April 15, 2014, 10:55 am, High Point Fire District and Sand Hills Fire Department responded to a report of an industrial machine fire at the Circle S Ranch wood chip facility located at 1201 Sims Road. First arriving responders found a 30 foot tall wood chip dryer with burning wood chips packed into it’s exit chute. Firefighters set up a water supply with a portable water tank and used tankers to shuttle water from a hydrant located at Sims Road and Highway 151.

January 24th, 2014 at 5:02 PM, High Point Fire District responded to a report of a possible structure fire on Price Cemetery Rd. While firefighters were in the area searching for the address, they were notified by dispatch that the original caller had called back and requested that the fire department cancel their response because the fire was out.

On Wednesday, January 15th at 5:35 PM, a Caterpillar excavator sustain major damage after catching fire while the operator was managing the controlled burning of two wood piles as part of a land clearing operation off of Highway 207 near Smyrna Church Rd.