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Fire
Location of Fire Stations
Station 1
332 Washington Street
Station 2
29 US 41S
Station 3
1740 North Green Street
Station 4
531 US ALT 41
Contact
270-831-1270
Overview
The Fire Department provides fire protection for
the city 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  There
are 58 uniformed and three civilian employees on the department that operate out
of four fire stations. The fleet
consists of six pumpers, one aerial, a rescue/support vehicle, and a command
vehicle.
In addition to fire protection, the department responds to emergency medical
calls, auto accidents, carbon monoxide alarms, and other special rescue
situations. These other special
rescue situations include trench rescue, hazardous materials response, high
angle rope rescue, and confined space rescue.
Fire Safety
The Fire Prevention Bureau provides a variety
of fire safety education programs. These
programs are designed to instruct our younger population about the hazards that
fire present in our daily lives. In
2000, our program, entitled “Who Wants to be Fire Safe”, was presented to
4,200 students in the county school system.
Open Burning
For Open Burning the following provisions and restrictions must be adhered to:
- A
permit must be secured from the fire department.
- The
permit holder, or his/her designee, must remain with the fire from its ignition
until extinguished.
- A
charged garden hose capable of reaching all areas of the fire or other
extinguishment or control measures approved by the fire department must be
available at the burn site at all times.
- All
burning shall be confined to the area approved and inspected by the issuing
officer.
- Only
approved material as defined by Kentucky EPA and The Kentucky Standards of
Safety/Fire Prevention Code shall be burned.
- The
permit holder agrees to ensure that the fire be completely extinguished when the
permit expires.
- The
permit holder understands that this fire may be extinguished after issuance of
this permit if complaints are received.
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