{"id":12,"date":"2017-05-18T19:26:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T19:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww89dev.com\/msestemp1\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-06-25T19:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:36:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12\" class=\"elementor elementor-12\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-626ed7e5 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"626ed7e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23c80650\" data-id=\"23c80650\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-212d9303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"212d9303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>About Us<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e1b7afa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e1b7afa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21eef237\" data-id=\"21eef237\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364f289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"364f289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Gerton\nFire Department<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5420e08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5420e08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, Inc. was founded in 1974 out of a need for fire protection for the Gerton community. This need was recognized after a member of the community lost his home to a devastating fire. Fire departments from Buncombe and Rutherford counties responded and stopped at the county lines and watch the house burn.\u00a0 Eventually fire departments from within Henderson County did arrive to extinguish the remains of the home.\u00a0<\/p><p>The residents of the Gerton community met and with creativeness and donations from many, the Gerton Fire Department was born. We built a homemade brush truck from a 1972 Ford truck. We then were able to get a 1941 Seagraves pumper donated from Orangeburg, SC. With the donation of turnout gear from some fire departments, we were able to achieve our status as a recognized fire department. The Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Community Center donated space to house our trucks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14f89543\" data-id=\"14f89543\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Gerton Fire Department Gerton Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, Inc. was founded in 1974 out of a need for fire protection for the Gerton community. This need was recognized after a member of the community lost his home to a devastating fire. 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