Henry County Fire Department

Deputy Fire Chief

The Deputy Fire Chief is responsible for providing fire services and for ensuring that emergency medical services are provided to the citizens of Henry County. This includes managing and directing the activities of personnel and planning and organizing department processes and procedures. This position also assumes the duties and responsibilities of the director in his/her absence.

Deputy Chief Lacy has been with Henry County Fire Department for twenty-three years. Chief Lacy began his career in the fire service while attending college in Sewanee Tennessee. He volunteered as both a Lieutenant and an EMT for three years before graduating.

Chief Lacy moved to Henry County in 1985 and immediately began volunteering for the Henry County Fire Department. Since being hired in 1986, Chief Lacy spent thirteen years managing the Training Division and continues to teach for the Georgia Fire Academy and for Perimeter College. He has served as the Chair of the Area 7 Fire, Technical Rescue, and Hazmat Committee of the All Hazards Council since 2005. Chief Lacy has served Henry County as Deputy Fire Chief since March of 2001.

Deputy Fire Chief Lacy’s primary goals for the Department are:

• To provide Henry County fire Department customers with the highest level of emergency response possible
• To provide our personnel with the necessary tools to safely deliver the highest level of Customer centered emergency response
• To develop and maintain the organizational process and procedure necessary to deliver emergency services for our department’s Customers

In addition to ensuring that fire and emergency medical services are provided, Chief Lacy also works to enhance the ability of the department to protect the public and fire service personnel from fire and related hazards by accessing grant funding whenever possible. Fire departments by nature provide a necessary but often costly service due to the costs of personnel, apparatus, and equipment. Some of this cost is diminished through research and detailed grant writing. From 2002 to 2008, Henry County Fire Department was awarded $1,856,069 to purchase vital safety equipment and to fund needed programs. Some of the purchases from these awards include: a Mobile Command Unit, a Heavy Rescue Truck, Data Management Software, Air Filtration Systems in each station, twelve 4-Gas Monitors, Apparatus Headsets, Safety Training and more.