Oak Ridge Fire Department

As we head towards summer, we want everyone to understand that children are more vulnerable to heatstroke and that all hot car deaths are preventable. As parents, caregivers and bystanders, we all play a role in helping to prevent these tragic events.

Get the facts at noheatstroke.org

When a child is inside an unattended vehicle, their temperature can rise quickly and the situation can become dangerous.

No parent or caregiver thinks this can happen to them, but dozens of children each year are either left behind in a vehicle or become trapped inside.

Visit NHTSA.gov/Heatstroke to learn more.

🚨 Notice: Emergency Exercise at Oak Ridge National Laboratory 🚨

On Wednesday, June 3, emergency responders from the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and federal, state, and local agencies will conduct a planned emergency response exercise at ORNL.
Exercise Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT

Residents may see emergency personnel conducting simulated response activities, environmental monitoring, and sampling around the Oak Ridge Reservation. These activities are part of a scheduled training exercise and are not related to an actual emergency.

Regular exercises like this help ensure emergency teams can respond quickly and effectively while protecting the public, employees, and the environment.

Learn how to prepare for a DOE emergency by visiting the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency website.

The food trucks are the secret ingredient keeping the Atomic Fall Fest fully charged.

The Atomic Fall Fest returns with delicious food on Saturday, September 12!

Want your food truck to be a part of the fun? Visit: AtomicFallFest.com

Fire Inspector George Carroll was recently promoted to Fire Marshal – Assistant Chief, who will lead the Fire Prevention Office.

Chief Carroll has worked for the City of Oak Ridge since 2007 and was promoted to Fire Inspector in 2015. He has over 30 years of fire service experience, starting his career with the Clinton Fire Department in 1995 and working for Bechtel for a short period at the K-25 site before transitioning in 2007 to the City.

During his time with the City, he completed a bachelor’s degree in Fire Administration/Fire Investigation from Columbia Southern University. Currently, he is the 1st Vice President of the Tennessee Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators (TNIAAI) and will become the President of the TNIAAI in August of this year.

This promotion is incredibly well deserved. Thank you for everything you do. We appreciate you and your commitment.

Happy Memorial Day, Tennessee! 🇺🇸

Wherever you are celebrating, let's remember and honor those who gave their lives for our freedom.

Safe travels!

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Thank you so much to those who came to our recent Touch-A-Truck event, making it such a success!

The Public Works Department had 500 vests to hand out and completely ran out at 3:15!

We are incredibly appreciative of all of our City's departments, crews, TVA, Waste Connections, ABA Centers of Tennessee, Roan State, and EQAB for coming together to put this event on.

We can't wait to do this event again next year, but we want to make it perfect for you! As this is just our second time doing this event, the first time being in the Library parking lot with no more than 8 vehicles, and now in A.K. Bissell Park with almost double the vehicles, we still have room to improve.

Your opinion and ideas matter! Please take this quick survey about the event so we can make it better for next year. https://ayrs.io/SR8kvC

Protect those who protect you.

to keep emergency personnel safe.

not just because it is the law, but because it is the right thing to do to protect law enforcement and other first responders. 🚒 🚔 🚧