After nearly 40 years, the Styx River Volunteer Fire Department continues to serve as the focal point of the community and is a family tradition for its volunteers.
“My son and my grandson, along with their families, are now part of the department,” said Hubert Dunbar. “We just voted five young people into our junior program who are sons and daughters of our members.”
The fire department began in 1980, Dunbar says, out of a need to serve the community.
“One of our neighbors home caught fire and all we could do was stand there and watch it burn,” he said. “We just thought, ‘if we only had one truck with a water tank, we could have done something.’”