Peach County Fire Department

The Peach County Fire Department provides all-risk, all-hazards service to the unincorporated areas of Peach County. The department provides a variety of services to a growing and diverse population.

Services include fire suppression, arson investigation, hazardous materials mitigation, search and rescue, fire prevention and fire safety education.

The department continually strives to improve service delivery and meet the specialized needs of every area of the county. One of its biggest priorities is the prevention of fires, accidents and injuries, before they occur. This is accomplished through fire prevention, building code enforcement, safety inspections and fire safety education.

The Peach County Fire Department was established in 1975 as an all volunteer department. The mission of the department is to provide the residents of Peach County with the most efficient, effective and professional fire protection and rescue services possible.

The PCFD uses a highly efficient service delivery system designed to provide the quickest and most efficient response times possible from any area of the county. Personnel are continuously asked to take on greater responsibilities, while responding to an increasing call volume. Above all, PCFD personnel are trained to perform the operations of the department under the most severe conditions. As a result, residents can rely on the fire department in any situation because the PCFD recognizes the importance of delivering high caliber emergency service to the public.

Each PCFD firefighter is required to complete 120 hours of intense training each year. The training is a combination of classroom, hands on practical exercises and live fire training. All Peach County firefighters are required to pass and maintain minimum firefighter standards set forth by the State of Georgia.

Peach County also participates in the NIFRS national reporting system. Peach County was one of the original departments in Georgia to implement this reporting system. All of the fire department's reports, records and information are computerized. The PCFD training division is also completely computerized and was updated in 2005 with the latest NFPA and IFSTA training materials.

Stations 1 and 3 are manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week and the other stations are manned Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Each Station is equipped with at least one engine and a minimum of one tanker/service truck.

The department has a total of seven engines, 10 tanker/service trucks, one 111-ft. ladder truck, two air and light trucks, four brush/quick response trucks, a haz-mat initial response trailer, a search and rescue boat and a mobile command center.

Peach County will construct a new 80x140 five-bay station in 2006 to replace the original building built in 1978 in Powersville. The current building was a two-bay station built as a combination fire station/voting precinct. The new station will be located approximately one-eighth of a mile north of the current station on Hwy. 49. The current station is 1,600 square feet and will be replaced by a 11,200 square foot station.

Stations are located as follows: