Barrow County Emergency Services is the banner under which three divisions of services fall: emergency management, enhanced 911 dispatch and fire and emergency medical services. The agency employs more than 100 full-time and part-time personnel, providing fire and emergency medical services to residents. The agency responded to more than 7,400 incidents in 2009.
Fire and emergency departments include 84 front-line personnel, 15 part-time employees, and three additional staff menbers, all serving the more than 60,000 residents of Barrow County through six emergency response facilities. The department houses six fire engines—three of which are certified as advanced life support units and three as basic life support units—as well as six advanced life support ambulances and one truck company.
Emergency 911 fields emergency and non-emergency calls from residents, dispatching for six different county agencie as well as organizations that provide non-emergency services.
In the event of a natural or man-made disaster, emergency management is responsible for managing county resources, working with state and federal officials to coordinate responses to such incidents.
Firehouse Guitars offers a wide selection of new and used gear, including guitars, basses, keyboards, drums, PAs, pedals and more. The store also provides music lessons for all ages and currently has more than 180 students enrolled.
Amenities
Amenities
The Marietta Fire Museum, located in the Fire and Rescue headquarters at Fire Station No. 1, showcases uniforms, equipment and vehicles city firefighters used as far back as the 1800s.
The free museum includes an 1879 Silsby Steamer, a 1921 American LaFrance pumper, a 1929 Seagrave pumper, a 1949 Pirsch ladder truck and a 1952 Chevrolet panel truck as well as antique helmets and firefighting apparatus. The museum also features the department's "Wall of Flame" with photos dating back to the 1800s.