Fire

When most people think about their fire department's duties, two things immediately come to mind: putting out fires and emergency medical service. In reality, the Wickliffe Fire Department has many responsibilities and activities that we're involved in.

Although this is not an exhaustive list, here are but a few of the major activities of your fire department:

• Fire Suppression
  • Unfortunately, the fire loss for 2010 is $183,900.00. This is, however, a reduction from $355,300.00 in 2009.
  • 512 calls for 2010.
• EMS
  • 1,661 calls for 2010.
  • 1,426 calls for 2009.
• Hazardous Materials Mitigation
• Fire Investigation
• Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention
• Fire Prevention
  • Plan Review and Practices
  • Site Plan Reviews
  • Preliminary Building Plans
  • Final Building Plans and Specifications
  • Certificates of Occupancy
  • Fire Inspections
  • Enforcement
  • Fire Cause and Determination
  • Miscellaneous Services
  • Permits
  • Acceptance Testing of New and Modified Extinguishing and Special Hazard Systems
• Training
  • Continuing education hours for EMS, Fire, Hazardous Materials, and Inspector training. A total of 1,218.5 hours in 2010. Mostly in-house.
• Water/Ice Rescue
• USAR - Urban Search and Rescue
• Rope Rescue
• Confined Space Rescue
• Public Education
• Pre-Fire Planning
• New Hire Orientation/Training
• Hydrant Flow Testing
• Hydrant Maintenance
• Smoke/CO Detector Installation/Maintenance
• Vehicle and Apparatus Maintenance
• Standard Operating Procedure Development
• CPR Training
• Physical Fitness
• Station Cleaning and Maintenance
• Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Maintenance
• Equipment Testing, Specifications, Purchasing, and Maintenance
• Grant Writing
• Information Technology

Thank you to everyone who supports us in our mission to provide all of these services in a quality fashion.