The Marshall Community Volunteer Fire Department is located in the southern central part of Madison County, North Carolina. The MCVFD is broken up into three areas: The Town of Marshall, The Smokey Mountain Fire District which extends four miles in each direction from the fire station excluding the town limits and the Volunteers Response District which runs from the SMFD line and covers everything
else to the district boundary. The first organized fire department in the Marshall community was established in 1852 when the Town of Marshall was chartered and established as the county seat of the newly created Madison County. In 1979 the Smokey Mountain Fire District was established and chartered through the state of North Carolina and a tax was approved to improve the ability of fire protection to the citizens of the community. At one time the MCVFD provided services for much of Madison County until other communities began forming their own fire departments to improve fire protection for the citizens of their own communities. Today the MCVFD provides fire and rescue services to approximately 84 square miles including the communities of Rector Corner, Bear Creek, Meadows Town, Little pine, Walnut Creek, Ammons Branch, Silver Mill, Wind Swept, Long Branch, Ivy Hill as well as provides protection to the Town of Marshall.
