Why Brentwood has a new fire station. 'This is our fastest growing part of the city'

Five years after local leaders realized Brentwood needed a fire station in its fastest-growing neighborhood, station No. 5 opened for business.

The $8.6 million facility is located at 9551 Split Log Road. Inside the station is a nearly $875,000 custom fire truck, Engine 55, produced by Pierce Manufacturing. The truck arrived Dec. 5 from Wisconsin.

Brentwood Fire and Rescue Chief Brian Goss said staff began working out of the new facility on Jan. 2. Goss said the station was necessary to improve service and response time in the southeast section of Brentwood. The chief provided data, stating the number of area incidents spiked more than 150% in eight years:

2014: 85

2022: 224

Brentwood City Manager Kirk Bednar echoed the chief.

"This is our fastest-growing part of the city, the southeast part,” Bednar said. “The last area where we've got land that we've annexed and our developing subdivisions." The subdivisions he mentioned included: Tuscany Hills, Sonoma, Taramore, Morgan Farms and Jordan Elementary.

The city purchased land for the station in 2018 after discussion one year earlier about utilizing donated land.

Brentwood Fire and Rescue, which started in 1986 when the city’s population was 15,000, is currently an ISO Class 2 fire department. That rating places the department among the top 3% in the state and top 2.75 percent nationally. The ISO rating is determined by the Insurance Service Office and can affect the cost of homeowners’ insurance.

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Brentwood's new fire station fills void in fast-growing neighborhood