History[]
Established in 1926. The Department had 2 previous stations before the current ones.
| Station | Address | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Station | Frank Street | 1926-1940 | |
| Fire Station | 101 Euclid Avenue | 1940-19?? | Now Hisorical society and Emergency Management office |
Apparatus[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Station 1 - 116 Main Street, Paintsville[]
- Engine 1 - 1998 International 4900 / E-One (1250/1000)
- Engine 3 - 1988 GMC / FMC (1250/750)
- Unit 101 - 200? Ford Crown Victoria
- boat
Station 2 - 255 McLoud Street, Paintsville[]
- Squad 1 - 1994 International 4900 4x4 / Allegheny (1000/750)
- Ladder 1 - 1992 Spartan Gladiator / LTI (1500/400/75') (Ex-Downers Grove Fire Department)
- Engine 2 - 2018 International DuraStar 4400 / Rosenbauer (1500/750)
Ambulances are stationed at both locations[]
- EMS 2 - 2022 Ford E-350 ambulance (Ex-?)
- EMS 4 - 201? Freightliner M2 106 ambulance (Ex-?)
- EMS 3 - 2014 International Navistar (Ex-?)
- EMS 5 - 201? Freightliner M2 106 ambulance (Ex-?)
Retired Apparatus[]
- 2008 GMC TopKick ambulance (Ex- EMS 3)
- 200? Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 199? Ford Crown Victoria (Ex-unit 102)
- 199? Jeep Cherokee 4x4
- 1995 Freightliner FL 60 / Bridgers Coach ambulance (Sold to Rockhouse Volunteer Fire Department)
- 199? Ford E-350 ambulance (Ex-EMS 1 )
- 199? Ford E-350 ambulance (Ex-EMS 2)
- 199? Ford E-350 / Braun ambulance (Ex-EMS 3)
- 199? Ford E-350 ambulance (Ex-EMS 4)
- 199? Ford E-350 ambulance (Ex-EMS 5)
- 199? Ford E-350 / Wheeled Coach ambulance (Ex-EMS 6) (Totaled after landslide)
- 198? Crown Victoria LTD (Ex-Asst. Chief)
- 1975 Ford C / Sutphen pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 4) (Ex-Toledo Fire and Rescue Department (Ohio))
- 1972 Ford C / American LaFrance pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 1)
- 1963 Maxim / Magirus / 1984 WWE 100' (Ex-Aerial 1) (Ex-South Bend Fire Department (Indiana), sold to Staffordsville / Johnson County Fire & Rescue Squad)
- 196? International V pumper
- 1952 Dodge B-4 pumper
- 1948 Dodge B-4 pumper
- 1937 Chevrolet pumper
- 192? Ford Model T truck (Ex-Chief Buggy)
- 1926 pumper (Ex-Engine 1)
LODD[]
January 22, 2008 - LODD
Assistant Fire Chief/EMS Director Christa Dawn Burchett, 33
Paintsville Fire-Rescue-EMS. Paintsville, Kentucky
Assistant Chief Burchett and another firefighter responded to a motor vehicle crash on a local highway. Upon arrival, they found that a passenger vehicle had crashed after sliding on ice on the roadway. The driver of the car, who was pregnant, appeared to be uninjured but asked to be transported to the hospital to be checked. As the driver of the car was loaded into the ambulance, a tractor-trailer truck loaded with coal slid on the ice and struck the rear of the ambulance. Assistant Chief Burchett was struck by the truck and thrown under the ambulance. She was extricated from the crash and transported to the hospital but was pronounced dead at 1004hrs. The driver of the other car involved in the original crash was also killed.
