Down at Jack Daniel’s in Lynchburg, they pride themselves on making great whiskey, but a select number of Jack Daniel’s employees also pride themselves on keeping the distillery and town safe from any potential fires.
Lynchburg has a volunteer fire department, but Jack Daniel’s also has a volunteer fire brigade.
“Our 34 volunteer firefighters are on-call 24/7 and they’re ready to perform if needed,” Chris Fletcher, assistant master distiller for Jack Daniel’s, said. “We have employees from bottling to distilling to even IT, and they come in and train every Monday. They’re state certified.”
The Jack Daniel’s Fire Brigade has been around for decades, prepared to fight any fire that may break out, and they receive special training due to how different alcohol fires can be to other fires, and they have a special training area to practice fighting those fires.