The Kentwood Fire Department is a professional, career fire department that serves the city of Kentwood, Michigan. It provides a comprehensive and responsible delivery system of fire protection, fire suppression, rescue, and emergency medical services (EMS).
Key aspects of the department include:
Services: BLS level non-transport medical services, in addition to fire suppression and rescue. They are also responsible for fire prevention, fire education, hazardous material emergency response, and technical rescues.
Staffing: The department is typically staffed by a full-time, career force, including a Fire Chief, Deputy Chief, Captains, Lieutenants, and Firefighters. All members are, at the minimum, trained as EMTs, and many are also trained as Paramedics. Crews work on 24-hour shifts utilizing the “Cali-swing” calendar. The department has 3 engines, 2 non-transport medical units, and a battalion chief on duty every day.
Stations: The department operates out of 3 stations situated throughout the city. Administrative and fire prevention offices are housed at Station 1.
Equipment: The department utilizes modern equipment and is more well equipped than neighboring departments. Some of these things include custom built Spartan fire clean cab apparatus, electric extrication tools on all frontline engines, and appartiene specifically designed for blocking traffic.
The firefighters here are the best you can find in the business. Unfortunately they are held back and beat down by the fire chief and city leadership. From policies about what time of day you can wear your issued hat to ignoring issues with apparatus and staffing, there is constant micromanaging and morale slashing efforts. This is a department staffed by some of the best paramedics and the most highly motivated firefighters in the area and yet morale is at an all time low due to less than poor leadership. The city mayor also seems to have a vendetta against the firefighters, panning to them at election time, only to ignore their calls for help. The city mayor fought the firefighters on a 3 percent raise, while he took a massive raise himself, making over 160k a year. There is no doubt in my mind that this place would be a premiere department with new leadership that actually cared about the personnel.
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The firefighters here are the best you can find in the business. Unfortunately they are held back and beat down by the fire chief and city leadership. From policies about what time of day you can wear your issued hat to ignoring issues with apparatus and staffing, there is constant micromanaging and morale slashing efforts. This is a department staffed by some of the best paramedics and the most highly motivated firefighters in the area and yet morale is at an all time low due to less than poor leadership. The city mayor also seems to have a vendetta against the firefighters, panning to them at election time, only to ignore their calls for help. The city mayor fought the firefighters on a 3 percent raise, while he took a massive raise himself, making over 160k a year. There is no doubt in my mind that this place would be a premiere department with new leadership that actually cared about the personnel.