Fire-Rescue

The Polk County Fire-Rescue Department was organized in 1973 under the umbrella of the Polk County Emergency Management Agency. Roy E. Anderson was tasked with organizing the County’s Volunteer Stations into one department which operate under the oversight of the Polk County Board of Commissioners and County Manager. These stations are strategically located throughout the 312 square miles which constitute Polk County.

MISSION, VISION, MOTTO, AND GOAL

Mission Statement - The mission of Polk County Fire Rescue is to save lives and protect property by providing the highest level of service to the residents of Polk County with honor, dedication, and sacrifice.

Vision Statement - To be recognized by the citizens of Polk County and the Georgia Fire Service as a professional and well-trained Fire-Rescue Department that delivers the highest quality services while focusing on: Operational Excellence, Organizational Resilience, and Community Engagement.

Motto - Honor, Dedication, Sacrifice

Goal - To "Ensure a Safer Polk County" for all citizens and visitors through the delivery of professional emergency services and community risk reduction.

VALUES (C.H.I.P.S.)

Community - We value the richness and diversity of the citizens we serve throughout Polk County. We believe in being active members creating positive impacts on the lives of those we serve as well as our department members. Maintaining positive relationships, internally and externally, as well as inter-jurisdictionally and with the community that we serve.

Honesty – We strive to be truthful and honest at all times as to not compromise the integrity of Polk County Fire-Rescue. Conducting ourselves in a manner that does not improperly influence the performance of our duties or discredit Polk County Fire-Rescue and Polk County Government or any of our customers.

Integrity – To provide services while being accountable for our actions and use of resources provided by the citizens of Polk County. The concept of accountability for all levels of the organization is to produce timely results consistent with the mission of the organization.

Professionalism – We value the importance of professional competence, which is the knowledge, skills, and abilities of individual members of the organization to function in their assigned capacities, and that competence is not necessarily connected to the tenure of the member. Maintaining compliance with the laws of the land and the highest standards of our industry, to deliver the highest quality of services, given the resources available to the organization. We pledge to conduct ourselves in a professional manner representing the department in positive light both on and off-duty.

Service

POLK COUNTY FIRE STATION LOCATIONS