The Nashville Fire Department provides

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and

emergency medical service Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. ...

s to Nashville,

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. The department is responsible for an area of .

History

The fire department started in May 1807 as a volunteer fire service and became a paid organization on July 24, 1860 with John S. Dashiell as the first chief. Nashville's first motorized fire engine was put into service in 1912. The department currently has thirty-nine stations. On November 1, 1974, the Emergency Medical Services Division was added. Until that time, the fire department put out fires and ambulances were provided by funeral homes. All firefighters are now cross trained as EMT's and

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Stations and apparatus

Below is a list of the

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s and apparatus in use by the Nashville Fire Department. Director Chiefs John S. Dashiell 1860-1862 John M. Seabury 1862-63 L.M. Freeman 1863-Oct 1865, Oct 11,1866- Oct 1867 L.M. Gorby Oct 1865- Oct 1866 John Bentley Oct 1867- Oct 1869 William Stockell Oct 1869, 1871–83 Andrew Meaders 1883-March 8, 1884 E.M. Carell March 10, 1884–92; Jan 1,1894-1900 J.D. Alexander 1893 Antonio A. Rozetta 1901-19 Joseph W. Weaver 1920-26 Frank A. Moore 1926-38 Jesse A. Scruggs 1938-44 H.D. Demonbreun 1944-57 John Ragsdale 1957-63 Russell Campbell 1963-65 William C. McIntyre 1965-71 Frank J. Quinn 1971-74 William P. Ackerman 1975-79 Fred G. Davis 1980-87 Martin M. Coleman 1988-93 Norman “Buck” Dozier 1994-2000 Stephen D. Halford 2001-2012 Richard “Ricky” White 2013- 2017 William Swann 2017–Present

References

{{Authority control Fire departments in Tennessee Government of Nashville, Tennessee