Fire & Emergency Services
Fayette County's combined Fire and Emergency Services provides the citizens of Fayette County with high quality emergency services. Learn more about our qualifications and services below.
Fire & Emergency Services
Fire and Emergency Services are conducted from 8 strategically located stations within the county, with one station and Headquarters located within the City of Fayetteville. Services are provided with 6 Engines, 2 Quints and 5 Medic Units, all of which are licensed through the State of Ga. DHR for medical response, 1 Manpower Squad, 1 Heavy Rescue, 3 Tankers, and 2 Mini-Pumpers.
All career members are crossed trained as both Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians or Paramedics who routinely respond to all types of emergencies and hazards within the county to provide fast, efficient, and effective services. As an all-hazards response agency these services are provided 24 hours a day by a staff of dedicated career and volunteer personnel.
Emergency Medical Services
The combination of fire and emergency medical response has been the key to the success of our department. The department's 138 firefighters, EMTs and paramedics routinely work traffic accidents, cardiac emergencies, medical emergencies, trauma and other assist type calls. The department utilizes 5 Advanced Life Support (ALS) medic units. All medic units are equipped as mobile intensive care units (MICU) with advanced cardiac monitoring, portable ventilation, and IV medication pumps to handle the most critical patients. Additionally, each shift has several certified Critical Care Transport paramedics trained in advanced therapies. The department also equips all fire engines and the squad unit as ALS first responder units. These vehicles are often seen at emergency scenes providing the same level of care as our ambulances. Fayette County is recognized at the regional and state level as a leader in Emergency Medical Services.
The department prides itself on progressive medical care by initiating
programs such as the 12 lead Thrombolytic program, Automatic External
Defibrillators (AED) in law enforcement vehicles and many others.The
department averages a 4:15 minute response time countywide. The department
is aggressively pursuing National Registry Certification for all employees.
Training
The Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services provides its employees and reserve members with a variety of training in both fire and EMS. Minimum state and national training requirements are met and exceeded by the department which provided over 22,000 hours of fire training to its members in 2006. Additionally, our EMS educators provided over 13,000 hours of training in 2006 to our employees.
Emergency Management
The Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services is the designated emergency management agency for our community. This division of the department proved to be very effective especially when Fayette County was declared five different times as disasters areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Floods, tropical storm, straight line winds, hail, and heavy snowfall left citizens looking to emergency management for assistance.
Utilizing the Integrated Emergency Management System, the division was able to adequately meet the needs of our community. The division also is responsible for coordination of the Fayette County Resource Council and LEPC. The program has twice been recognized for its exemplary practices by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities, public information, and the coordination of the Emergency Operation Center are also the responsibility of the division of Emergency Management.
The Department is also the Homeland Security Agency for Fayette County. Partnering with many local law enforcement, fire and EMS agencies, public health, state and federal organizations, the Department has and is continuing to coordinate efforts to identify, plan for and mitigate possible terrorism against critical infrastructure and our community.