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 On behalf of the men and women of the Hoover Fire
Department I am proud to welcome you to our official website. We are
constantly striving to maintain the highest level of services possible to the
citizens of Hoover and those that work and visit our city.
Throughout our website you
will find some of the latest activities involving our department and its
personnel. Our department and profession are rapidly changing. The one thing
that has not changed is the dedication and professionalism of each of our
firefighters and paramedics to provide the very best customer service to the
citizens of our city.
The City of Hoover Fire
Department is fortunate to have the continued support of Mayor Gary Ivey, the
City Council and our community to help provide the very best services for our
citizens.
Sincerely,
John C. Wingate, Fire
Chief
MISSION
STATEMENT
Our mission is to respond to fires, rescue
situations, hazardous materials incidents and provide emergency medical service
of the highest caliber to the citizens in the City of Hoover, Alabama
WE WILL
ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION BY
Promoting safety and maintaining a well
equipped, highly trained and motivated force of professional firefighters and
rescue personnel. Promoting fire prevention and public safety education
programs.
MOTTO
Community service with pride and dedication
VISION
STATEMENT
The Hoover Fire Department will continuously strive to
meet the changing needs of our community by providing a modern and
technologically advanced department striving for excellence in everything we do.
We will do this by maintaining a readiness level second to none, and by focusing
on professional development, training and community involvement of all of our
personnel.
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HFD
NEWS
New Equipment!
Citizens in the Riverchase area of Hoover should go by their fire station and see the brand new fire engine that has been placed in service as “ Engine 3” . The fire department has taken delivery of a 2011 KME fire engine which is capable of pumping over 1250 gallons of water per minute.. This fire engine is fully equipped with the latest innovations in fire protection and emergency medical services equipment. It is powered by a Navistar diesel engine that conforms to new emissions standards. The new fire engine replaces a 1995 KME pumper that will be placed in reserve status. North Alabama Fire Equipment of Decatur, Alabama was awarded the bid as the vendor and KME, the manufacturer, is located in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania.
In December, the department accepted delivery of a newly refurbished rescue/ transport unit that was placed in service as Rescue 40 at fire station 4 on Municipal Drive. The rescue truck was originally a 1995 unit with a Ford F450 chassis. Custom Truck Works of Woodbury, Georgia received the bid to refurbish the unit. The original rescue body was removed from the 1995 Ford chassis and all of the components were reworked or replaced. The newly refurbished body was then placed on a new 2012 Ford F450 Super Duty 4 wheel drive chassis. In essence, this unit is like new saving the taxpayers thousands of dollars versus the cost of a total new unit. Another 1995 rescue/transport unit is currently undergoing the same refurbishing process and should be delivered by February of 2012. |
