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We are thankful for those who stand behind our fire fighters and help make our programs possible. If you have made a pledge on the phone or would simply like to contribute, please click the link below.

Dear Fire Fighter Supporters:

I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for supporting your firefighters. By agreeing to contribute during our recent phone call, you are supporting not only our firefighters, but your community as well. Without your help, our programs would not exist. We are so grateful to you and others for helping to make all this possible.

Sincerely
Jesse Snyder, President

Clarksville Fire Fighters Safety Programs

PROUDLY SPONSORING Camp Hope pediatric burn camp.
Since 1989, this overnight summer camp has provided young burn survivors with an environment in which to experience physical and emotional healing. The mission and work of this camp is near to our hearts as firefighters and has a profound effect on the children who attend. We have witnessed first-hand, the tragedy of children who have experienced severe burn injuries and are honored to be part of the amazing endeavor.

SUSTAIN our Burn Out and Disaster Relief Fund. This fund primarily assists families and individuals in Clarksville and Montgomery County who have lost their home to fire. Whether fire, flood, chemical, man-made or natural, we will stand by those we serve and other organizations that are there to assist.

AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS: These life-saving devices can be used by the general public in emergency situations to treat acute cardiac conditions such as heart attacks until first responders can arrive.

Providing Smoke Detectors Free of Charge at our annual Smoke Detector Giveaway. Smoke detectors are the first line of defence in home fire safety. Most fatal fires happen at night when people are sleeping. With early warning, this allows more time to escape or extinguish a small fire before it spreads.

Big Brothers Big Sisters – Mentoring Today's Youth for a Brighter Tomorrow
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a community-based mentoring program dedicated to helping children reach their full potential by connecting them with caring, positive adult role models. By supporting this enables our firefighters and community partners help strengthen families, inspire young lives, and build a brighter future for children throughout our communities.

Project Fuel: This provides nutritious meals directly to kids’ homes, ensuring they don’t go hungry and can focus on their education. Malnutrition and hunger make it hard for kids to concentrate in school and can lead to long-term developmental issues. Providing healthy food allows children to be more focused, energetic, and emotionally stable, enhancing their overall well-being. Beyond food, Project FUEL delivers interactive lessons that are designed to build life skills, such as resilience, empathy, and emotional intelligence.

CONTINUING to support our firefighters in their daily service in an effort to prevent injury or death in the line of duty, and in the event of serious injury, illness, or loss of life, to assist their families in times of need.

The Clarksville firefighters work on these programs while off duty and do not receive payment. Their goal is to cut down on the accidents and deaths caused by fire. Perhaps with your support, they will achieve this goal.

Community stories & videos

From the existing MTPFF website. These stories describe past community activities; original wording is preserved.

City of Clarksville Accepts Automated External Defibrillator

from the Clarksville Firefighters Association for Heritage Park

Community program photograph from the existing Clarksville page

The Clarksville Firefighters Association donated a $1,500 Cardiac Science Powerheart G3 Plus Automated External Defibrillator (AED), along with a special alarm equipped enclosure to the City of Clarksville’s Department of Parks & Recreation for installation in Heritage Park. Mayor Kim McMillian, Clarksville Parks and Recreation Director Mark Tummons, and Deputy Director Kevin Cowling accepted the device from the Clarksville Association of Firefighters president David Kirkland and Treasurer Donnie Kazee; on behalf of the city.

This particular AED was chosen by the Clarksville Firefighters Association, because it accepts special pediatric defibrillation pads which cause the device to deliver a safer reduced charge when used on children up to 8 years old or up to 55 pounds body weight; a Long-Life lithium battery with a 4-year replacement guarantee, and a 7 Year Warranty on the device.

How to use an A.E.D. - Automated External Defibrillator

Watch on YouTube ↗

Clarksville Firefighters Local #3180

and Servpro of Montgomery County donate pallet of copy paper to

Clarksville-Montgomery County Teachers Warehouse

Clarksville Firefighters Local #3180 and Servpro of Montgomery County teamed together to make a donation to the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System’s Teachers Warehouse. The donation of a pallet of copy paper fills a constant need for area teachers.

“Through our contacts with Mrs. Candy Johnson we learned a lot about the Teachers Warehouse. We come to find out that one of the things that they’re always in need of, and they’re really hurting for is copy paper,” said David Kirkland, President of Clarksville Firefighters Local #3180. “I guess it’s just because of the fact that the classrooms have become much more automated; and there a lot more stuff that has to be run off, and copied.”

Kirkland continued, “bout the same time that I was talking with Candy about that, Gavin Parchman from Servpro of Montgomery County contacted me and wanted to do a joint venture with us, so i brought this to his attention and he said, “Hey let’s do it!” So we contacted Candy and we got the ball rolling on it, and the next thing you know we had a pallet of copy paper delivered down here for them. Hopefully it will last them through the Christmas break.”

“Receiving a donation of copy paper like this is simply amazing,” said Rebecca Dyer, of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation as she pointed to the large pallet of paper sitting in the background. “We go through copy paper so fast! We will buy a box, and it will be gone the same day that we buy it. The teachers are only allowed so much paper per year from the school system, and when they run out of their allocation, they have to purchase it with their own money. So this helps them a lot, because it is pretty costly.”

“The donation we received today from the Clarksville Firefighters Union Local #3180 and Servpro of Montgomery County is going to help a great deal,” said Candy Johnson, the Executive Director of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation and Community Relations Coordinator for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System.

“Copy paper is one of those items that goes pretty quickly because it can cost $4 or $5 dollars per pack for a teacher to go out and buy it themselves.With teachers needing to make a lot of copies for students work. They get a limited number of copies each year from the schools but that can frequently run short of what they actually end up needing.”

When this happens area teachers can call on the Teachers Warehouse as a backup source. “But at times we may be out of it in the store,” said Johnson. “So when David Kirkland asked, I suggested this to them as our most urgently needed item. So they got together and donated a pallet containing over 400 packs of copy paper. What should last us until the end of October.”

Johnson concluded, “We really appreciate the support of the Clarksville Firefighters Union Local #3180 and Servpro of Montgomery County, and look forwards to working for them in the future!”

Teaming with Servpro of Montgomery County on this donation was a perfect match for the firefighters union. “What I want people to remember is if you have a house fire, once the Clarksville firefighters load their hose we’re done!” said Kirkland. “That’s when the work starts for the homeowner. The job people like Gavin with Servpro of Montgomery County do, and the work that they do in these restorations for these houses is unbelievable!”

He continued, “The headache that they take away from the homeowner after a disaster is so very important, because it’s a very emotional time for the homeowner you just lost her house, possibly lost heirlooms that you will never be able to replace well it’s bad enough that you did that now you have to go in and start dealing with cleanup, repair, and stuff like that. “

Kirkland concluded “This company comes in and does it all, and you don’t have to worry about it. It’s done, and it’s done right! We have partnered with them on some other stuff in the past, and they’re just great people to deal with.”

“When disaster strikes, we come in to help the homeowners undertake the recovery process.” Said Gavin Parchman from Servpro of Montgomery County. “We cleanup what the fire and police departments leave behind. We work very hard to ensure that the homeowner experiences a smooth recovery process.”

“We’ve are very proud to be able to team up with the Clarksville Firefighters Local #3180 to donate this pallet of copy paper to the Clarksville-Montgomery County School Systems Teachers Warehouse,” said Parchman. “We had no clue about the paper issue faced by our local teachers. So when David Kirkland and Danny Perry contacted us about possibly doing this together after the golf tournament, we said “absolutely!” And so here we are!”

Clarksville Firefighters giving away Smoke Detectors

The Clarksville Firefighters Association is conducting their annual smoke detector give-away, providing life saving devices to those in need this holiday season. The Firefighters Association is working with Manna Cafe Ministries to reach the most people in need.

“We want to make sure everyone that needs a smoke detector gets one, said David Kirkland, President of the Firefighters Association. There is no more important device a family can have in their home for fire safety than a working smoke detector. During the holiday season we tend to see more fires and we want everyone to remember to be safe and extra vigilant this time of year.”

The Firefighters purchase the smoke detectors with proceeds from their concert series each year. They also work with Lowes Home Improvements for discounts on the devices, to give away as many as possible. Manna Cafe works with the homeless and less fortunate in Clarksville and is an ideal conduit to the most people in need.