Gaffney Fire Department

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 Gaffney Fire Department

  Gaffney Fire Marshall Nathan Ellis was hired  to replace retired fire chief Steve Blanton in June of 2007. Chief Ellis attended Clemson University, where he earned a BS degree in public health science in 1998 and he has worked as a deputy state fire marshall. The Gaffney Fire Deparment is staffed with 34 full-time firefighters and 1 full-time civilian employee protecting approximately 25,000 residents of the Greater City of Gaffney area. All firefighters are trained to the NFPA level of Firefighter II, Hazardous Materials Technician and medical First Responder. We staff two of our three fire stations with one engine company each while the company at the main station splits duty as ladder and engine company. We also have a spare engine and three support vehicles.

Our fire district is made up of a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial facilities, including approximately 10 miles of Interstate 85, a major route of travel between Washington D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia; 10 miles of the Plantation and Williams petroleum pipelines; 12 miles of railroad with 26 freight and passenger trains each day; and two power generation plants located along the Broad River. In 2007, the three Gaffney Fire Department stations responded to over 2200 calls for fire, rescue and medical assistance. More department information can be found in our new department newsletter "Smoke Showing". Please check out our 1st  issue through the link below.  

• July 2008 (pdf)

 Mission Statement: The Mission of the Gaffney Fire Department is to Serve the Citizens and Businesses of the Greater Gaffney Fire District by Protecting Life, Property, and the Environment from the Hazards and Dangers of Fires, Medical Emergencies, and Manmade and Natural Disasters Through Prevention, Education and Timely Incident Response.

  PRIDE 

Our PRIDE is a personal commitment to excel. It is an attitude that seperates the excellent from the mediocre.

 Tradition

 There are a lot of Traditions that deserve our attention. Some need to be learned and others need to be ended. Our greatest Tradition is that it is the duty of each individual to do all that he can do to learn as much as he can, to work as hard as he can, and to live safely as long as he can in order to do the greatest possible good. Dedicated, Caring Service to others is a Tradition that never goes out of style.

Spirit

We acknowledge that our job requires more than just physical strength and mental application. There is a Spirit inside each of us that provokes us to act courageously. Some call it heroism.......We call it