AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Augusta’s Fire Department is warning people to not burn their storm debris, as a burn ban has been put in place. I drove down Pleasant Home Road and saw tons of debris piles.

The Peer Support Team was created by Augusta Fire Chief Dave Groder in 2021. “Our morale was down, and we weren’t sure how to tackle that,” Groder said.

The Augusta Volunteer Fire Department was called to a structure fire around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in which flames eventually spread to wildland and burned about 250 acres, a fire official ...