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The
Ashland Fire Department is a full time professional fire department with
54 full time employees. The Department has two divisions, fire suppression
and fire prevention. The fire suppression division is comprised of 3
platoons working from three fire stations located at: 1021 Carter Avenue,
3101 29th Street and 4140 Winchester Avenue. This division is
responsible for all fire suppression, rescue services and hazardous
materials response. Additionally the fire suppression division conducts
public education programs and performs company inspections of multi-family
and commercial properties. The fire prevention division conducts
semi-annual life safety inspections of all multi family and commercial
occupancies. The prevention division additionally performs plan review on
all new construction projects in areas of life safety, fire prevention and
suppression. Ashland Fire Department History The Fire Department was founded in 1856 as a volunteer fire
department and became a full time paid fire department in 1885. Over the years the role of
the fire department in our community has expanded from one as a group of people you called
if you had a fire, to a group of dedicated professionals who not only extinguish fires but
perform other duties such as: emergency medical services as EMT first responders, code
enforcement, fire prevention inspections, public safety education, free smoke detector
installations, all types of rescue service, hazardous materials response and mitigation,
and the list continues to grow as we strive to meet the needs of our community. The
principles the Ashland Fire Department were founded upon and continue to strive to meet
are dedication, determination, courage, excellence, teamwork, pride, leadership,
commitment and honor. |