Story by Michael Contaxis,
1st Assistant Chief Warwick Fire Department
The Warwick Fire Department (WFD) has responded to 86 calls for service to date as of Sun., Mar. 29.
A message about the Coronavirus from the Warwick Fire Department. We are constantly in contact with the Orange County Health Department and the Orange County Department of Emergency Services to keep our community and our firefighters safe. We have taken all necessary precautions and actions to keep our first responders on the front line safe. Please be patient with your family, neighbors and friends. Practice social distancing and order from our local restaurants to support our local businesses. Please be patient at Price Chopper and Shoprite; we don’t need to buy everything every trip or send our kids into a store for a bag of chips. Use common sense. Thank our Doctors, Nurses, LPNs, CNAs, EMTs, Warwick Police Dispatchers, Police Officers, Warwick Ambulance, Mobile Life, Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and the O.C. Division of Emergency Services Police, Fire, Dispatch, EMS and Health for keeping us safe. We will prevail. Be safe, patient, and thankful.
Warwick Fire Prevention Report
While home with your children practice safety with Sparky.org learning educational online safety tips to keep your children and you Warwick Fire Safe.
Fire prevention is a function of the Warwick Fire Department. The goal is to educate the public to take precautions to prevent potentially harmful fires, and be educated about surviving them. It is a proactive method of reducing emergencies and the damage caused by them. Most importantly we want to keep our residents and our neighboring communities Fire Safe. Fire Prevention will take place this year from Oct. 5 through Oct. 11. The national theme will be announced on June 1. Follow NFPA.org to get up to date educational information on Fire Prevention.
If you are in need of a driveway marker for emergencies contact the Warwick Fire Department. We are trying to get all homes properly listed and lengths of driveways marked in the event of a fire or other emergencies.
For any business or residential unit owner in the Warwick Fire District that is interested in a Knox box system for gaining entry to their property in the event of an emergency to cause no damage during entry contact the WFD.
Warwick Fire Needs Firefighters
For those who are 16 years of age or older who want to give back to the community, join the Warwick Fire Department. For more information call 986-3473 or send an email to wfd634c@yahoo.com or warwickfire150@gmail.com.
