Administration Division

The administration division is responsible for a broad range of services that support and enable the mission of the department. These include budgeting, purchasing oversight, Insurance Services Office (ISO) compliance, internal affairs, facilities maintenance, apparatus maintenance, hiring, promotional processes, grant administration, contracts and agreement oversight, and the accreditation program.

Accreditation is a continuous self assessment and improvement process that validates the quality of services we provide through setting objective benchmarks for professional excellence. The program is administered by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International which is a division of the Center for Public Safety Excellence.

Major events for 2009 included:

• Opening of a new fire station in August 2009. Station 5 houses the surface water and ice rescue team.
• A new water rescue unit (USAR 5) went into service at fire station 5.

USAR 5 Water Rescue Unit