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Fire Department
The Claremont Fire Department is staffed with 16 full-time firefighters, a full-time Fire Chief, a Deputy Chief of Operations, a Deputy Chief of Fire Prevention, a part-time Fire Prevention Coordinator, and 9 call firefighters. We respond to nearly 1,500 calls for service annually, with a strong focus on providing quality service to our community in life safety and property conservation.
Core Values
Every member of the Claremont Fire Department shall take personal ownership of our mission by subscribing to the following values:
Professional Excellence
We recognize our value to the community is best demonstrated through fire service excellence and high professional standards. We will adhere to these values by continually seeking an expanded base of knowledge and the growth of our individual professional development.
Teamwork and Leadership
We acknowledge that teamwork and leadership at all levels are vital to improving the efficiency of the service we provide to our community. It shall be the responsibility of all members, regardless of rank, to promote team cohesiveness by the involvement of all their peers and the exclusion of none in all department efforts.
Integrity and Innovation
We understand the trust that the community places in us and will always act with honesty, integrity and respect when dealing with all members of the public and with each other. We will commit ourselves to progressive ideas and seek to be instruments of positive change that will improve our department and the growth and economic development of the community we serve.
Health and Safety
We accept as a personal responsibility, the health and safety of the members of our community through our actions at all of our emergency and service responses. We shall also assume personal accountability for our own health and wellness and continually work to maintain a level of fitness that will best serve our community and our fellow firefighter.
