Featured Department

Fire Chief:
Billy Ward

Deputy Chief of Administration:
Marcus Warren

Deputy Chief of Operations:
Sandy Turner

Bartow County is located off I-75 about 40 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia. Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services covers everything from extremely rural to low-rise apartments and commercial properties. Bartow County has a population of more than 110,000. Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services was formed on December 1, 1971, with the opening of the first county fire station. Currently, Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services has a new Admin Building and operates 14 stations that house 14 engine companies (includes many that are certified as Medical First Responder and one ALS), with Stations 1, 6, and 10 housing truck companies, with a heavy rescue at Station 1. BCFES has 2 Fireboats on Lake Allatoona, 2 reinforced hull river boats for the Etowah River, and multiple other specialty boats. Bartow Fire currently employs 127 full time personnel that respond to an area of 470 square miles and a large part of Lake Allatoona, which is approximately 12,000 acres and administrative oversight of Operations, Administration, Training, EMA, EMS, and the Fire Marshal’s Division. Bartow has multiple specialty teams that include Technical Rescue, Wildland Firefighting, Hazardous Materials, Honor Guard and more. You can visit our website at https://www.bartowcountyga.gov/departments/fire/index.php