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The Morehead City Fire Department was established in 1906 and the Morehead City EMS Department was formed
in 1958 as Morehead City Rescue Squad. On July 1, 2000 the departments were merged. The Department protects
a City of 6.81 square miles and the Mitchell Village-Crab Point Fire District of 11 square miles, with an
approximate polulation of 20,000 residents between two districts. The Department currently operates two
ambulances,two engines, one engine-tanker, one quint truck, one fireboat, one dive/rescue boat, and several
cars and pickup trucks for support functions.
Morehead City Fire has a split insurance rating of 5/9S and is constantly working on improving that rating.
The Department has 27 career personnel comprised of a Chief, Deputy Chief, Fire Marshal, (3) Captains,
(6) Lieutenants and the remainder as Firefighter/Engineers. Seven of the career staff have EMT-Paramedic
Certification, several have EMT-Intermediate Certification and the remaining personnel have EMT-Basic
Certification.
The Department employs twelve (12) part-time personnel and uses a volunteer force of fifteen (15) member
comprised of an Assistant Chief, Captain, two (2) Lieutenants and remaining firefighters. The Department
answers approximately 2500 calls for service each year.
Mission Statement:
Educate to prevent harm; protect the people within our community, and to be kind and helpful to show we care about
our lives
and the lives of others in our community by conducting ourselves in a courteous and professional manner.
Facilities
The Morehead City Fire/EMS Department currently has two stations; Fire Station I located at 1406 Bridges Street and Station II
is located at 3308 Arendell Street. Station III is located at 5293 Hwy. 70.
Communications
The Department is dispatched and operates on its own VHF fire frequency (154.445). The dispatching is handled by the
Police
Department. Calls for service come in on a County-wide Enhanced 911 system and all 911 calls inside the City Limits come directly
to the dispatch office. Calls for Fire or Rescue service in the Rural District go to the County and they transfer them directly to
our dispatch.
Volunteers are notified by radio paging with all members being issued pagers.
Fire Marshal Office The Fire Department currently has numerous Fire Inspectors. The town Fire Marshal works 8:00 AM thru 5:00 PM
Monday thru Friday. The
other inspectors are used as a back up as needed. Many of our are Level III are certified by the state. They
conduct commercial building
inspections and review plans.
Fire Prevention Fire Prevention is a very important part of our Fire Department, each year we conduct classes, tours and lectures to
over a 1,000 children
and adults. The Fire Marshal coordinates all Fire Prevention and Public Education activities with each shift. Students
are taught the
proper procedures for home escape planning, dialing 911, fire and injury prevention and many other safety applications. We
also offer fire extinguisher classes to businesses and organizations in our response area. The only cost is to recharge the fire extinguishers
used during
the training. For more information contact Morehead City Fire Marshal at 726-5308, or you can Email him at
firemarshal@bizec.rr.com
Volunteer Firefighters The Fire-EMS Dept. relies heavily on volunteer members and is always looking for good Volunteer members.
Requirements and Applications can be picked up from Chief Lail at Station 1.
Staff Information
Station Information
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