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The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division coordinates emergency medical response services for the community. 

Fort Dodge Fire Rescue provides Paramedic-level ambulance transport services.  All Fort Dodge Firefighters are cross-trained as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).  In addition, we have several highly-trained Paramedics on staff who respond to emergencies in either a paramedic-level ambulance or a paramedic engine company.

Fort Dodge Fire Rescue does our own EMS Billing. 

How To Pay Your EMS Bill:

Follow Link to Below, https://otc.cdc.nicusa.com/Public2.aspx?portal=iowa&organization=City%20of%20Fort%20Dodge 

Ensure you select the F) Misc circled in Yellow and Input your Invoice Number by the Blue.

The Department provides a variety of public education services.  To request a fire safety tour, please call the fire station at (515) 576-1031.

Visit Sparky's Firehouse! 

You can visit Sparky the Fire Dog at Sparky's Firehouse by clicking here.

Injury Prevention:

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has resources for children's injury prevention that are available by clicking here.

Sesame Street Color and Learn:

Sesame Street has partnered with the U.S. Fire Administration to produce a Color and Learn book available here.

Close Your Door:

Did you know that simply closing your bedroom door can save your life?  Get more information and sign the Fire Safety Pledge by clicking here.

Electrical Safety:

The organization saveonenergy.com has provided electrical safety resources for children that are available by clicking here.

Hiring Information:

The Fire Department requires applicants wanting to become a firefighter to have taken a written general knowledge test and a physical agility test. The recruiting process follows the State of Iowa, Civil Service guidelines. Our EMS staff follow similar procedures. We are a member of the Central Iowa Fire & EMS Testing Consortium (CIFEMSC) and accept the computer-based IO Solutions written test and CIFEMSC physical agility or CPAT or FDFD's local physical agility.

Fort Dodge Fire Department requires it's firefighters to live within 15 miles of the city limits within one year of hire.

Iowa Central Testing Link: https://www.iowacentral.edu/ARC/testing.asp

To Schedule a Test: https://calendly.com/ictesting/fire-testing?month=2023-05&date=2023-05-16 

CIFEMSC Website: https://www.dmacc.edu/programs/fire/consortium/Pages/welcome2.aspx

Firefighter Physical Agility: https://www.fortdodgeiowa.org/egov/apps/document/center.egov?eGov_searchDepartment=96&eGov_searchType=38

Application Guideline:

1. Job Announcement Made
2. Applicant Applies on City of Fort Dodge website
3. Written Testing will be scheduled at the discretion of the candidate through ICCC or the Central Iowa Testing Consortium at DMACC. To be eligible to move forward, the candidate must have a certificate of a passing score within one year of the job announcement close. The test will be IO Solutions NFSI test.
4. Physical Ability Testing will be held spring, and fall, as well as with each job announcement at FDFD. We will also accept the Central Iowa Testing Consortium PAT and the CPAT. To receive an interview, candidates must have a certificate of successful completion within one year of the job announcement closing.
5. Panel interviews will be held at FDFD.
   1. Follow up interview with the Chief may be requested as needed

5. Candidates that successfully pass the interview process will be placed on the civil service eligibility list and hired as needed.

For more information and to apply, click the following link:

https://www.fortdodgeiowa.org/department/jobs

Introduction:

Welcome to Fort Dodge Fire Department’s recruitment page. FDFD has been protecting the citizens of Fort Dodge since 1854. We provide fire, EMS, HazMat, and technical rescue services out of one central station. Our Fire Division staff work the California Swing on 24-hour shifts and our EMS Division staff rotating 12-hour shifts.

• Starting wage for firefighter is $52,590.72 per year
• Starting wage for paramedic is $44,640.96 per year> Up to $49,038.08 with Lateral Entry
• Starting wage for EMT is $34,885.76 per year> Up to $38,642.24 with Lateral Entry
• We offer a $5000 sign on bonus for Paramedic certification
• We offer lateral entry for EMS division staff
• Fire Division staff are under the MFPRSI Pension System
• EMS Division staff are under the IPERS Protected Class Pension System

FDFD responds to about 6000 calls for service a year. These calls breakdown to 85% EMS and 15% Fire. Of these calls, 50 are structure fires and many more are acute EMS incidents. Our EMS division works closely with Life Flight and Trinity Regional Medical Center. We also provide ALS services throughout Webster County.

Our daily staffing includes:

• Engine 1
• Engine 5
• Medic 1 (7am-7pm)
• Medic 2 (11am-11pm)
• Medic 3
• Car 2

We also have an administrative staff of the Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, EMS Supervisor and Business Operations Specialist.

Collective Bargaining Contract: https://www.fortdodgeiowa.org/egov/documents/1656708346_64209.pdf

FDFD Workout Facility:

History of Fire Prevention Week
Fire Prevention Week was born out of the desire to save lives and prevent tragedy. After the devastating Great Chicago and the Great Peshtigo fires of 1871, which ironically both began on the evening of October 8, momentum built within the Fire Marshal's Association of North America to do everything it could to do to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

The Great Chicago fire, which reportedly began at or near Mrs. O'Leary's barn, quickly spread throughout the city. The wind-whipped fire burned out of control through Chicago neighborhoods for 27 hours. The final tally was staggering: More than 250 people dead, 100,000 homeless, 17,400 structures destroyed, and $168 million in damage.

The Great Peshtigo fire burned through Northeastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, killing thousands, destroying 17 towns and consuming more than 1.5 million acres. It is the conflagration that caused the most fire deaths in U.S. history, killing 1,200-2,500 people. It is known as the most devastating fire in American history.

The Fire Marshal's Association of North America declared the first Fire prevention day on October 9^th, 1911. In 1920 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed October 9^th as National Fire Prevention Day. In 1925 President Calvin Coolidge declared October 4-10 to be National Fire Prevention Week. He noted that in the previous year some 15,000 lives were lost to fire in the United States. Calling the loss "startling", Coolidge's proclamation stated:

"This waste results from the conditions which justify a sense of shame and horror; for the greater part of it could and ought to be prevented... It is highly desirable that every effort be made to reform the conditions which have made possible so vast a destruction of the national wealth"

Great fire prevention strides have been made throughout the decades. Fire-caused fatalities have dropped from an average of 15,000 deaths per year a century ago to an average of 3,000 deaths per year during the last several decades. This decrease can be attributed to the advent and promotion of smoke alarms, life-safety improvements in the building and fire codes including fire protection systems, and other fire prevention messages and measures. We are doing better, but we have not arrived. Too many people are still getting injured or killed within their homes.  

Consider the following:

• The United States Fire Administration (U.S.F.A.) reports the following statistics:
• There are an estimated 374,900 residential building fires each year
• These fires cause an estimated 2,630 fire deaths and 13,075 injuries annually
• These fires cause $7.6 billion in property loss
• Cooking is the leading cause of residential building fires
• Fire kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined

Fire Prevention Week for Kids Click Here

National Fire Prevention Association: Click Below

Electrical Safety

The organization saveonenergy.com has electrical safety resources for children that can be downloaded by clicking here.