This page provides an archive of press releases issued by the State Fire Marshal’s Office from 2019 through 2024. To view press releases prior to 2019, please contact MID Public Relations.
2024 Press Releases
- Ring In The New Year Safely, Follow Firework Safety Tips (12/27/2024)
- Stay Safe While Cooking This Thanksgiving(11/19/2024)
- Check Your Smoke Alarm This Weekend (10/29/2024)
- As Fire Prevention Week begins, State Fire Marshal Chaney urges residents to make sure their smoke alarms are working (10/07/2024)
- Two Arrested For Selling Faulty Fire Suppression Systems to Daycares And Other Businesses (08/23/2024)
- Chaney Appoints Abraham as State Fire Coordinator (08/12/2024)
- Six Minors Convicted Of Arson In Drew School Fire (07/17/2024)
- Avoid Firework Injury This Independence Day (06/25/2024
- Check Smoke Alarms As Time Springs Forward (03/05/2024)
- Two Accused in Fatal House Fire (02/07/2024)
- Heating Equipment to Blame For Ten Fire Deaths in 2023 (01/12/2024)
2023 Press Releases
2022 Press Releases
- Start The New Year Off With A Bang, Practice Firework Safety (12/27/2022)
- Connie Dolan Named Chief Deputy Fire Marshal (12/15/2022)
- SFMO Assists With Arson Investigations (11/08/2022)
- Check Your Smoke Alarm This Weekend (11/02/2022)
- Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office K9’s Ralph and Ringo to Get Donation of Body Armor (10/19/2022)
- Heating Equipment To Blame For Nine Fire Deaths In 2022 (10/17/2022)
- State Fire Marshal’s Office K9 Pershing To Get Donation Of Body Armor (10/04/2022)
- SFMO Receives 1,000 Kidde Donated Smoke Alarms at National Association of State Fire Marshals 32nd Annual Fire Prevention & Safety Symposium (09/27/2022)
- SFMO Unveils New Training Trailer for LC Gas Program (06/30/2022)
- Make Firework Safety a Priority This Holiday (06/29/2022)
- Check Smoke Alarms and Make Escape Plan (03/09/2022)
2021 Press Releases
- Fire Prevention Week is October 3rd – 9th (10/05/2021)
- MSFA, Local Firefighters Join Hurricane Ida Recovery in Louisiana (09/01/2021)
- State Fire Marshal Urges Vaccinations for First Responders (08/12/2021)
- State Fire Marshal’s Office Inspecting Fireworks Shows Ahead of July Fourth (06/30/2021)
- Chaney: Check Smoke Alarms to Save Lives (03/11/2021)
- Fire Risk Increases With Freezing Weather (02/17/2021)
2020 Press Releases
- Start 2021 Safely, Prevent Firework Injury (12/28/2020)
- Keep Trees Well-Watered to Avoid Fire This Christmas (12/03/2020)
- Cooking Related Fire Deaths Up Slightly in 2020 (11/16/2020)
- Halloween Weekend Brings Safety Reminders (10/26/2020)
- Avoid Firework Injury This Independence Day (06/30/2020)
- SFMO Investigates Marion County Fatal Home Explosion (03/11/2020)
- Daylight Saving Time is Reminder to Check Smoke Alarms (03/05/2020)
- State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney Warns Against Using Propane Cabinet or Construction Heaters in Residential Buildings (02/28/2020)
- State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney Issues Statement on Clinton House Fire (02/10/2020)
2019 Press Releases
- Start the New Year Off Right, Avoid Firework Injury (12/26/19)
- Deep-Fried Turkey Fire Demonstrates Holiday Cooking Danger (11/25/19)
- Dropping Temperature Could Mean Rising Fire Risk (11/08/19)
- Check Smoke Alarms as Time Changes This Weekend (10/30/2019)
- Vicksburg Man Arrested for Arson at Confederate Ridge Apartments (09/27/2019)
- Propane Gas Safety an Issue Following Flooding in Eagle Lake Community (09/20/2019)
- Start the food, not a fire, this Labor Day (08/30/2019)
- MS Fire Safety Summit Aims to Reduce Fire Deaths (07/10/2019)
- Celebrate Independence Day Safely (07/02/2019)
- Terry Wages named Executive Director of State Fire Academy (05/31/2019)
- Propane Gas Tanks Fished Out of Flooded Eagle Lake Community (05/30/2019)
- State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney distributes over 23,000 smoke alarms (05/15/2019)
- Play safe! Be safe! Workshop to Address Early Childhood Fire Safety (04/22/2019)
- Two arrested for arson in Itawamba County (03/29/2019)
- Check smoke alarms when you set clocks forward this weekend (03/08/2019)
- New safety campaign aims to prevent fire deaths (02/20/2019)
- Man Arrested for Arson Following Furniture Plant Fire (02/15/2019)
- State Fire Marshal to Investigate Alarm Sales Violations by Out‐of‐State Companies (01/17/2019)
- Four Dead in 2019 From Heating‐Related Fires (01/17/2019)
- Fire death numbers up across Mississippi in 2018 (01/04/2019)