Fire Chaplaincy

"First Responder to the First Responder"

 
 
What do Fire Chaplains do?
Fire Chaplains respond to the following needs:
  • Provide for the Spiritual needs of fire personnel and their families.
  • Crisis situations involving fire personnel.
  • Crisis situations involving families of fire personnel.
  • Visiting fire personnel that are sick or injured at home or in the hospital.
  • Crisis intervention involving victims of emergencies that require fire response.
  • Assist fire personnel with stress management.
  • Crisis intervention involving fire personnel who seek family guidance.
  • Serve as a part of the CISM process.
  • Assist the IC at an emergency as directed.
  • Serve as a liaison with local clergy.
  • Perform or participate in wedding ceremonies, funerals, dedications, and baptisms for fire personnel and their families.
  • Provide a listening ear and keep what is heard confidential.
The Kanawha County Fire Chaplain's is supported by the generosity of the fire personnel it serves.
The Chaplain is available to respond 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All Chaplains are members of the Kanawha Valley Fellowship of Christian Firefighters..

To contact a chaplain nearest to you.

 Chaplain

Fire Department

 Phone Fire Department
 Mike Miller Pinch 965-1696 965-1657
 John Appelton Malden 925-3748 925-9093
 David Nelson Belle   949-3375
 Dee Gibson Cedar Grove 595-2971 595-3975
 Chris Brunetti Alum Creek   756-2011
 James Mitchell Jefferson 545-6474 768-4970
 Scott Nasby Tyler Mt. 776-1626 776-7963
 John Shuman KCEAA 543-2323 345-2312
 Brain Blount Sissonville 984-1386 984-0674
 Larry McCalister Nitro 722-3026 755-1437
 Lt. Steven Bennett Charleston 442-7066 348-8081
 Timothy G. Petry  South Charleston

 

744-0075
 Mike Jarrett St. Albans

 

727-2254