Our History

The history of Central Alexander Fire Department is unique in itself. The best that we can determine around the year 1879 the Town of Taylorsville formed its first fire bucket brigade, but it wasn’t until 1924 that the Taylorsville Fire Department was organized. In 1924, the first firefighting equipment that the department owned was a two-hose rig drawn by hand. Taylorsville Fire Department’s first gasoline powered engine was a 1917 model T, followed by a 1928 model T, the 1939 Chevrolet, 1958 Ford, and 1967 American LaFrance to name some of the earliest engines of Taylorsville Fire Department. Taylorsville Fire Department originally was located on Main Street, but later moved to the location of the current Town Hall and Police Department for the town of Taylorsville.

In 1989 the fire department again moved, this time to its current location of 173 Emergency Street in Taylorsville. Taylorsville Fire Department changed its name to Central Alexander Fire Department in 1995. The change of the name came about when the department incorporated with the state. Since there was already a Taylorsville Fire Department incorporated with the state, the department changed the name to Central Alexander Fire Department. In 2005 the department renovated its current station, and added 2 more bays onto the station to house additional apparatus. Central Alexander Fire Department was the first department in the county to have an elevated water stream known as Tower 1, which was brought in the fall of 2007.

In the fall of 2008 the fire department was the first department in the county to incorporate part-time paid staff, which originally begin as one person Monday thru Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. Since that time it has grown to 7 days a week from 8 am to 5 pm, with another part-time slot that goes from 6 pm to midnight Monday thru Friday, which we began last fall.

Recently, the department saw the need to upgrade Tower 1 after a church fire in a neighboring district occurred the summer in which Tower 1 played a vital role in saving the educational wing of the structure. February of 2019 the department took delivery of a 1999 Marion Spartan Gladitor 75 ft. ladder.

In the spring of 2019, the department went thru it ISO inspection from the state, which at that time we had a 5 / 6 spilt. 5 (town district) & 6 (county district) After the ISO inspection the department was able to lower the both districts to a straight 5.

Former Chiefs of

the Department

Below are the patches that have been used through the years here at Central Alexander Fire Department