Did you know that 63% of all annual fire calls in Obion County are rural fire calls (fire calls that occur outside the corporate limits of the cities & towns)?

Obion County has never provided Rural Fire Protection Services for the rural residents of Obion County.  Our County Commissioners have always assumed this basic emergency service to be the responsibility of the cities & towns of Obion County.  Unless a Fire Department offers a Rural Fire Protection Subscription Service, the taxpayers of the city or town are paying for your service.   Therefore, if you live outside of town in areas such as Hornbeak, Obion, Rives, Troy & Samburg, the taxpayers of these towns are paying for 100% of your fire protection service.   Sixty-three (63%) of the times one of these fire departments are called upon, they travel outside their respective city limits to provide life-saving and property saving services.

Everyone would agree the cities & towns have no legal obligation to provide this service; however, we all have a huge moral obligation.  Folks that live outside our city limits, shop here, go to church here and send their kids to school here.  In fact, some of you folks are as much a part of our cities and towns as the ones who live here.  It's not that we want to stop providing this service after all these years.   The fact is, we can no longer afford to provide this service for free.

The Fire Chiefs of Obion County developed this website to provide you up-to-date access to information concerning this extremely important issue.  This problem can be resolved.   Please follow the links below to learn exactly what this problem is & how it can be solved.

If you have any questions or would like to provide comments, feel free to contact the local fire chief in your area or contact your County Commissioner.  A complete contact list can be found at: Contact US

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