Retirement (Date Posted - 2/20/2008 )

Maury County Fire is pleased to announce the retirement of Director Terry Potts. Director Potts has been a Volunteer with Maury County Fire for 23 years the last three years as Director. He has dedicated his life to helping others in Maury County and now plans on spending more time with his family and planning for the 2010 Sheriff Race. We Wish him all the best in his future and Thank him for all he has done.Mark Gandee has been selected by Mayor Bailey to be the new Director for our organization. While service is nothing new to Mark, he has served as Assistant Director for the last three years of his 25 year Volunteer service to Maury County Fire. Eric Hileman was named Assistant Director.


Grant Funding (Date Posted - 1/6/2008 1)
Tennessee State House Represenative John Tidwell D- District 74, Presented a Community Enhancement Grant Feb 14 to Maury County Fire Department in the amount of $11,600. These funds were divided to the Santa Fe Fire Department, Hampshire Fire Department and Williamsport Fire Department to be used for various projects in each respectful district. A special thanks to Rep. Tidwell and Mayor Bailey for their consideration for our Department.


New Equipment (Date Posted - 1/6/2008 1)
Maury County Fire Department was awarded a new Polaris Ranger 6x6 received from U.S. Smokeless Tobacco. This utility vehicle was received from a 100% funded grant from USST Operation Ranger.The U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Operation Ranger Program awards rugged, off-road utility vehicles to our nation’s emergency responders. To date, 330 vehicles have been awarded across all 50 states. Continued program funding is subject to the approval of our Corporate Contributions Committee and it can be expanded, reduced or eliminated at any time.The Operation Ranger program exists both to recognize the service of our nation’s emergency responders and to provide a versatile, practical vehicle that will enhance emergency response capability at the community level. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Polaris Industries, the National Volunteer Fire Council and the many vehicle recipient agencies that have helped us shape this signature program since its inception as a pilot program in late 2002.


New Station for the Woodrow Community (Date Posted - 10/16/2007)
The Maury County Fire Department is pleased to announce that a new station for the Woodrow and Williamsport communities is nearly complete.Please visit the Media Gallery and click Stations to view pictures of the new station.


Burn Permits Required Oct 15-May15 (Date Posted - 10/15/2007)
Burning permits are required in Maury County Oct 15-May 15.To obtain a burning permit you must contact Tennessee State Forestry Dept. at 1-800-367-3507.Permits are free of Charge and are only issued from 8am-4:30pm Mon-Fri. After you obtain your permit please call our office 931-388-0035 and notify our staff of your burning location. This allows us to track control burns in the event someone calls 911 about smoke in an area. For additional safe burning information please visit www.burnsafetn.org


Recruitment Drive (Date Posted - 10/15/2007)
Thank you for making our recruitment drive a successful one,over twenty recruits successfully passed the physical agility test. These new recruits will become probationary firefighters. They will spend the next six months learning the many skills needed to safely fight fires and how to handle various other types of incidents.If you missed this drive, we will be accepting applications again in March 2008.


Funding (Date Posted - 10/15/2007)
The Annual Picture Drive Fundraiser is completed. This years fundraiser was a HUGH SUCCESS. Thank you to all who contributed to our fundraiser. Without this money our organization could not continue to function and progress into the future. These funds have already begun to fund some current projects. $7,500 was allotted to Mynders Station 6 to add an additional bay onto their station to house the Mobile Air Trailer. The Mynders station matched these funds to make the project a reality. Also an additional $4,000 was allotted to the Williamsport Station 8 building project to help finish the station construction. Approximately $2,000 was allotted to install a new roof and gutters on the East Maury County Fire station. We hope that everyone who contributed received their pictures in a professional and timely manner. Again Thank you and please continue to support your Volunteer Fire service in Maury County.