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Chief |
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Amos Moses |
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President |
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Joshua Lee |
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Contact Information |
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Mailing
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PO Box 1210 |
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Corbin, KY
40702-1210 |
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Station 1 Physical
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90 Gloucester
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Corbin, KY
40701-6113 |
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(Pronounced gloss - ter) |
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Station 2
Physical Address |
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351 US Hwy 25W |
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Corbin, KY
40701 |
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Station 3
Physical Address |
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174 Ascot Drive |
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Gray, KY
40734 |
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Business Phone |
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606-528-1700 |
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fax
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888-447-7609 |
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Website |
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www.westknoxfd.com |
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Fire
Hazard Season |
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Spring Season:
Feb. 15th
- April 30th
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Fall Season:
Oct. 1st -
Dec. 15th |
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Division of Forestry |
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Welcome to our
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Station 3 Now Open |
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Construction on Station 3 started in 2020. It
was completed in February of 2021. Since March
2021 it has been opened with a truck now
stationed at it. We will be having a Dedication
Ceremony/Open House on September 11 at 3:00PM.
We would like to invite everyone to come tour
the station and see what we are doing to provide
better service to our community and hopefully
save them money on their insurance. |
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What it takes
to run a Totally Volunteer Fire Department |
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Some people find
it hard to believe that volunteer
firefighters don't get paid. They think
there must be hidden ways we get paid.
Well it's time to make a believer of
those who doubt.
The one and only
way we may ever convince those who doubt
is to have them come volunteer with us.
It will not take you long to find out
that you get paid nothing.
It will
actually cost you to be a volunteer. It
cost time, gas and the pay you should be
getting at your regular job. You lose
time with your family, destroy clothing
and take a chance of getting hurt. You
are required to take regular training
every year. We meet every Monday night
to train, do regular maintenance on
trucks and to plan for the best way
spend money and manage the fire
department to best serve our community.
We work on fund raisers to raise money
to have a fire department. We make time
to visit schools and teach fire
prevention. We visit local business' to
preplan incase they have an emergency.
That way we know the layout of the
business, where the employees should be,
what their plan is for evacuation and
what our best plan of attack is for life
saving and property saving efforts. We
have a fire safety program we call Give
a Beep. It's focus is on making sure
everyone has a working smoke detector in
their home.
We are on call
24/7. Any time you bump into a volunteer
firefighter, you will see a pager or
radio on their side. You feel naked
without it. |
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Cost per firefighter
(All gear
except for the radio, only have a ten
year life. Regardless of use, it must be
replaced ten years from the manufactured
date)
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We have families that support us
giving our time to the community. Image what kind of
person it takes to understand cancelling a date, missing
a child's little league ball game, leaving them to watch
three kids in the game room at Mr. Gatti's. They cook
food for bake sales, wash nasty smelling clothes and
keep Thanksgiving dinner warm so we don't eat cold food.
Firefighters get all the praise while our families get
none. They don't mind taking a backstage role. They just
want us to come home and occasionally attend a special
occasion. |
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Expenses and why
we need a yearly membership fee from our
community |
Our
expenses for just the basics, electric, gas,
water, insurance, fuel, etc..., run almost
$38,000.00 per year. That doesn't include
anything we need to be a fire department. Below
is a list of some of the cost for equipment
required so we can be your fire department. Keep
in mind that we have 36 volunteers that must be
kept in NFPA approved gear.
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Cost
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Number
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Cost
Per Year |
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Turnout Gear
(10 Year Life) |
$2,652.00 |
36 Firefighters |
$9,547.20 |
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SCBA
(Air Packs) |
$6,250.00 |
30 |
$18,750.00 |
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Radios
(Radios or Pagers) |
$700.00 |
36 |
$2,520.00 |
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Engine
(Truck to Fight
Fire)(Average Life 20 Years) |
$250,000.00 |
3 |
$37,500.00 |
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Equipment for an Engine
(Average Life 10
Years) |
$20,000.00 |
3 |
$6,000.00 |
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Rescue Tools
(To cut people out of
cars)(10 Years) |
$25,000.00 |
2 |
$5,000.00 |
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Tanker
(Truck to haul
water)(Average Life 20 Years) |
$120,000.00 |
1 |
$6,000.00 |
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Equipment Truck
(Average Life 20 Years) |
$100,000.00 |
1 |
$5,000.00 |
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Station 1
(The original station in
Knox Co)(1962) |
$300,000.00 |
1 |
$5,555.55 |
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Station 2
(Laurel Co station)(2003) |
$160,000.00 |
1 |
$12,307.69 |
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Station 3
(New Station coming to
Gray in 2017) |
$200,000.00 |
1 |
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Insurance |
$11,000.00 |
per year |
$11,000.00 |
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Fuel |
$10,000.00 |
per year |
$10,000.00 |
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Utilities
(water, gas, electric,
cable, internet, phone) |
$17,000.00 |
per year |
$17,000.00 |
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Total Per Year
(for just the above) |
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$146,180.44 |
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These cost do not include
any fire prevention program, office equipment or
supplies, truck maintenance supplies (oil,
anti-freeze, filters), any maintenance required
on trucks, building supplies (toilet paper,
paper towels, cleaning supplies) or other items
required to do business on a daily basis.
If you think these prices
might be inflated, we have a fire supply
business right here in our county that would be
glad to give you the price of any of our
equipment. Southeast Apparatus in Corbin can be
contacted at 606.523.4497. |
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