Taylor County Fire Coordinator: Judson Montgomery

Taylor County has two city and six county fire stations strategically located throughout the county. The fire departments are all staffed by volunteers. 
 


Station Information

 
Butler
The Butler Volunteer Fire Department is equipped with two Class A pumpers that are owned by the City of Butler, one 3000 gallon tanker, and one Class A pumper that is jointly owned by the city and county.  Butler also has a quick response truck that was acquired from the Georgia Forestry Commission through a grant to the City of Butler. The jointly owned pumper and 3000 gallon tanker responds to all structural fires in the county within the Butler, Central, Howard, Mauk, and Rupert areas, and others when requested.
 
A new Rescue Truck has been acquired, in May 2008, through the efforts of fire department personnel, that is equipped with the tools and equipment that enables it to be a GEMA certified rescue truck. This truck is based at Butler Fire Department and responds to incidents throughout the county as it is needed.
 
Butler Fire Department has a mobile command post that can be deployed where needed throughout the county, or surrounding counties, in the event of a major disaster or prolonged operation. 
 

Central
The Central Volunteer Fire Station is equipped with a Georgia Forestry Fire Knocker truck that responds to all fires within Central’s response area and travels to other areas as needed. 
 
Howard
The Howard Volunteer Fire Station is equipped with one pumper and a Georgia Forestry Commission Fire Knocker. The fire knocker responds to all fires and is the primary response vehicle to wildland and other outdoor fires, while the pumper is used for structural fires and the fire knocker as a support vehicle supplying extra water. 
 
Mauk
The Mauk Volunteer Fire Station is equipped with a Georgia Forestry Commission Fire Knocker and a County owned fire knocker that responds as primary response vehicles to all fires in the Mauk response area. 
 
Panhandle
The Panhandle Volunteer Fire Station has one Pumper that is the primary response vehicle in the Panhandle area of the county. Panhandle also has a support vehicle that is equipped with the spare set of Hurst tools and other first response equipment to respond to incidents throughout the county as needed. 
 
Potterville
The Potterville Volunteer Fire Station is equipped with one Georgia Forestry Commission Fire Knocker that is the primary response vehicle in the Potterville area. 
 
Reynolds
The Reynolds Volunteer Fire Department has a city and county jointly owned pumper that responds to all structural or large fires in the Reynolds, Potterville, Panhandle areas of the county, and other areas when requested. Reynolds has two tankers that are city county owned, one being a 2000 gallon tanker and one 1000 gallon tanker, and a support vehicle, equipped with a cascade system and generator and lights for use ion the scene of large fires and rescue situations . Reynolds has a city owned pumper that responds to fires within the city.
 
The City of Reynolds has a truck with Hurst Jaws of Life and other basic rescue tools in Reynolds to respond to incidents in the eastern section of the county more quickly than the truck from Butler
 
Rupert
The Rupert Volunteer Fire Station is equipped with a Ford Pumper that was purchased by the members of Rupert Fire Station, and one Georgia Forestry Commission Fire Knocker that is used as a tanker and wildland fire control vehicle in the Rupert area.
 

GEMA  
The city and county fire departments are cooperating in joint effort to establish and man  a Taylor County Rescue Team that will be certified as a rescue team through the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Several of the volunteers have spent many hours of their off duty time attending training sessions to make this team possible. There are presently twelve members that have completed the training to be GEMA certified as a rescue team.
 
The GEMA Rescue Guidelines require each member to have completed the following  courses: (1) Vehicle extrication; (2) Rescue Specialist; (3) Hazardous Materials Awareness for first Responders; and (4) Infection Control. The Rescue Team guidelines require two additional courses to be an active member of the rescue team: (1) Module 1 Firefighter; and (2) Medical First Responder. 
 

Georgia Forestry Commission
The city and county fire departments also work closely with the Georgia Forestry Commission in wildland fire control.  The Georgia Forestry Commission has one quick response vehicle that responds to fires with 100 gallons of water and a foam system. They have two tractor-plow/transport units that respond to wild fires and other fires as requested by county departments.
 
The Georgia Forestry Commission assists fire departments and landowners throughout the county in many other ways. The entire goals, mission, and services of the Georgia Forestry Commission can be found on their website: www.gatrees.org
 




Contact Information
County Fire Coordinator:
(478) 862-4647