Prevention

Our Fire Prevention division is ready to assist with your fire prevention efforts!

We believe that preventing fire emergencies in our district is the best outcome for the safety of the public and our emergency responders. Please contact us and our Fire Prevention staff will reach out to provide you with resources at your home or business.

Working Smoke Detectors Save Lives!

New construction materials and modern furnishings combust with a much higher energy release than legacy materials, meaning you could have as few as 2 minutes to exit your home from the time a fire ignites. Properly functioning smoke detectors alert occupants to danger sooner, giving you and your family the best chance of surviving a fire.

Developing and practicing a home escape plan with all occupants of your home is a perfect addition to smoke alarm installation and maintenance. Practice exiting your home using different methods, teach children to crawl under smoke, meet in a designated safe location, and call 911 early to start fire department response.

Maintain Existing Fire Protection and Detection Systems

Commercial occupancies are required to undergo extensive design and permitting to ensure that employees and the general public are not adversely placed in danger in the event of an emergency at the location. These systems may detect and suppress fire while alerting building occupants.

Maintenance of these critical systems is vital to protecting building occupants in the event of a fire emergency. These systems also assist the fire suppression crews by minimizing the damage caused from a fire in your building.

Website Accessibility Statement

North Douglas County Fire & EMS is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, North Douglas County Fire & EMS has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (541) 836-2282

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

North Douglas County Fire & EMS has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, North Douglas County Fire & EMS regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (541) 836-2282.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.