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Disclaimer

This page is not intended to be an official source of information for the Charlotte Fire Department. Official information regarding the Charlotte Fire Department may be viewed at the official website charlottefire.org or by calling the General Offices of the Charlotte Fire Department. Although it is the our intent to provide accurate and up-to-date information, no warranty, express or implied, is made regarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information contained on the pages of this site.

The website firestation8.com is not associated with, nor do we endorse with any commercial enterprise that may have a similiar name or URL.

This web page and all sub pages are private property and are the sole opinion of those that maintaim the website. This page and all sub pages are in no way endorsed by the City of Charlotte Fire Department, the City of Charlotte, IAFF Local 660 or any other agencies expressed or implied. Any information expressed on this or any pages hereafter should not be considered to be an official statement or policy by the Charlotte Fire Department. This page and all sub pages are in no way officially connected to or by the Charlotte Fire Department or the City of Charlotte.

Any statements contained on this or any other sub page should not be constituted as official advice by or advertisement for the Charlotte Fire Department in any way whatsoever including employment. This site has not been paid for by the City of Charlotte Fire Department, or the tax payers in any way and are not to be held liable for the content of this site.

Linked Sites

The members of the fire station cannot accept responsibility for the link sites available or the information found on them. A link does not imply that the we endorse a particular site, neither does not linking a site imply lack of endorsement. We maintain no responsibility of the content of linked sites, and users access them at their own risk.

Copyright Information/Material On This Site

For all photos on this site every effort has been made to credit the photographer. If you see a picture you took and you are not credited then please contact us via the email. All material on this site, including but not limited to photographs, text files, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips are protected by copyrights which are owned and controlled by the members of Station 8 and firestation8.com. Material from this website may not be copied, reproduced, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of the copyrights and other proprietary rights.

Children Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

The Webteam of this site abides by the Children”s Online Privacy Protection Act (a federal law). This means that the Webteam does not collect ANY information from children under the age of 13 on this website. The Webteam is allowed by COPPA to reply to a one time request for information or answer a question without parental consent as long as the Webteam does not request or store any personal information from the child. Anything more requires parental consent, by which the parents must provide to the Webteam a valid postal address where we may write requesting parental consent be given to the Webteam in writing.

For further information go to COPPA. Also read “Adults Only” - a resource provided to parents by COPPA and the FTC explaining parental rights to their children”s privacy. This site is also labeled with the Internet Content Rating Association, a watchdog group that frequently crawls webpages to ensure suitable content for children.

Message Forums

Views presented on this website in the guestbook are not officially endorsed or supported by the owners of this website, contributors to this website, the City of Charlotte, the Charlotte Fire Department or any other association expressed or implied.

It is our intent to promote and showcase the Charlotte Fire Department and foster good will. The firestation8.com Webteam has an obligation to manage the content of the guestbook. While it is not our intent to censor content we retain the right to delete posts that we deem to be outside the realm of good taste and our mission.

The Webteam are firm believers in the First Amendment which includes freedom of speech and freedom of expression, however users are reminded by using the website firestation8.com you agree not to post or transmit any defamatory, abusive, obscene, threatening or illegal material, or any other material that infringes on the ability of others to enjoy the site or that infringes on the rights of others.

Thank you,

The members of Fire Station 8 (Charlotte Fire Department)