Chatsworth Fire Department

03/23/2016

Chatsworth Fire personnel making the initial attack on a fire at 321 Thornton Road N. today. Chatsworth Engine 1131 and Ladder 1151 along with a Chief Officer responded to assist the Murray County Fire Department with the early afternoon fire.

02/13/2015

02/13/2015

With a heavy heart, our deepest condolences go out to the families and members of the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department. Please remember these people in your thoughts and prayers.

11/01/2014

Just a reminder for everyone, please change the batteries in your smoke detectors When you change your clocks this weekend. Make sure you have WORKING smoke detectors in your home. And please be safe using alternate heating sources during this colder weather.

10/08/2014

Students from Chatsworth Elementary School visit the fire station . I think the firefighters have more fun than the children. It was a great morning with some really wonderful kids.

10/08/2014

The Chatsworth Fire Department responded to an early morning fire on North Second Avenue. The fire was quickly extinguished and damage was minor.

05/21/2014

Congratulations to Captain Jason Castoe and Firefighter Jeremy Baird for completion of the Structural Collapse Technician Course held at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center this past week. The course teaches the correct procedures for assessing and stabilizing buildings that have sustained structural damage such as during a tornado or earthquake. The Chatsworth Fire Department now has four members that are trained to the technician level in Structural Collapse. Captain Joey Torres and Firefighter Josh Stafford have also completed this rigorous training. We are very proud of these men for their work in being prepared to serve the citizens of Chatsworth and the surrounding communities during any type of disaster.

04/28/2014

SEVERE WEATHER is forecast for Northwest Georgia beginning this evening through Tuesday. Please take these warnings seriously and prepare accordingly. This line of storms may produce heavy rains and flash flooding as well as damaging hail and the STRONG possibility of tornadoes or damaging winds. The link below provides information on what to do before, during and after a tornado. Please read and be prepared.
http://www.ready.gov/tornadoes

Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms. Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes can cause fatalities and devastate a neighborhood in seconds. A tornado appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles pe…

04/07/2014

PLEASE...Do not drive into running water across a roadway.

Firefighters have located a deceased driver inside a car swept away by fast-moving creek waters in unincorporated Lilburn.

03/20/2014

Testing of the storm warning system today went well and the system is now up and running. There were some questions raised today about some indoor locations where the sirens may not be easily heard. We want to remind everyone that this is not intended to be your only source of early warning. The sirens are there as a supplement to other systems such as a weather radio. The primary function of these sirens are to provide warning to those who are outdoors, away from other warning sources. Severe weather can occur very rapidly and large crowds at outdoor events are at high risk. The fact that the sirens are audible indoors throughout most of our town is an added advantage and something that was considered when selecting the locations for the sirens. Thank you to everyone for your patience during the tests today and please be safe.

03/17/2014

Testing of the Tornado Warning Sirens installed by the City of Chatsworth will take place this Thursday, March 20th. between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. If Thursday's weather is inclement we will postpone testing until Friday March 21st. during the same hours. There will be several short activations during this time to make sure that all of the sirens work properly. Please pass this information along to others who live or work in the City of Chatsworth.

02/12/2014

Several members of the Chatsworth Fire Department completed a Wild-land Firefighter course conducted by the local Georgia Forestry Commission Unit this past weekend. Firefighters Josh Stafford, Jordan Parker, Mike Baxter, Austin Payne, Jeremiah Ridley, Omer Williams, Derek Craft and Captain Brigam Young. The training included three online courses of study that were completed before the class began and 16 hrs of classroom and hands on training including a live fire evolution. All of them are now Type 2 wild-land firefighter qualified. Congratulations to all of them. Their hard work is appreciated.