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History
The first fire chief, Dero Saunders, was elected
in 1930 and began the long journey of providing fire service for
the citizens of Starkville. The Starkville Fire department began
with a group of concerned citizens to serve in those times of fire.
From that point the Starkville Fire Department has prided itself
on continued growth and service to the citizens of Starkville and
to all those who enter our city. As needs arose and services became
greater in both number and quality the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
decided in 1973 to hire E. W. "Punk" Tuner as its first
full time paid Fire Chief. In the year of 1975 with continued growth
the city of Starkville hired six new firefighters to go to a 24
hours on and 48 hours off shift rotation, which gave the city two
fully staffed fire stations. As the fire service grew and fire prevention
and building codes were enforced the number of fire calls dropped
and the city took on medical services in the year of 1983.
The current status of the Starkville Fire Department is a full paid
career department, four stations, a class five insurance rating,
that provides a full compliment of services such as CPR classes,
fire suppression, fire prevention, hazardous materials response,
high angle rescue, confined space rescue, medical response with
paramedic capabilities.
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