Local fire, emergency services

Friday, September 05, 2008

Greenville Fire-Rescue

The city's six fire-rescue stations provide fire protection, fire-prevention and emergency medical services within the city limits. Personnel are certified emergency medical technicians. Fire-prevention captains make annual inspections of all commercial buildings in the city and the extraterritorial jurisdiction. There are currently 140 firefighters/EMTs working at the city's six stations.

—Headquarters,Station No. 1, 500 S. Greene St., 329-4390

—Station No. 2, 2490 Hemby Lane, 329-4405

—Station No. 3, 2400 Charles Blvd., 329-4410

— Station No. 4, 200 Staton Road, 329-4590

—StationNo.5, 255 Rollins Drive, 329-4690

—Station No. 6, 3375 E. 10th St., 329-4671

—Chief: Mike Burton, 329-4404. E-mail: mburton@greenvillenc.gov.

—Deputy Chief: Sandy Harris, 329-4397. E-mail: sharris@greenvillenc.gov.

—Life Safety Services: Contact 329-4408. Fire education programs are presented to groups or organizations by request through the bureau.

—Smoke detector program: 329-4390. The department has a program called Code Red Detection Control to install smoke-detection devices in homes of low-income residents within the city.

County Fire/EMS departments

County fire and rescue departments offer service outside of Greenville. Most of them are volunteer organizations. They are in most cases autonomous but coordinate with the office of Noel Lee III, Pitt County director of emergency services, 1717 W. Fifth St., 902-3950.

—Ayden Fire Department, 4112 West Ave., Ayden, 746-7021, Chief Barry Woods

—Ayden Rescue and EMS, P.O. Box 607, Ayden, 746-7020, Capt. Shane Hall

—Bell Arthur Fire Department, Box 546, Bell Arthur, 752-8100, Chief Virgil O'Neal

—Bell Arthur Rescue EMS, P.O. Box 654, Bell Arthur, 329-7007, Capt. Eric Deans

—Belvoir Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 3, 757-2888, Chief Charles Tucker

—Bethel Fire, P.O. Box 308, Bethel, 825-2379, Chief Doug House

—Black Jack Volunteer Fire Department, 2770 Spencer Loop Road, Greenville, 752-5403, Chief Gary Phipps

—Carolina Township Volunteer Fire Department, 2875 N.C. 903 North, Stokes, 758-5504, Chief Dean Morris

—Clarks Neck Volunteer Fire Department, 5440 Clark's Neck Road, Washington, 975-7911, Chief Edward Lee

—Eastern Pines Volunteer Rescue and EMS, 5467 Eastern Pines Road, Greenville, 758-3413, Capt. Adam Viverette

—Eastern Pines Volunteer Fire Department, 5453 Eastern Pines Road, Greenville, 752-3005, Cdr. Gene Powell

—Falkland Rescue Squad, P.O. Drawer AN, Falkland, 830-1210, Capt. Jamie Norville

—Falkland Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 157, 752-0064, Chief William Proctor

—Farmville Fire Department, P.O. Box 86, Farmville, 753-2618, Chief John Baker

—Farmville Rescue, P.O. Box 352, Farmville, 753-5611, Capt. Helen Reel

—Fountain Fire Department, P.O. Box 37, Fountain, 749-1900, Chief Steve Ellis

—Fountain Rescue and EMS, P.O. Box 53, Fountain, 749-5321, Capt. George Bell

—Gardnerville Fire Department, 9521 County Home Road, Ayden, 746-4909, Chief Robert Humbles III

—Grifton Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 412, Grifton, 524-4983, Capt. Ivey Cook

—Grifton Fire Department, 6881A Highland Avenue, Grifton, 524-3367, Chief Andy Taylor

—Grimesland Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 68, Grimesland, 757-1616, Chief Tina Crouse

—Pactolus Fire Department, 3007 Old Creek Road, Greenville, 752-7162, Chief Bill Branch

—Pactolus EMS, 5505 U.S. 264 East, Greenville, 752-6855, Spvsr. Greg White

—Red Oak Community Rural Fire Department, 925 West Star St., Greenville, 355-8870, Chief Chad Singleton

—Sharp Point Volunteer Fire Department, 2160 Carraway Road, Fountain, 749-1771, Chief Danny Dunn

—Simpson Rural Fire Department, 205 Virginia St., Simpson, 758-6310, Chief Johnnie Mayo

—Staton-House Community Fire Department, 2501 N. Memorial Drive, Greenville, 752-3879, Chief Steve Naylor

—Winterville Fire Department, 245 Main St., Winterville, 756-2515, Chief Carney Hedgepeth

—Winterville Rescue and EMS, 2593 North Railroad Street, Winterville, 355-3330, Capt. Rick Britt

North Carolina Division of Forest Resources

5601 County Home Road

Derrick A. Moore Pitt County Ranger, 355-9079