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Mission Statement
"The Fire Department provides an appropriate, safe and professional response to fire, medical and environmental emergencies. The department is dedicated to minimizing the loss of life and property through suppression, rescue, education, code enforcement, investigation and other programs."
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Dale Freeman, Fire Chief
fire department | emergency
medical services | police
department
fire prevention bureau
333 E. Douglas Road
Mishawaka, IN 46545
Phone (574) 247-0928
Fax (574) 247-0930
Email the Department
Mishawaka's continued healthy growth means more work for all city
departments. The general upward trend in the number of fire department
responses increased last year to a new high of 4,915. Mishawaka
firefighters continue to meet the challenge with better training,
better facilities and better equipment. Increasing numbers of responses
(82%) are medical assistance calls, not fire related runs.
That statistic alone illustrates the wisdom in merging the services
of fire safety and EMS. More than half our firefighters are cross-trained
as Emergency Medical Technicians. All fire vehicles carry oxygen,
first aid equipment and semi-automatic defibrillators for cardiac
emergencies.
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In addition to their other
duties, Mishawaka firefighters continue an intensive fire prevention
and fire safety education program. Last year over 5,100 people,
mostly children, received fire safety education through "Survive
Alive House", Little Red and various meetings and school assemblies.
These efforts are helping control the number of unfriendly fires
in Mishawaka, as well as reducing fire injuries, deaths and property
damage.
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The Mishawaka Fire Department and its members have been serving the City since 1904. The primary responsibilities of the Fire Department lie in the areas of: Fire Suppression, Fire Prevention, Fire Investigation, Emergency Medical, Hazardous Materials, Education, Water Rescue and Confined Space Rescue. The minimum manning is 23 persons 24 hours a day 365 days a year. |
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In 1984, the Mishawaka Fire Department started the Survive Alive
House, a unique and one of a kind public education program. This
program has been so successful that fire departments around the
nation are applying it to their existing programs. The Survive Alive
House is a scaled down house where children can be taught how to
safely exit their home when their smoke detector goes off. Children
in the Mishawaka School System visit the Survive Alive House as
part of their 1st, 3rd and 5th grade curriculum. School children
outside of Mishawaka are also invited to visit. |
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