Department Profile

Bowling Green Fire Department, 1898

The Bowling Green Fire Department was organized as a paid fire department in 1898 and provides fire suppression, rescue and first responder services to the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky (pop. approximately 54,000 or approximately 74,000 when Western Kentucky University is in session). 

Besides emergency response, we also educate thousands of people each year about fire safety, inspect occupancies within our city for fire code violations and investigate fire scenes to determine the origin and cause of fires.  Our suppression staff members work a 24 hour on/48 hour off schedule. 

We currently have 6 fire stations and 1 administrative office building.  Our Fire Insurance Rating (ISO) is Class 3.  In 2010, we responded to a total of 4,630 incidents.

Personnel

We have a total of 121 employees:

Administration - 6
(Includes Fire Chief, 2 Deputy Chiefs, 2 Administrative Support Staff members and 1 Apparatus Mechanic)

Suppression – 109
(Includes the ranks of Firefighter, Sergeant, Captain & Assistant Chief)

Prevention – 5
(Includes local Fire Marshal, 2 Investigators/Inspectors, 1 Fire Prevention Educator/PIO and 1 Fire Code Inspector)

Training – 2
(Includes 1 Assistant Chief of Training and 1 Training Captain)

Front Line Apparatus 

Coming soon! Click each truck name for photos!

Engines, 3

Rescue Trucks, 3

Tower Trucks, 2

Quints, 1

Command Vehicle, 1
Air Crash/Fire/Rescue, 2

Haz Mat, 1

Equipment, 1

Brush, 1

Fire Stations 

Coming Soon! Click each station for photo and more info!

Note:  Addresses are for directional purposes only.  Please send all mail to the 625 East 6^th Street address.

Administration Building 
625 East 6^th Street, Bowling Green, KY  42101

Station 1                                 701 East 7^th Street, Bowling Green, KY  42101

Station 2                                 1101 Woodhurst, Bowling Green, KY  42103

Station 3                                 150 Bennett Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42104

Station 4                                 835 Morgantown Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101

Station 5                                 250 New Porter Pike, Bowling Green, KY  42101

Station 6                                 201 Cherry Farm Lane, Bowling Green, KY  42103

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