regarding the recruitment process, please call or email the chief.
How much do you get paid, as a chief, captain or firefighter?
We are a department of 100% volunteers.
How do you know when you have a call?
We have a pager system; members carry a pager and Duplin County communication center sends out the tons.
We also have Active911, which is an app that’s on our phone that also alerts the members when we have a call.
Fire Department Call Volume
Our department is normally in the top 5 with most calls run every year.
2024 numbers:
Magnolia ran 407 calls.
First place: Faison Fire: 522
Second place: Magnolia Fire: 407
Third place: Wallace Fire: 346
Fourth place: Warsaw Fire: 334
Firth place: Teachey Fire: 325
Fire Insurance Class Rating
Magnolia is a Class 5 Fire Department
Fire Chief – Luis Arellano
Deputy Chief – Ronald Williams
Asst. Chief – Richard Barden
Captains
Jose Mendez
Phillip Groves
Tracie Groves
Board of directors
President – Ronald Williams
Vice President – Phillip Groves
Secretary – Melissa Nava
Treasurer – Lee Roy Hall, III
Seat Holder – Richard Barden
Seat Holder – Tracie Groves Seat Holder- Ticia Terrell
First of all, thank you for taking the time to read about our department and for wanting to learn more about us. Serving as the Chief of The Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department is truly an honor. As we see all, across our own county and the state, the volunteer fire departments face new challenges daily to provide efficient and effective services to our community. As the drive to serve the community keeps dying down, budget constraints also become more prevalent challenge we face more and more of. However, we remain focused on serving the residents of our great Town of Magnolia, visitors of the Town of Magnolia, and anyone driving by.
During my time as Fire Chief in Magnolia, I have been inspired by the dedication of our diverse team. These men and women, from junior firefighters to retired members, are trained, caring, and compassionate professionals. They consistently put the interests of our town and community stakeholders before their own, and their pride in service is truly commendable.
I look forward to serving the town of Magnolia and the Magnolia Fire Department as their Fire Chief for years to come. I am committed to continually evaluating our operations to ensure we consistently exceed our community’s and citizens’ expectations, whom we are very proud to serve. I also invite you to join a growing team, group of men and women who go out daily to help other during one of their worst moments in their life. I hear all the time, “I’m too old for it now, or I do not have the skills for it.” Trust me, there is a task for everyone. Take the challenge and become a member.
Respectfully,
Luis Arellano
Fire Chief Magnolia Fire Department
Home Fire Escape Planning
Every second counts in a home fire. We would like to share a few tips on how to plan a fire escape route
There are several things you can do to help keep your family stay safe from a home fire.
- Make sure your plan meets everyone needs in the family.
- Smoke alarms should be installed inside every sleeping room, outside each separate sleeping area, and every level of the house.
- Have at least two ways out of every room.
- Be fully prepared for a real fire: when a smoke alarm sounds, get out immediately.
- Have an outside meeting place, a safe distance from your home where everyone should meet.