Community Services

Reflective Signage

Find out more about our red reflective address signs. Don't wait until you have an emergency.

Old Flag Retirement Ceremony

Bring your worn American flag to Fall Branch VFD for respectful retirement

Newsletter

Every year, we like to share highlights of the previous year and important information about the year to come.

Station Tour

We are always happy to have visitors to the station, and would love to show you around!

Burn Permits

October 15th to May 15th is wildfire season. Do you know what you can do to keep your home and family safe?

When it is safe to conduct a controlled burn, remember the following tips:

• Check with local authorities to make sure there are no local restrictions on burning currently in place, especially in cities and towns that have their own burning permit system.

• Notify your local fire department and neighbors to let them know your plans to burn

• Do not burn on windy days.

• Stay abreast of changing weather conditions.

• Establish wide control lines down to bare mineral soil at least five feet wide around burn piles.

• Keep fire containment equipment on hand during the fire (e.g. rake, shovel, water).

• Stay with the fire until it is completely out.

Need a burn permit? You have two options:

By phone: Burning permits by phone are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except on holidays. Permits may be obtained in advance for weekends and holidays.

• Washington County (423) 753-4011

• Greene County (423) 638-7841

• Sullivan County (423) 239-5811

• Online: Permits issued by the Division of Forestry are also available online any day of the week from 8am – 11pm Central Time.

PrePlanning

Every emergency call is different. This means that we have to have a different approach to handling every call every time. Unfortunately, there are circumstances that we cannot always be prepared for before we reach the scene of a call, and time spent working through those issues is time that would be better spent handling the actual issue at hand. These circumstances can be:

• Locked or narrow access gates

• Steep or narrow gravel driveways

• Driveways that go to multiple addresses or are unmarked

• Bridges with low weight limits

The results of these circumstances can be catastrophic, as pictured below.

Please contact us

Fortunately, this situation has not happened to us, but we are aware that the potential exists in our response zone. We certainly do not want to destroy anyone’s property, but more importantly, we do not want to have to handle our own emergencies before we can truly help solve those of others. If your property has any of the conditions mentioned above, or if there’s any other special circumstance on your property that you believe we should know about to help make our response easier, please fill out the form below and let us know. All information is confidential and will only be shared with 911 to make sure that we change our response as needed for the situation.

Flag Services

Bring your worn American flag to Fall Branch VFD for respectful retirement via dignified ceremonial burning. We pay tribute to the flag's service with the honor it commands.

Reflective Address Signs

With time, house numbers fade, old signposts fail. If you call for help can emergency responders locate you easily. Find out more about our red reflective address signs. Don't wait until you have an emergency. Contact us to arrange a visit and we can make a custom address sign. Fee for supplies.

Station Tours

We are always happy to have visitors to the station, and would love to show you around! But because of what we do, there is not always someone at the station if you happen to stop by.

For that reason, to make sure you get the whole tour (Roughly 30 minutes) and can really enjoy it, please let us know when you would like to come. Try to let us know at least one week in advance. The best way you can do that is to fill out the form below.

We look forward to showing you around!

Please complete the form for station tours!

Service Inquiry Form

Newsletter

Every year, we like to share highlights of the previous year and important information about the year to come.

Please check back for our latest edition!