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men and women of the Madeira and Indian Hill Fire Department
and Life Squad pride themselves in their ability to provide
first class emergency care to the citizens of our communities.
For the benefit of some of our newer residents, as well
as for those who may not know, your fire department and
life squad is comprised of sixteen (16) career professionals
and thirty (30) paid on-call professionals. The fire
district also employs a clerk who handles the accounting
and bookkeeping.
The fire district operates out of two fire stations,
one located at Miami and Euclid in Madeira and the other
located at Drake and Shawnee Run Roads in Indian Hill
with the latter being the headquarters station for the
district.
Most generally when people think of fire departments
and the services they perform, the first things that
come to mind are fire suppression, rescue and emergency
medical services. Locally your fire department also responds
and assists on emergency to property calls such as flooding,
broken water lines, trees on buildings, and power lines
down. Personnel help to clear the roads and highways
from fuel spills and auto accidents, respond to hazardous
materials incidents, regulate underground storage tanks,
enforce open burning regulations and help with disaster
preparedness. The fire department also inspects and conducts
preventive maintenance on the approximately 1,500 fire
hydrants located in the district twice each year, once
in the spring and once in the fall.
In order to help keep operating costs down, fire department
personnel do all of the preventive maintenance on fire
and life squad equipment and vehicles. Such things as
oil changes, lubrication, minor repairs and adjustments
are all done by fire district employees.
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Our mission is to strive
to be the very best we can in what we do and to provide
the best possible care to our citizens.
The men and women of the
Madeira and Indian Hill Fire Department, whether career
or volunteer, are both professional and extremely proficient.
We encourage our citizens to stop by the fire stations
and take a tour.
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