11.6.2022
The Chinquapin fire station, owned and operated by the Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department, was approved by the State of North Carolina 4.15.2015. It’s called the Flat Creek Station. If you’re not aware of this station, it’s on Flat Creek Road, at the corner of Flat Creek and Breedlove, backing up to the maintenance shed area for Chinquapin.
Homeowners in the Breedlove Road area asked the fire department for a station, suggesting the current location as the spot to build it. Randy Dillard, fire chief, says the department looked at a few other spots, but decided the location the homeowners suggested was perfect. It covers all of Breedlove, Laurel Falls, and some of Big Ridge. The Carlton family donated the land and others donated to the building, too. The fire department paid for the rest of the station out of its money; Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. owns all of its 6 fire stations.
Anyone within 5 miles of one of the six stations receives a Class 5 rating from the Department of Insurance. That’s why there are so many stations, plus another unmanned station going up at High Hampton; to gain that Class 5 rating. To check on your fire insurance rate, call your insurance company.
Dillard says the only difference between a manned and unmanned station, like this one, is there are not fulltime firefighters at the station. The trucks at these stations are all the same, and the department moves them around. At the Chinquapin station now, there’s a pumper and two tankers. Trucks are checked and driven weekly. Volunteers who live in the Cashiers area fulltime serve as firefighters; when an unmanned station’s equipment is needed, the volunteer firefighters man it.
Many thanks for the fire protection for our community and area!
For more information about this volunteer fire department, visit its website. http://cashiersglenvillefire.com
Coincidentally, this article was planned 2 months ago for the November blog post. The neighborhood experienced a fire in October at the maintenance shed area and the services of the Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department. Thank you to the department, and thank you to Ashley Dobbins, homeowner, who manned the gate to allow the trucks access. Note: the gates are set to be triggered by emergency equipment sirens. If a gate doesn’t open, emergency vehicles will push it open. The gate company checked and rendered the neighborhood gates operational for emergency vehicle triggers the last week of October, 2022. The employees in the sales office have the capability to remotely test that the gates open for emergency vehicles.
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