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MURFREESBORO, TN - On Monday morning, firefighters with the Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department along with Murfreesboro Police, showed up in full force at the McDonald's on Southeast Broad Street next to the South Church Street intersection. For those who drove by, you likely noticed the first responder presence and that workers and customers had to be evacuated from the fast food eatery and wondered, “What was going on?” The call to the 9-1-1 Dispatch Center ...

  MURFREESBORO, TN – Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation will move their administrative offices to a new location on North Thompson Lane in the near future. Parks Director Nate Williams stated... Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue will utilize a portion of the building for their administrative offices as their previous ADMIN office will soon be torn down to make way for a new mixed-use structure in downtown Murfreesboro, near the Broad and Vine Street intersection. Williams hope...

More than 31,000 acres have burned making it the largest wildfire in recorded state history and first responders from right here in Tennessee are stepping up to help.

Four Murfreesboro firefighters will spend the next 21 days helping fire stations in Southwest Louisiana.

MURFREESBORO, TN - Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue responded to a house fire on Almar Knot Drive on Wednesday afternoon at 4:05 p.m. Almar Knot sits near the intersection of Gresham Lane and Franklin Road. When fire crews arrived on the scene, there was heavy smoke and flames visible from the garage of the home. Reports indicate that everyone inside the house escaped unharmed. Furthermore, no emergency responders were injured in the blaze. According to Murfreesboro Fire Officials, the Red Cro...

MURFREESBORO, TN - Shortly after the school day began at Erma Siegel Elementary School in Murfreesboro, students had to be evacuated from the building. The evacuation occurred within 30-minutes of the first bell. Due to a call about smoke being seen in a classroom, possibly coming from the ceiling, arriving firemen from Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue climbed to the roof of the school to investigate the root of the smoke. It was during that time that concerned parents called WGNS to say that firef ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A man from Hendersonville, Tennessee has been arrested and charged with threats of mass violence after allegedly making a threat to “shoot up” an unnamed school, according to Murfreesboro Police Public Information Officer Larry Flowers. Reports indicate the suspect made the threat to his co-workers at a Murfreesboro business earlier this week.  23-Year-old Landon Brassfield was arrested by Hendersonville Police on Thursday, July 27 aft...

MURFREESBORO, TN – If you drive past Overall Creek Elementary School this week and see a large presence of emergency responders, don't be alarmed. First of all, schools have not yet reopened and secondly, there is no emergency at the school... only training exercises. The Murfreesboro Police Department, Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue and the Rutherford County Emergency Management Agency, along with other agencies will be conducting training on the campus of Overall C...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) continues to investigate a fatal crash involving a small pickup and a propane truck. The wreck occurred this past Friday morning. On Monday morning, MPD Public Information Officer Larry Flowers confirmed, “The driver involved in the fatal crash on SE Broad Street on Friday, July 7 is identified as 46-year-old Anthony Cothern.” Reports show that Cothern w...

(MURFREESBORO) Two heroes are retiring from Murfreesboro Fire-Rescue Department, and both have made this a better community for over 3-decades. THANK YOU to  Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal Carl Peas and Firefighter Robert Vaughter. Carl Peas Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal Carl Peas retires after 34 years of service with Murfreesboro Fire Rescue. Also, we would like to thank him for his dedication to our department. Enjoy your retirement as it is well deserved, sir. Robert Vaughter MFRD woul...