30-03-2025
Petrolia supports their fire department with a Spring Festival
PETROLIA (KFDX/KJTL)— The town of Petrolia is rallying around its volunteer fire department to get them vital equipment.
The rallying cry took the form of the Petrolia Spring Festival. Right in the center of town vendors gathered to celebrate the spring season. Proceeds raised from the festival will help pay for a response bed for Petrolia VFD to put on their new truck. the new bed can cost anywhere from $45-75 thousand and Petrolia business owners Anita and Rickey Myatt thought the Spring Festival was the best way to raise the funds.
'They're wanting to set it up as a rescue, which would allow them to be able to do extractions and provide services at car wrecks and things like that in this area a lot better,' Rickey said. 'So, we felt the need to try to do our part with the community and help out.'
Live music was another attraction at the festival put towards raising money for the fire department. Cynthia Anderson and Texas Brew Radio brought several musicians together to play and many musicians along with the rest of the town put forth admirable efforts to raise the necessary funds for the fire department.
'Daryl Perry is a charting Texas artist, Greg Strawn, Kim Hunter is the original founder of Texas Brew Radio and it's really beautiful to see so many people just pulling together,' Anderson said.
Once the fire department can buy the new truck bed, it will assist them on medical calls which make up the majority of the Petrolia fire department's calls. In 2025 alone, medical calls have accounted for more than 75% of the Petrolia VFD's responses.
If you missed the event but you still want to donate to the Petrolia VFD, you still can. Anderson recommended just making out a check to the fire department and sending it to their address in Petrolia.
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