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KNOXVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT (KFD)

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Regency Business Park
900 Hill Ave.
Suite 430
865-595-4480
Fax: 865-595-4482
rlkey@cityofknoxville.org

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About the Knoxville Fire Dept.

The City of Knoxville Fire Department provides fire protection and rescue services to nearly 100 square miles within the corporate limits of the City of Knoxville serving approximately 175,000 citizens. In addition, the department has the responsibility of enforcement of the fire and life safety codes and public fire education programs.

The Fire Department responded to 30,455 calls for service in 2002. Emergency Medical Service calls for service totaled 10,515, and non-EMS calls for service totaled 19,940. Total emergency runs were 15,581. EMS runs made up 52.7 percent of the total.

The department has 308 full-time career professional firefighters staffing 42 fire suppression and rescue units in the city's 18 fire stations. The stations are located strategically throughout the city. The stations are manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. These professionals are also assigned to other divisions within the department such as Training, Fire Prevention Bureau, Public Education, Emergency Medical Services, Administrative Offices, Supply, and Maintenance Shop. Through the Fire Prevention Bureau the department conducts in-depth pre-fire plans for all commercial facilities in an effort to save lives and reduce property loss.

Mayor Haslam & Fire Chief Key & his family and members of Station 11

Assistant Chief Robert Key Promoted to KFD Fire Chief

May 3, 2006 - Mayor Bill Haslam announced May 3 the appointment of Robert Key as chief of the Knoxville Fire Department.

"Chief Key's leadership abilities and his depth of experience make him the right person for this job," Mayor Haslam stated. "I trust in his commitment to the citizens of Knoxville and the men and women of the Fire Department."

Key, 58, joined the Fire Department in 1975, and rose through the ranks, holding the positions of senior firefighter, master firefighter and fire officer before being named an assistant chief in 1998. In that position, he plans, organizes and commands firefighting operations and emergencies in a district, and has administrative and scheduling duties. Key also served as a hazardous materials team leader for eight years and served on the department's accreditation committee.
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