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Mission Statement
The Allen Park Fire Department will strive to provide the highest level of professional service to the Citizens of Allen Park and all who visit our City. We will provide the highest level of life safety, environmental and property protection through Fire Suppression, Emergency Medical Services, Fire and Injury Prevention, Technical Rescue and Hazardous Materials Mitigation.

New fire truck enables rescuers to reach tall structures

Reproted By Angie Favot of the News Herald / Published: Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Firefighters are reaching new heights in safety with their latest addition — a 100-foot aerial platform truck. The truck was delivered March 26 after Fire Chief Mark Hogrebe and Deputy Fire Chief Douglas LaFond drove it for about 10 hours from Wisconsin. It will replace a 28-year-old truck. The platform, or bucket, reaches 100 feet so that the department can serve Maple Heights Retirement Community and other tall buildings.“The truck’s safety features allow us to get the truck in position a lot quicker,” Hogrebe said. “It’s a much safer vehicle for extricating people.”The bucket comes all the way down to the ground so people easily can enter and exit it. The truck pumps 2,000 gallons of water per minute. The older truck pumped 750 and could reach only four floors up, while the newest can reach up to nine. The new truck also is about 10 feet longer.“This is 100 percent safer than the one we had before,” Hogrebe said.The cabin seats six, including the driver, and has side and front air bags. Below the platform is a water nozzle that can spray a fire below; plus, there is a temperature sensor that tells operators if the platform is getting too hot.
LaFond said Taylor and Southgate are the only other two communities in northern  Downriver with these aerial platform trucks.Firefighters must complete one full day each of training for the platform operations and driving. They also will complete a 16-hour training class given by Pierce Manufacturing, the company that built the truck. Hogrebe said the goal is to have the truck on the road by May 1, but that will depend on all firefighters being fully trained.The new truck has 300 feet more hose than its replacement, plus five types of ladders, LaFond said the truck is 100 percent American made, with a Detroit Diesel engine.“That was one of the selling points,” he said.LaFond said the older truck will be traded in because of constraints from the grant.
The department was awarded a federal grant Feb. 5 to pay for the truck.The cost of the truck was $750,000, so the city was required to provide $75,000 to purchase the vehicle. The Fire Department worked to cut $50,000 from its budget for the truck, and $25,000 from the city’s general fund also was required to fulfill the match.The Allen Park Festivities Commission donated $10,000, and Councilman Kyle Tertzag donated his city check, about $415, for the month, to help offset the $25,000. Grant writer Tammy Jones said there also were private donations, plus Baker College donated $5,000 and Stautzenberger College donated $4,000.“We just kept chipping away at it until we got it,” Jones said.The money is issued through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program organized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.

 

Fire Prevention Division

The primary responsibility of the Fire Prevention Division is to enforce all adopted codes and city ordinances pertaining to fire protection and investigation. Our department will inspect buildings to abate fire hazards and investigate the cause and origin of fires. The Chief and Deputy Chief are both active members of the Downriver Mutual Aid Fire Investigation Task Force and utilize that organization when the need arises. The Fire Prevention Division is also responsible for educating the public in matters of fire safety; we accomplish this through educational programs both in our schools and our senior housing facilities. The goal of the Allen Park Fire Prevention Bureau is to provide a fire safe environment for all persons who live, work and visit the City of Allen Park .The Allen Park Fire Department prevention efforts are the responsibility of Chief Mark Hogrebe and Deputy Chief / Fire Marshal Douglas LaFond.

Rescue Services

The Allen Park Fire Department provides an emergency based Advanced Life Support rescue service. This system is designed to provide fast competent medical service for medical emergencies. Fire Department rescue services are not intended for general patient transportation for non-emergency medical needs.

The Allen Park Fire Department is staffed with highly trained paramedics. The paramedic level allows the firefighters to perform many needed treatments such as fluid replacement, medication administration as well as 12 lead ECG capabilities that can save lives. We can provide cardiac drugs on scene and perform most of the resuscitation efforts usually reserved for the Emergency Room. We also provide needed medication to people having Diabetic emergencies, allergic reactions and many other emergency conditions requiring such treatment. We work in constant communication with our medical control to provide the highest level of pre-hospital emergency care for people suffering from a medical emergency

The Allen Park Fire Department is equipped with some of the best extrication equipment to remove accident victims from their vehicle following a serious accident. This truck pictured above carries the jaws of life, and many other extrication tools including, Vetter bags for lifting, a foam induction system with a separate foam tank and various hand and cordless power tools. The City of Allen Park has three major highways that pass through it. We have M39 (Southfield Freeway), Interstate 94 a major east west highway and Interstate 75 a major north south interstate highway within our jurisdiction. We have utilized this valuable equipment and this fire truck many times to assist people who have had accidents on these high-speed thoroughfares.