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The academy was founded in 1902 as Castle Heights School outside of Lebanon, Tennessee. [1] [2] [3] Its founders were David Mitchell, president of Cumberland University; Isaac W. P. Buchanan, a mathematics teacher at the recently defunct Cumberland Preparatory School; Amzi W. Hooker, a resident of Lebanon; and Laban Lacy Rice, a former English instructor at the Cumberland Preparatory School.
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee (37 P) Schools in Tennessee by populated place (4 C) Schools in Tennessee by county (53 C)
Firefighting jargon includes a diverse lexicon of both common and idiosyncratic terms. One problem that exists in trying to create a list such as this is that much of the terminology used by a particular department is specifically defined in their particular standing operating procedures, such that two departments may have completely different terms for the same thing.
Some of the training involves extrication (cutting through cars), live fire burns (building, car, propane tank, dumpster) and roof operations (learning how to stand on a pitch and use tools).
But it was in March 1885 when the city of Knoxville formed a full-time, paid fire department. By the turn of the century, the number of firefighters in the department had grown to 30. [3] With the increase in personnel came the need for more fire stations and better equipment.
The department currently has thirty-nine stations. On November 1, 1974, the Emergency Medical Services Division was added. Until that time, the fire department put out fires and ambulances were provided by funeral homes. All firefighters are now cross trained as EMT's, AEMT’s or Paramedics.
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