Fire Department

Fire Department
500 Franklin Avenue
Lafayette, TN 37083
To Report An Emergency, Dial 9-1-1.
(615) 666-2190 (Voice, Business Office)
(615) 666-6150 (Fax)

 

Fire Safety Tips

 

Keith Scruggs
Chief Keith Scruggs

 

 

members of the Lafayette Fire Department
The Lafayette Fire Department!
Photo taken 9/7/2002.  Please click to enlarge.

 

 


New Lafayette Fire Station, Opened March 2003

 

 


September 2004: Lafayette's New Fire Truck!
This is our new state-of-the-art fire truck.  It will be the first to roll out the door to respond to a fire within the city limits of Lafayette.

 

 

picture of flames
 

Burning Permits Required

Burning permits are required by law for some kinds of outdoor burning during certain times of the year.

For further information, please visit http://www.burnsafetn.org

 

 

Learn Before Your Burn!

The State of Tennessee has some very strict open-burning regulations.  You can be fined up to $25,000.00 per day for illegal open burning in Tennessee.

Did you know, it is illegal to burn the following items in Tennessee:

Household trash.
Tires and rubber products.
 Paper products.
Cardboard.
Newspaper.
Plastics and other synthetic materials.
Vinyl siding.
Vinyl shingles.
Asphalt shingles..
Asphalt roofing materials.
Demolition debris.
Asbestos-containing material.
Paints.
Household chemicals.
Agricultural chemicals.
Aerosol cans.
Food cans.
Building material.
Construction material.
Mobile homes.
Copper wire.
Electrical wires.
Plywood.
Oriented strand board.
Treated wood.
Railroad ties.
Leaves, branches and trees not grown on site.

Fore more information and suggestions on how to dispose of these items, please visit the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Division of Air Pollution Control: http://state.tn.us/environment/apc/