Cahaba Valley & Rocky Ridge

[smithw14]

Hello all,

A few questions about Rocky Ridge & Cahaba Valley Fire for those in the know.

Rocky Ridge:
Are they a Jefferson County fire district only working unincorporated areas right there in southern Jefferson / northern Shelby counties?

Who funds them? How is the station staffed?

Is Rocky Ridge fire is dispatched soley through city of Hoover Fire?

If Hoover is the only agency that dispatches them, does the City of Hoover make the sole decisions on what calls they make runs on? Do they make runs in the city of Hoover proper or the city of Vestavia proper? What about city of Birmingham's Hwy 280/459 scattered region?

What is their general run territory?


Cahaba Valley:

Do they dispatch from their own facility? If so, how is this a benefit from partnering with Shelby 911 for fire/medical response?

The only time I really hear of them is when Birmingham FD is requesting mutual aid response or vice versa. I have also heard them recently on Birmingham Fire's dispatch channel responding to incidents when mutual aid requests have initiated.

Anyway, thanks for any and all insight!

-William

 

[AlabamaWeather]

I dont know who funds RR but they have some nice rescue trucks!!

Cahaba Valley I believe is their own department with their own dispatch services. I am able to listen to Cahaba Valley here in NE Jefferson County.

 

[medic9351301]

rocky ridge is a fire district which means the collect dues for day to operating expens.they respond to calls in their terrotiy. hover backs them up and vice versue also

cahaba valley is dispatched by shelby 911 at the 911 center in pelham

as for the terr on highy 280 flip a coin i have heard b'ham respond to calls in cahaba valley coverage, hoover coverage, and north shelby

 

[helenaweatherbuff]

RR Fire/Cahaba Valley

Cahaba Valley is dispatched by Shelby 9-1-1. They are on the 280 corridor frequency along with Chelsea, Harpersville, Vincent, Westover etc etc.

Cahaba Valley has auto aid agreements in place with Hoover, Chelsea and Birmingham. They are dispatched over their own channel, then switch over to the department they are responding with's channel. This is common in Shelby County. Other cities and departments do it.

Shelby 9-1-1 dispatches for all Fire departments in Shelby Co except Pelham. They dispatch for the Sheriff's office and Vincent/Harpersville.

 

[medic9351301]

this is correct sir