4 Jul – as the evening set in 20 firefighters manned apparatus and disbursed around the area to standby as 4th of July celebrators set of to demonstrate their independence. Crews responded during the event to a fire on Sandy Road, and Gresham Road and several small grass fires on Vaughn Road. The most serious fire was a structure fire in a storage building behind a residence in the 100 block of Linden, the building was well involved as crews arrived on scene and quickly extinguished. The situation was turned over to the police department to investigate a cause.