Welcome
from the Fire Chief -
On
behalf of the 37 members of the City of Antigo Fire Department, I'd like
to welcome you to our web
site. The City of Antigo Fire Department, like many other city departments,
offers a wide variety of services to citizens of both Antigo and Langlade
County. The City of Antigo Fire Department is a combination department
employing twenty (20) full-time firefighters, including a Chief and Deputy
Chief, fifteen (15) paid-on-call employees, and two (2) secretarial positions.
The
mission statement of our department clearly depicts who we are and what
we stand for:
"It is the mission of the Antigo Fire Department to deliver the
best possible service to our customers, treating ourselves and our customers
with respect, patience, and consideration. We pledge to our community that
we shall always strive to continually improve our skills and our customer
service performance".
Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) accounts for a majority of our primary response incidents.
Since 1993, our department has provided emergency medical services at the
basic level, with many upgrades being implemented. The most recent being
an upgrade in service to the Paramedic level begining in January of 2008.
This upgrade provides advanced life support (ALS) to the City of Antigo
as well as surrounding townships of Antigo, Ackley, Neva, Peck, Polar, Price,
Rolling, Summit, Upham, and Vilas. We also have mutual aid contracts with
Elcho EMS, Troutland Rescue, and Pickerel Rescue. The paramedic level of
service also provides ALS intercepts with other ambulance services transporting
to Langlade Hospital.
In
addition to the EMS service, the department provides fire suppression, inspection,
investigation, public education, County wide hazardous material response,
dive team, ice rescue, confined space, and extrication services. Suppression
and inspection services are provided within the corporate limits of the
City, while the remainder of the service is provided countywide. A recent
addition to our services is our participation in Wisconsin Task Force 4.
We currently have nine members of our department trained to participate
with this task force. The services it provides include structural collapse
rescue, trench rescue, confined space rescue, and rope rescue.
Whether
you live in the City of Antigo, Langlade County, or are passing through,
I'm confident that the emergency or non-emergency public safety services
provided by the men and women of the City of Antigo Fire Department will
meet your every need. These professionals take great pride in making sure
they are prepared to assist you and your family members.
In
closing, I hope you will take the opportunity to browse the rest of the
City of Antigo web pages. If we can be of any further service, please don't
hesitate to contact us anytime.
Respectfully,
Jon
Petroskey
Fire
Chief |
