National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month
State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2025
As we observe National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month this November, the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office is urging Delawareans to recognize the silent and invisible threat of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, which claims hundreds of lives and sickens thousands each year across the U.S. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas produced by fuel-burning devices like […]
Dagsboro Fire
State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
The Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating a commercial structure fire that was reported on November 4, 2025 shortly after 3:30 PM in the 28000 block of Quarter Mile Drive Dagsboro, Delaware. The Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Company and assisting mutual aid fire companies arrived on scene and found a commercial vehicle repair […]
Change Your Clocks, Check Your Batteries
State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Change Your Clocks, Check Your Batteries As Daylight Savings Time ends, and Delawareans change their clocks back, this Sunday, November 2, 2025, the Delaware State Fire Marshal would like to remind all residents to also check the batteries in their smoke detectors and test them to ensure they are working. Smoke detectors are required to […]
Magnolia Fire
State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating an early morning fire in Magnolia. Just before 5:30 AM on October 21, 2025, the Magnolia Fire Company, along with several mutual aid fire companies, were dispatched to the 100 block of East Cherry Drive in Magnolia. The fire department arrived to find a single-story residence engulfed […]
Odessa Fire
State Fire Marshal | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office is currently investigating a house fire in Odessa, DE. On Monday morning October 13, 2025 the Odessa Fire Company was called to the 100 block of Irongable Dr., in the Boyds Corner Farm neighborhood, for a report of a house on fire. Upon arrival the Fire Department found heavy […]
