City of Knoxville - Fire Department KFD

KNOXVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT (KFD)

KFD

Fire Prevention Bureau (Fire Codes and Inspections)
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Fire Education

Fire Stations List

First Responder Service

History of Fire Dept.

Fire Chief Stan Sharp
Fire Chief Sharp

Contact Info:
Regency Business Park
900 Hill Ave.
Suite 430
865-595-4480
Fax: 865-595-4482
ssharp@cityofknoxville.org

TO REPORT A FIRE OR EMERGENCY - DIAL 911
Administration / Operations Deputy Chief Roger Byrd 865-595-4470 rbyrd@cityofknoxville.org	Asst. Chief Danny Beeler Fire Prevention Bureau 865-215-2283 Fire Explosion & Investigation Unit 865-637-1386 dbeeler@cityofknoxville.org
Captain Paul Trumpore Fire Public Education 865-595-4673 ptrumpore@cityofknoxville.org	Asst. Chief Chris Dyer Training Division 865-215-6226 cdyer@cityofknoxville.org

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, Logistics, and Maintenance Shop.

KFD Holds Memorial Service for Fallen Firefighters
KFD Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service

October 9, 2012 - 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 12 retired firefighters who have died since the last memorial service. As part of the ceremony, attended by active and retired firefighters and family and friends of those being honored, a bell tolled 36 times - once for each of the fallen firefighters. At the same time - as each fallen 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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