Stamping Ground Volunteer Fire Department

03/03/2025

(Shared from a member page)

Over the last couple weeks, our members have trained and learned crucial skills related to vehicle extrication and patient care.

🚒Vehicle Extrication:

We spent 4 hours practicing different ways to stabilize a vehicle, remove windows, remove doors, perform a dash roll, and finally remove the roof completely. All of these individual aspects are things we can see in accidents and are prepared to perform to rescue entrapped individuals safely, and quickly.

🚑Patient Care:

Many of our members are certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), however all of our members are First Aid certified. With us being a completely volunteer department, we can never predict which members will be the first to arrive to the scene, so all of our members receive training to safely move and prepare patients to be transported by ambulance. With instruction and demonstration from some of our instructors, our members practiced, (utilizing our talented Assistant Chief Tackett playing the role of a live patient), different ways we can move patients. Members trained on using a solid back board, a scoop stretcher, and a Kendrick Extrication Device (KED). Scenarios involved our patient sitting upright as if in the drivers seat of a car and using one of the previously mentioned devices to stabilize and move the patient to the EMS stretcher across the room and prepare the patient for transport.

We are proud of our members showing up consistently each week to further prepare them to serve our community. Special thanks to Georgetown/Scott County EMS for their crew coming to help teach our members and give our members some perspective from an EMS point of view!

02/15/2025

The National Weather Service Office in Louisville, Kentucky has issued a Flood Watch for Stamping Ground and surrounding areas. The forecast is for excessive rainfall today through Sunday afternoon with 3 to 5 inches of rain on top of already saturated ground. Caution should be exercised if you must be on the roadways during this rain event.

Please remember the saying… TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN… if you come across flooded roadways, even if you have driven the roadway that is covered with water for many years, turn around and find another route or a place to wait until the waters subside.

Steady rains are expected to cause many streams to overflow their banks as well as creating many pooled areas that may overwhelm culverts and drains causing water to flow onto the roadways blocking them and making them unsafe to pass over. Not only are flood water depths deceptive but the speed at which the water is moving can quickly overtake a vehicle or person and cause them to be swept away in the water flow leading to serious injury or death.

If you have to be out on the roadways, please, drive safe and drive slow.

01/19/2025

Roadways in Stamping Ground since this latest weather system moved in early this morning are definitely still covered and slick even after a couple passes of snowplows. If at all possible avoid getting on the roads, but if you have to be out please exercise caution and plan to take your time reaching your destinations. Attached are photos of Main Street and Sebree Road as of 8:45 am today (1/19/25).

01/18/2025

Scott County Fire Department is excited to announce that we are once again accepting applications for entry level firefighters!

Apply now until February 7th at Scottky.gov

01/15/2025

Please be weather aware during the next few days.

01/05/2025

01/05/2025

We are very thankful for our Road Department workers during times like those ahead in the next few days who will tirelessly work to make the roads as safe as possible for emergency crews to respond to calls. If you have to be on the roads please exercise extreme caution and allow the Road Department Workers space to do their jobs and return safely to their families!.

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01/04/2025

With the Winter Forecast sharing info from the
Gathering Place Mission
339 Bourbon Street Georgetown

🌟 Get Out of the Cold! 🌟
❄️ Everyone is welcome! ❄️

When the temperature drops to 40°F or below, our doors are open 24/7 to provide:
✅ Warm shelter and fresh beds
✅ Hot meals
✅ Showers & laundry facilities
✅ Hygiene items
✅ Clothing & shoes
✅ Any help you need

We believe in no barriers—no ID is required. Come as you are and find a safe, clean, and welcoming space with beds available for men, women, and women with children.

We offer a helping hand of hope. You’re not alone!

01/04/2025

A reminder that along with the previous post regarding the current three warming shelters in the county, the Gathering Place at 339 Bourbon Street in Georgetown is a WHITE FLAG SHELTER and is open from 8pm to 8am when temperatures drop below freezing.

01/01/2025

12/25/2024

Our department wishes all who share the common mission of providing care, protecting life & property and ensuring the safety of our Communities and Nation, a Safe & Merry Christmas.

11/28/2024

We realize many may have already began preparing their foods for their Thanksgiving meal! But for those who haven’t, or are still preparing, there is still time to incorporate these very valuable safety tips to help ensure a safe day in your kitchens!