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Fire Department The Jeffersonville Fire Department was founded in 1871 and its ranks include full-time, professional firefighters who are member of International Association of Firefighters Local 558. The department provides fire suppression, heavy rescue, non-transport emergency medical care and HAZMAT response. The department is currently working toward its certification for water rescues. The Jeffersonville Fire Department serves approximately 30 square miles from 4 fire stations. Fire Department Staff Lt. Col. Tony Decker, Deputy Chief Lt. Col. Shawn Grant, Deputy Chief Lt. Col. Joe Lee, Deputy Chief Major Mike McCutcheon, Fire Marshal Major Jason Sharp, Fire Marshal Fire Merit Commission The Jeffersonville Fire Merit Commission meets at 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month in the Mayor's Conference Room at City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court. The Fire Merit Commission was created by City Council resolution 2008-R-029 and amended by resolution 2009-R-018, under the authority granted by Indiana Code 36-8-3.5. The Commission is responsible for hiring, disciplinary actions and promotions within the fire department. Under Indiana Code, its five members include appointments by the mayor (two), City Council (one) and International Association of Firefighters Local 558 (two). The Fire Merit Commission will not consider applications for employment that come from sources other than the city's Human Resources Department. Thanking Ned Pfau
Pfau is President and CEO of Geo. Pfau's Sons Company, which donated the land for the Survive Alive House at the southeast corner of Eighth and Wall streets from 1985 until the house was decommissioned last month. The Survive Alive House, located across Wall Street from Fire Station No. 1, helped teach thousands of local children fire safety techniques. In recent years -- as schools have decreased the number of field trips classes can take, the house received less use. The Jeffersonville Fire Department is hoping to secure a grant that would allow the purchase of a mobile Survive Alive House that could be taken to schools and youth organizations. Training Tower Nearing Completion
When Station No. 2 was built, it was estimated that the tower would cost $230,000. But firefighters have done much of the work themselves and have kept construction costs to approximately $74,000, Decker said. Another $20,000 will be needed to purchase insulated burn panels, he said. Use of the training tower is likely to improve the department's score with its Insurance Service Office (ISO) rating. "It will be the last piece as far as having all of the categories for ISO," said Decker. ISO rates fire protection on a 10-point scale. Class 1 generally means a department offers superior fire protection. Class 10 fails to meet ISO's minimum standards. Jeffersonville has Class 5 fire protection. Click HERE to see a graph showing the breakdown of fire protection in Indiana. WHAS Crusade for Children
During the first full weekend each June, WHAS 11 and WHAS-AM 840 broadcast the WHAS Crusade for Children. The Jeffersonville Fire Department is among scores of fire departments in Kentucky and Southern Indiana that have helped raise more than $133 million for special needs children since the event was founded in 1954. According to the WHAS Crusade for Children Web site, more than 3 million children in 120 Kentucky and 50 Southern Indiana counties have received assistance since the annual fundraiser began. |
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Tony Harrod and Deputy Chief Shawn Grant presented Ned Pfau with a
plaque on
Tuesday, June 8, 2010, recognizing Pfau's service to the
Jeffersonville Fire Department.
The
Jeffersonville Fire Department is putting the finishing touches on a
five-level training tower that will greatly enhance the department's
training capabilities. Located behind Station No. 2 (fire
headquarters), the five-level tower will allow in-house training on
everything from live burns to ladders and rappelling to
search-and-rescue, said Deputy Chief Tony Decker.%20015.jpg)
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