Fire and Life Safety Education Program Request
The mission of Athens-Clarke County Fire & Emergency Services is to protect lives and property. In addition to our emergency response for fires and medical emergencies, our department provides community education to help us achieve this goal. To request additional information or schedule an education program please click on the link below.
Fire Station Tours
School groups, families, and anyone else can visit a fire station of your choice and receive a station and apparatus tour, a demonstration of firefighter gear, and fire safety tips from our firefighters. Tours may be scheduled between the hours of 9:00 am and 7:00 pm Monday through Saturday. Station tours are dependent upon emergency calls received by station personnel. Due to the unforeseen nature of receiving emergency calls, we would be happy to accommodate scheduling a future visit or discuss options to assure your group can receive a tour.
Fire Apparatus Visits

Our firefighters will visit local schools and daycare facilities to give children tours of fire trucks, demonstrate firefighter gear, and provide fire safety tips. These demonstrations can be focused on a particular topic of your choice or a broad range of fire safety topics. Our goal is to make a memorable education experience and to teach kids to welcome the help of firefighters in the event of an emergency.
Fire Safety House

For certain larger-scale events, we can have an educator bring our Fire Safety House to your location. This scaled-down "house" has rooms that fill with simulated smoke, doors that give off heat, and working smoke alarms that activate to help us teach your children how to safely evacuate in the event of a fire or emergency. If you have an event with a large number of children that will be in attendance, please send us your request with as much advance notice as possible.