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Hydrant Testing and Business Inspections |
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Burn Permits |
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Blood Pressures |
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Station Tours |
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Public Education |
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Smoke Detector Program |
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Fire Reports |
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How do you contact the fire department |
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Hydrant Testing and Business Inspections |
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The fire department is mandated by the Insurance Service Organization (ISO) to do in-service duties . Those of you who do not know what ISO does, ISO is the organization which set the insurance classification for the city, in other words, helps determine what your fire insurance premiums will be. Twice every year the department will be in the neighborhoods testing fire hydrants. This helps keep the hydrants flushed from any foreign debris but more importantly the test provides information concerning pressure and the amount of water available at each hydrant. The hydrant is then painted a specific color to correspond to the range of gallon per minute that the hydrant is capable of producing. For example a green top hydrant will provide 1000 to 1500 gallons per minute (gpm). Another service mandated by ISO is prefire planning. Every year we will have a fire department representative in each commercial business to do a prefire plan and fire company familiarization inspection. If you have a specific time that you would like for us to visit please contact the Fire Administrative Office.
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Burn Permits |
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If you have something to burn at your residence contact our non-emergency number. A fire department representative will be sent to determine if the material is feasible to burn. If approved, we will issue a burn permit. The fire department is involved in many community services. The Alabama Department of Emergency Management has imposed a NO-BURN effective May through November.
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Blood Pressures |
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Many people do not know that the fire department will check your blood pressure at no cost. Simply drop by any fire station in the city and we will gladly take your blood pressure.
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Station Tours |
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We welcome groups or individuals to come by and tour our stations. We have a number of small children groups that come through on a regular basis. Firefighters talk to them concerning fire and injury prevention.
Station Locations:
#1 - Walnut St.
#4 - Alabama City
#5 - Noccalula
#6 - North Gadsden
#7 - Walnut Park
#8 - Rainbow Drive
#9 - East Gadsden
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Public Education |
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Presently we are coordinating with the school system with two different curriculums; one is a Learn Not to Burn Program, the other is a Risk Watch program. Safety trailer (Smokehouse)- The department has a safety trailer that can be brought to your location. This trailer teaches small children how to react during a fire and how to preplan getting out of a house fire alive. Sparky- The department also has a Sparky the fire dog (costume) which attracts the attention of small children and adults alike.
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Smoke Detector Program |
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The Gadsden Fire Department provides smoke detectors for residents within the city limits of Gadsden who do not have a smoke detector, or any resident with a detector over ten years of age. Smoke detectors are issued and installed upon request and are limited to one per residence level, or one per rental property, while supplies last. Please call the non-emergency number for details. Early detection can prevent injury.
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Fire Reports |
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If you are unfortunate in that you have had a fire or medical emergency and need a fire or medical report for insurance, to get Red Cross or Salvation Army assistance, come by the Central Fire Station located at 322 Walnut Street. There is a cost of $3.00 per report. Due to confidentiality laws, if a medical report is requested only the individual injured, guardian or parent, or a signed power of attorney will be able to obtain the report.
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How do you contact the fire department |
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If you have an emergency dial 911; bear in mind that if you use a cellular phone the call will go to the County 911 and will be transferred back to the City 911. If you use a cellular phone be prepared to give the location of the emergency. For nonemergency, such as burn permits, station tours, safety trailer, Sparky or information concerning a fire report call 549-4566.
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