Brendletown Fire and Rescue

Sun. Jan 30th 2011
New Driver Operators

Wesly Braswell and Tyler White have completed the requirements to become driver operators with the department. To qualify, me...

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Tue. Jul 27th 2010
Water Supply and Handline Training

During weekly training on July 27th 2010, Brendletown Fire and Rescue held a Training exercise at station 2. The purpose of t...

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2012 Call Volume

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75-Brush Truck 1
2007 Ford F550 4X4 The newest addition to Brendletown's fleet, 756 responds first due to any woods, brush, or grass fires within the district. 756 also has medical equipment and responds to first responder calls within the district. It carries 400 gallons of water and has an auxillary engine driven pump rated at 300 gallons per minute. The unit has an around the pump foam system and a nozzle on the front of the unit which is controlled inside the cab. 756 is housed at station 2 on Conley Road.


75-Utility 1
2006 Artic Cat This unit is used to rescue injured patients that may be off road. Recently, it was used to rescue a hunter who had fallen over a mile off road. This unit is also used on woods fires as a support unit moving supplies and personel around the fire line.


75-Engine 9
2002 International / Pierce 759 is our first out engine from station 2 for structure fires and Motor Vehicle accidents with entrapment. 759 also responds to car fires, fire alarms, and other motor vehicle accidents. It has a pump rated at 1250 gallons per minute and its tank holds 1250 galons of water. A "Combi-Tool and power unit are assigned to this unit to assist in motor vehicle accidents were patients are trapped or pinned. This tool is similar to the common "Jaws-of-Life"


75-Engine 1
1997 Freightliner / EEI Engine 1 is housed at station 1 on US 64. It is first out on structure fires in district. 751 carries 1250 gallons of water and the pump is rated at 1000 gallons per minute.


75-Engine 2
1992 GMC / EEI Engine 2 is housed at Station 2. It responds first out to mutual aid requests to neighboring departments. 752 holds 1000 gallons of water and pumps at 1000 gallons per minute. It carrys 1200 foot of 4 inch supply hose. 752 is also the unit we respond to long distance requests for assistance. It has responded to the City of Asheville, Rutherford County, Spruce Pine, and several responses to McDowell County.


75-Service Tanker 1
1986 GMC Pierce Service Tanker 1 responds as both a tanker and a service company within our district. It is our secondary option for mutual aid requests outside our district.


75- Rescue 1
1985 Ford F350 Rescue 757 responds to all wreck calls within the district. It carries a wide range of extrication tools. AMKUS cutters, spreaders, rams, airbags, RES-Q jacks, saws-alls, air hammer, numerous handtools and wooden cribbing. It is a huge tool box on wheels.

Recent Calls

Tue. Jan 31st 2012
Busy End to the Month of Janurary

Janurary turned out to be an eventful day for Brendletown Fire and First Responders. The day started off with a Medical...

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Wed. Jan 25th 2012
Brush Fire on Nursery Road

Brendletown Fire and Rescue responded to a reported brush fire on Nursery road at 1514hrs. A controlled burn was found and un...

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Wed. Jan 25th 2012
ATV Rollover

Brendletown Fire and Rescue responded to a patient trapped under an atv after a rollover. Firefighter Kevin Head arrived ...

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