Fairview Heights Fire Department

Newest Fire Station
	The Fairview-Caseyville Township Fire Protection District maintains a fire insurance rating of 4 for a majority of the fire protection area it covers. This is most impressive as the department is an all-volunteer agency and not employees of the city.
The Fire Department, which is comprised of 3 full-time and 37 volunteer members, handles daily fire service requirements. The Fairview Fire Department provides fire protection for a 13.5 square mile area bounded by Old Collinsville Road on the East Boundary, Drake Road and the Caseyville Township Line on the South Boundary, Caseyville Township Line from Dutch Hollow Road to Bunkum Road on the West Boundary, and a section line North of Milburn School and O'Fallon Road from Highland Road to Old Collinsville Road on the North Boundary The 37 volunteer members have various occupations but one primary goal ... "To Serve The Community". . Ninety percent are extremely well trained and successfully passed the State Fire Marshal's Office testing to be certified at the Fire Fighter II level. Continuous in-house training is provided all members which is one of the reasons the Fire Department has an Insurance Service Rating of “4” helping to lower your homeowner's premiums.
Outlying areas of Fairview Heights are protected by five other protective departments.

Fire Prevention and Safety Tips:

• Install a smoke alarm on every floor of your home. Check the batteries once a month, and change the batteries at least twice a year. Suggestion - change the batteries when you set your clocks for daylight savings time.
• Keep fire extinguishers where they are most likely to be needed.
• Don't play with fire around children and keep matches out of children’s reach.
• Keep space heaters away from curtains and other flammable materials.
• Install guards around fireplaces, radiators, pipes and wood-burning stoves.
• Plan and practice a fire escape route with your family or roommates.

• Gather everyone together at a convenient time.
• Sketch a floor plan of all rooms, including doors, windows and hallways. include all floors of the home.
• Plan and draw the escape plan with arrows showing two ways, if possible, to get out of each room. Sleeping areas are most important, since many fires happen at night.
• Plan to use stairs only, never an elevator.
• Plan where everyone will meet after leaving the building.
• Designate who should call the fire department.
• Plan to leave the burning building first and then call from a phone nearby, if possible.

• Remember and use the following guidelines to escape from fire:

• If smoke is present, crawl low to escape. Because smoke rises in a fire, breathable air is often close to the floor.
• Make sure children can open windows, go down a ladder and lower themselves to the ground, if not learn and practice the buddy system.
• Practice with them. Always lower children to the ground first before you go out a window.
• Get out quickly and do not, under any circumstances, return to a burning building. Contents can be replaced - lives can not!
• If you cannot escape, stay in the room and stuff door cracks and vents with wet towels, rags or clothing.
• If a phone is available, call the fire department—even if rescuers are already outside—and tell them your location.