Fire
Long View Fire Department provides fire suppression, emergency medical response, rescue, prevention, and public education to the citizens and guests of Long View and surrounding Burke County. In 2018 we responded to 806 calls for service. We respond first due in our home territory and have automatic aid agreements with Icard Township Fire & Rescue and Mountain View Fire Department. We also provide mutual aid to any other agencies needing assistance.
We operate out of one fire station, with the county designation of Station Two. Our first due home territory is 5.5 square miles with a population of 5,500 residents. Long View Fire & Rescue operates three Engine’s, one Ladder, one Rescue, and three support vehicles.
Long View Fire Department has fifteen full-time employees which includes a chief, a deputy chief, one captain, and three Lieutenants. There are three part-time firefighters with the town that supplement full-time staffing.
2024 Call Statistics
| Fire | Medical | |
| January | 29 | 51 |
| February | 32 | 45 |
| March | 55 | 36 |
| April | 22 | 36 |
| May | 33 | 47 |
| June | 18 | 39 |
| July | 18 | 37 |
| August | 25 | 44 |
| September | 49 | 55 |
| October | 29 | 52 |
| November | 32 | 32 |
| December | 35 | 53 |
| Totals | 377 | 527 |