Founded in 1967, The Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department began due to a Brotherhood Project of the Oak Grove Baptist Church. The membership of the church saw the need for fire protection in the community. W.E. Kuykendall was appointed president of the project, and later became the first Chief of the Department.

The Charter and name permission for the department was applied for December, 1967. January 1968 the name "Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department Inc." was approved. The Charter was grated February 22, 1968, thus the official beginning of the department.

Then and now the purpose of the "Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department Inc." is to sponsor and promote united action by the residents of the community, and for the Protection and Preservation of the lives and property against injury and destruction.

On March 8, 1968 a community meeting was held for the sole purpose of turning the Brotherhood Project into a community wide project! The department which we now have is all the evidence one needs to see that this meeting was a total success! The population of the original three mile district in 1968 was 3,000.

Due to the "no man's land" in the late 1970's the district grew to a five mile radius which assured that all property was covered .

In 1993 when the membership agreed to better meet the "purpose" of the department's charter, a First Responder program was established. This program set the precedence for Cleveland County. Cleveland County EMS assisted in establishing the protocol and regulations for the program. In 1999 North Carolina began a statewide MEDICAL RESPONDER CERTIFICATION program. We now have State Certified Medical Responders.

Our department operates with an average of 50 members, and those members are REQUIRED to obtain 36 hours of training each year. Meetings of the department are held the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month and training meetings are on the 2nd Thursdays. Members are required to attend these meetings as well.