Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department
1511
12th Street South
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
54494
The Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department is a full
time, professional fire department.
Department
members:
- Fire chief: Mitch
Waite
- Three shift command assistant
chiefs.
- Fire marshal
- 27 firefighters.
Department members also are emergency
medical technicians who operate the city's ambulances for medical
emergencies and inter hospital transfers. Many of the EMTs are certified as
paramedics and hazardous materials
technicians.
Fire and Ambulance Stations:
- East Riverview Expressway and
12th Street South.
- West Grand Avenue and 17th
Avenue.
- Equipment includes 3
ambulances, 3 pumpers, an aerial ladder truck, a specialized rescue truck,
a rescue boat, a hazardous materials response trailer, and two staff cars.
Responsibilities include:
- Water and ice
rescues.
- Confined entry and hazardous
materials rescues.
- Administering city burning
ordinances. Outdoor burning requires a permit from the fire department.
Free
services:
- Fire station
tours.
- Home fire safety
surveys.
- Speakers bureau offering
speakers and printed information about fire
prevention.
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) and first aid.
- Blood pressure screenings from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at both fire stations.
- Juvenile fire setters program for children who have started
fires.
- Christmas toy repair
project
- Loan closet providing crutches, wheel chairs,
walkers, and canes (security deposits are
required).
- Business fire inspections twice a
year.
- "Keep the Wreath Green" program, a fire safety
reminder at Christmas time.
- Silent Night
Parade and memorial service in October during Fire Prevention Week
honoring firefighters and others who have died in
fires.
- Fire department history museum at Station 2 at
West Grand Avenue and 17fh Avenue.
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