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The Habersham County Fire Department is a nine station combination department with 17 paid personnel and about 80 volunteers covering 283 square miles of rural and urban mountain land.

The county's current ISO rating is 5 in some areas and 6.9 in other areas and the department is working diligently to lower the rating with new stations, additional personnel and new equipment.

Habersham County Fire Department is dedicated to the education, life-safety and protection of property for all Habersham County residents and visitors.

The role of the firefighter today is one of the most diverse and challenging professions in the world. Habersham firefighters are trained to extinguish fires, provide emergency medical care, respond to hazardous materials accidents and to take the lead in the wake of natural disasters.

Firefighting is one of the few professions that depends on unpaid volunteers to fill most of its ranks. Men and women from all walks of life, from company executives to mechanics to hardware store clerks to lawyers and doctors, volunteer freely to risk their own lives to save the lives and propety of others. It takes courage and dedication, assertiveness and willingness to learn new skills on an ongoing basis and to face new challenges every time the fire bell sounds.

New volunteers receive basic fire fighting and emergency medical training. Training is usually done on weeknights. There are also regularly scheduled in-house training drills, as well as educational courses provided through the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth and at North Georgia Technical College. Continuing education is offered throughout a firefighter's career.

The Overall Fire Picture 2005

To get an idea of how important the role of the paid and volunteer fireman is in this country, take a look at these statistics from 2005:

• 3,675 civilians lost their lives as the result of fire.
• 17,925 civilian injuries occurred as the result of fire.
• 115 firefighters were killed while on duty.
• Fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined.
• 83 percent of all civilian fire deaths occurred in residences.
• 1.6 million fires were reported. Many others went unreported, causing additional injuries and property loss.
• Direct property loss due to fires was estimated at $10.7 billion.
• An estimated 31,500 intentionally set structure fires resulted in 315 civilian deaths.
• Intentionally set structure fires resulted in an estimated $664 million in property damage.

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