VIDEO: Bonifay Fire Rescue firefighters jump in the big red trucks and serve their community within minutes all for free. It's a volunteer fire department that has responded to 57 fires, 86 car accidents, and dozens of service calls in 2019.
"When we left the station you can see the column of smoke over the city of Bonifay," said Volunteer Firefighter Jack Griffiths.
Five minutes later Bonifay volunteer firefighters arrive to a fully involved structure fire.
"There's a lot of history in the city Bonifay and it's a small town, so when a house like this burns. It's a tragedy."
Griffiths has been fighting fires for three years and says he's lucky he's never had to face the worst kind of bad ending.
"My first initial thought was there's a high potential for somebody being trapped inside this fire."