The Jackson Park Fire Department is made up of 35 volunteers operating two engines and a squad / brush unit out of one station. We are funded as a fire tax district and are contracted to the County of Cabarrus under North Carolina General Statutes.

Our department protects a mixed residential & light commercial fire district valued at nearly $150 million. You can check our run stats page to see last years data. Services we provide are Fire Suppression, Prevention and Education, Emergency Medical Services First Responder Program and Basic Rescue which is supported by the Cabarrus County Rescue Squad, Harrisburg Fire & Rescue Department and City of Concord Department of Fire & Life Safety.

North Carolina is an IFSAC Accredited state with an outstanding training program available through the community college system. Our current membership includes 17 trained to the NFPA 1403 Standard, 11 FF Is, 11 FF IIs, 1 FO I, and 17 EMTs. Many of our members also hold state certifications as Emergency Rescue Technicians, Swift Water Rescue Technicians and Haz-Mat Level I & II Responders. We also have four members that are state fire service instructors at various levels. New members must be trained to the current NFPA 1403 Standard within their first year and be 18 years old to enter burning structures. Nine of our members are career firefighters with the cities of Concord, Charlotte or Kannapolis.

Starting December 1, 2000 all members must obtain the NFPA 1403 Standard level of training in one year and full North Carolina FFI Certification within three years. New members have one & three years from the date they join the department. Our department schedules at least 100 regular and mandatory training hours per year. Members are also encouraged to attend outside schools and seminars.

Also on December 1, 2000, we implemented a membership classification program with five levels of membership based on percentage of participation in training, work details, meetings and emergency responses. Life / Charter members, Active members, General Members, Associate members and Probationary members. Each level of participation allows certain benefits and rights to the member. Over 50% of the department meets the Active Standard.

To recruit and retain competent volunteers, our department offers many programs to its members based on their job description and level of participation. Some of those programs include membership in state & local fire service organizations, Class A uniforms, NFPA standard physicals, per call reimbursements and issued face mask with fit testing. These programs, coupled with strong leadership and a department wide commitment to personnel safety and fire ground accountability, have been instrumental in maintaining a well trained staff of volunteers dedicated to quality service to its shareholders and customers.

Some of our major accomplishments for the year 2000 are: Over 6500 accumulated man hours in work details, training and emergency responses without a reportable injury and only one minor apparatus accident; All 15 MSA MMR SCBA upgraded to integrated PASS devices with air transfer systems; Issued personal SCBA masks and an improved fire ground accountability system.

We also experienced a major increase in Fire Prevention visits to area daycare centers, churches, parks & recreation programs and the Rocky River Elementary School. Our Fire Prevention visits had direct contact with an estimated 1500 children and adults. Our indirect contact is possibly three times that number for a total of 6000 people receiving some form of Fire Prevention Education. Never before have we achieved this level of contact with our customers and shareholders.