Riceville Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Department
Why pick this one
Riceville Volunteer Fire Department provides 24/7 fire, rescue, EMS, and ALS ambulance transport for the Riceville Community and Blue Ridge Parkway.
Best for
- 24/7 emergency fire, rescue, and EMS calls in the Riceville Community
- 911 ALS ambulance transport in Buncombe County
- wildland fire and brush-fire response
- specialized rescue involving Hazmat, confined spaces, high angles, trenches, swift water, or structural collapse
- business fire extinguisher training
- smoke detector checks and fire prevention education
Look elsewhere if
- A non-emergency service is needed outside the Riceville Community and Blue Ridge Parkway first-due area without a mutual-aid arrangement
Specialties
- ALS ambulance transport
- wildland fire suppression
- Hazmat response
- confined-space rescue
- high-angle rescue
- trench rescue
- structural-collapse response
- electric-vehicle response
- swift-water rescue
- agricultural rescue
- land search
Certifications
- Hazmat
- confined space
- high angle
- trench
- structural collapse
- electric vehicle response
- child passenger safety
- swift water rescue
- wildland fire suppression
- agricultural rescue
- land search
- natural hazard mitigation
What makes them different
- Founded in 1964 and serving the Riceville Community and Blue Ridge Parkway as its first-due area
- Three engines, one tanker, a wildland fire truck, two ambulances, and four support apparatus
- More than 50 active members
- One of five paramedic-level fire departments among 18 departments in Buncombe County that transports via 911
- Serves a residential population of more than 6,000 across 10 square miles
- Emergency
- Available
- Serves
- Asheville, Swannanoa, Fairview, Black Mountain
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 2251 Riceville Rd, Asheville, NC 28805
- Phone
- +18282982456
- Website
- http://www.ricevillefire.org/
- chris.redden@ricevillefire.org
Services
- fire response
- rescue response
- EMS
- 911 ambulance transport
- fire extinguisher training
- fire prevention education
- smoke detector checks
- station tours
- community risk reduction