 The East Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department in Sydney will be opening their Haunted House to the community this weekend. Recently, we caught up with volunteer firefighter Ryan Blackburn for more information regarding how those in this area could both support and enjoy this Halloween tradition. This year will be our fourth annual Haunted House. We've done three of them in the past couple years and we want to get the community out. We just want to get the community something to do and also help out their local fire department. It's going to be open on every Friday and Saturday of the month of October from 7.30 until 12 o'clock at night. If we have to stay open later, then of course we will because we're going to get everybody through the line that comes through here. If you're 12 or older, it's going to be $10 a person. If you're 11 or under, it's going to be $5, but you have to have a parent or guardian to go through it. While masks are not required to attend, the department will be taking precautions to help protect its visitors from COVID-19. There will be social distancing. We'll be having 12 feet apart because we're going to be big groups, you know, 6 feet probably wouldn't work. So we're going to have social distancing involved. We all inside the Haunted House will be wearing masks and the people that's going to be outside will be having masks on. And we do ask the people that come to wear masks. Here at Pikeville Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Institute, we have assembled a comprehensive team of cardiac specialists bringing expertise from all regions of the nation and the world. We have coupled that with cutting-edge technology, providing them the best equipment and operating rooms available. The result is comprehensive cardiac care for the people of our region that is second to none. The Heart and Vascular Institute at Pikeville Medical Center. Although the Haunted House is primarily operated by the fire department as well as a neighboring church, Blackburn notes that residents are always welcome to help support this event should they be interested. It's just right now it's the fire department that helps out. We have a church next door that help out with us. If anybody wants to donate or help out with us or volunteer to help them, then we always accept whatever we need. If you want to reach out and help volunteer with the Haunted House, all you've got to call is my chief, Rick Green. His number is 1-606-213-5796 and you can call the fire department 353-9409. Blackburn also mentioned that proceeds from the event will go towards the purchase of new protective gear for firefighters. If any money that we raise with this Haunted House, we're going to put back into helping out the fire department to help save other people, you know, because that helps us buy equipment and gear. Our goal this year is to help buy some turnout gear, which is what we work to protect ourselves and stop structure fires or anything. So that's what our objective is this year is to be able to get some people some gear.