Objectives
To ensure that the public has a mechanism in which to report an emergency,
receive a quick and effective fire and rescue response and are aided to the
extent necessary to cope with and/or overcome their emergency crisis; To
continue to evaluate community risks and the department’s capabilities and
service delivery to insure optimum emergency prevention and response;
To educate the public in the means to access the emergency response system,
minimize exposure to hazardous situations, prepare for a personal/individual
emergency and or community disaster, and prevent fires and injuries;
To enforce applicable codes and ordinances necessary for the health and
safety of citizens and visitors, such as the Building Code, the Fire Prevention
Code, and Animal Control codes and ordinances; to investigate of violations of
these codes and ordinances as well as other issues that may be of public concern
or involve public safety;
To provide radio communications, paging, and dispatching services to multiple
County departments and agencies;
To coordinate, develop, exercise, and implement as required a comprehensive
emergency management system that includes mitigation, preparedness, response,
and recovery.
Return to Mission
Our Values
- Emergency response and citizen services are always our highest priority
and overriding concern
- Each member has a strong belief in and commitment to the mission of the
department
- Each member is committed to teamwork, personal integrity, ethical conduct,
and personal accountability for their actions
- Each member is committed to exhibiting in themselves and promoting within
their co-workers the highest standards of service professionalism,
identified as the 3 A’s:
Attitude
Maintain an attitude of professional respect for the value of life and the
dignity of others, the worth of caring, and the importance of helping others
Appearance
Present the best possible professional appearance in self, apparatus,
equipment and workplace
Actions
Demonstrate professional knowledge, skills and abilities. Actions are
deliberate and appropriate for the situation at hand, and carried out with
expedience, efficiency, courtesy, kindness and respect for others
Our Vision
To effectively deal with existing and future
threats to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and visitors of the
County, thus preserving and enhancing the quality of their lives, health and
property.
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