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Fire Chief Stan Sharp
Regency Business Park
900 Hill Ave.
Suite 430
865-595-4480
Fax: 865-595-4482
ssharp@cityofknoxville.org

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Fire Public Education 865-595-4673	Fire Prevention Bureau 865-215-2283	Arson Investigation 865-637-1386

About the Knoxville Fire Dept.

The City of Knoxville Fire Department provides fire protection and rescue services to nearly 100 square miles within the corporate limits of the City of Knoxville serving approximately 175,000 citizens. In addition, the department has the responsibility of enforcement of the fire and life safety codes and public fire education programs.

The Fire Department responded to 30,455 calls for service in 2002. Emergency Medical Service calls for service totaled 10,515, and non-EMS calls for service totaled 19,940. Total emergency runs were 15,581. EMS runs made up 52.7 percent of the total.

The department has 308 full-time career professional firefighters staffing 42 fire suppression and rescue units in the city's 18 fire stations. The stations are located strategically throughout the city. The stations are manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. These professionals are also assigned to other divisions within the department such as Training, Fire Prevention Bureau, Public Education, Emergency Medical Services, Administrative Offices, Supply, and Maintenance Shop. Through the Fire Prevention Bureau the department conducts in-depth pre-fire plans for all commercial facilities in an effort to save lives and reduce property loss.

KFD Holds Memorial Service for Fallen Firefighters
KFD Memorial Service

October 6, 2009 - The Knoxville Fire Department held its annual Memorial Service Honoring Fallen Firefighters Tuesday at the KFD's Headquarters Fire Station in downtown Knoxville. The annual ceremony honored the 24 KFD firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty since 1885 and the 7 retired firefighters who have died since the last memorial service. As part of the ceremony, attended by 150-180 active and retired firefighters and family and friends of those being honored, a bell tolled 31 times - once for each of the firefighters. At the same time - as each firefighter's name was read by Fire Chief Stan Sharp and the bell tolled - a single red rose was placed into a gold-colored vase bearing the department's insignia.
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New Fire Chief Sworn In

September 8, 2009 - Fire Chief Stan Sharp was ceremonially sworn in as the new chief of the Knoxville Fire Department at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8 in the Main Assembly Room in the City County Building.

Chief Sharp was joined by Mayor Bill Haslam and City Council and was sworn in by Knoxville Municipal Court Judge John R. Rosson, Jr.

New Fire Chief Announced

Mayor Haslam congratulates Fire Chief Sharp

August 18, 2009 - Mayor announced that he has appointed Stan Sharp as the new chief of the Knoxville Fire Department. Sharp, an assistant fire chief who currently serves as the KFD’s safety officer will begin his new duties on September 1. He replaces KFD Chief Robert Key who is retiring on that date. He had served as the chief since 2006. “I’m excited about Stan becoming our fire chief,” Haslam said. “Stan has the right mix of intelligence, work ethic, character and leadership skills to effectively lead the department through the coming years.”
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Bailey the Dog Newest KFD Member

June 2, 2009 - Bailey, an 18-month-old yellow lab, was introduced as the newest member of the Knoxville Fire Department during a brief demonstration today at the Knoxville Fire Training Center. Bailey will serve as an accelerant detection canine with the KFD’s Fire Investigation Unit and will partner with KFD Capt. Travis Kincaid. Bailey and Kincaid recently completed a comprehensive training course at the Maine State Criminal Academy.

Kincaid was honored in May as Fire Investigator of the Year for 2008-2009 by the Tennessee Advisory Committee on Arson.

“This is a big deal for us,” said Assistant Chief Danny Beeler, who leads the Fire Investigation Unit. “We’ve been waiting a long time for an accelerant detecting canine.”

Bailey can quickly detect the presence of an accelerant at a fire site and indicate to her partner exactly where it is located. It’s up to investigators to determine whether that accelerant was the cause of the fire and/or if it was used to set a fire.
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KFD Memorial Unearthed

Granite panel that was unearthed at Chilhowee Park

June 1, 2009 - A granite panel honoring the first two Knoxville Fire Department firefighters who died in the line of duty is back with the KFD after being unearthed during a construction project at Chilhowee Park. It had apparently been buried there for more than six decades according to Capt. D.J. Corcoran, the KFD’s spokesman.

The roughly 30x15-inch rectangular stone remembers Firefighters William F. Maxey and John J. Dunn, who died on the night of February 2, 1904, during a blaze that destroyed several buildings on the east side of Gay Street.

The stone was part of the original base of the monument that now memorializes all KFD firefighters who have died in action. The statue - of a firefighter carrying a child to safety - currently stands in front of Headquarters Station near the corner of Henley Street and Summit Hill Drive and contains the names of 18 firefighters, including Maxey and Dunn.
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City of Knoxville Fire Station 5 Celebrates 100 Years

May 18, 2009 - On Monday at Fire Station #5 in Mechanicsville, Mayor Haslam, Chief Key and Captains from Station #5 revealed a plaque that honors past, present and future Knoxville Firefighters.

The plaque presentation was part of Station #5's celebration of 100 years of service. The station went into service on May 23, 1909, serving the Mechanicsville neighborhood.

Station #5 operated continuously from 1909 until 1981, when the station was moved to the MLB (or L.T. Ross Building). This station reopened in 1988.
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