City of Scottsboro, Alabama



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		Burn Permits \| Fireworks Ordinances \| ISO \| History \| Prevention Training \| Employment \| Response Statistics \| Firefighters \| Memoriam News \| Links \| Contact Us History The Scottsboro Volunteer Fire Department was organized in 1937. Prior to 1937 the city had a fire truck, but no organization existed. The first truck purchased was a 1937 Ford, which we still have today. The fire station was located on the corner of Broad and Peachtree Street on the courthouse square. When a fire call came in the driver would circle the square in the fire truck and the volunteers who mostly worked on the square would get onto the truck to respond to the fire. In 1948, the department added two full-time fire fighters. E.V. “Shorty” Bishop was made the first full-time chief. He remained chief until 1967, when he and Captain Floyd “Shank” Dawson were killed in an auto accident en route to a fire in Hollywood. Porter Dawson served the department as chief from 1967 until he retired in 1978. Lonnie Webb served as chief from 1978 to 2000, when he retired with over thirty-five years of service, with twenty-two of those years as chief. Melton Potter currently serves as chief.


	Dan Deason, Mayor City Council: Keith Smith, President Matthew Hodges, President Pro tem Terry Thomas Buddy Simmons Josephine Smith Gail Duffey, City Clerk	Scottsboro City Hall 316 South Broad Street Scottsboro, AL 35768 256-574-3100 Office Hours: MONDAY-FRIDAY 8am-4:30pm

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