North Shore Fire/Rescue is happy to announce that the lights attached to our station holiday wreaths stayed red this past holiday season meaning we did not respond to any fires caused by holiday decorations. 

Every holiday season, North Shore Fire/Rescue joins fire departments around the country in the "Keep the Wreath Red" program. If a fire in our area is directly caused by holiday decorations, one red bulb will be changed to a white bulb on the wreaths at all of our fire stations.

The parents of a Parkway School Kindergartner (Glendale) credit the lessons learned by the student at a recent fire station tour and prevention lesson towards keeping their family safe.

Teacher Annie Tautges contacted Chief Whitaker this week and said one of her student's had a small fire in their home over the holiday season. The fire was quickly identified and extinguished. The parents told Ms. Tautges that the student immediately was able to identify the need for the family to evacuate, stay low in smoke and call 911 to report the fire once they were out of the home. Just a few weeks before the fire, the student toured Fire Station 82 in Glendale for a fire prevention lesson. Great work by Capt Brian Wisniewski, HEO Troy Schoessow and Firefighter/Paramedics Emmanuel Hess, Andrew Allen and Josh Rosenquist!

Every year, the Department offers all area schools the opportunity to participate in fire prevention programming with the Department to remind children of the importance of fire and home safety. 

Calls for Service This Week

 

 

 

*Priority 1 & 2 calls are calls for service which the Department sends an initial responding unit to a scene with lights and sirens operating. Priority 3 calls are responses that are considered non-emergent.