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1791 Harshman Road
Riverside, Ohio 45424-5017
Phone Numbers:
City Offices: 937-233-1801
Fax Number: 937-237-5965
Emergency:
Police and Fire: 911
Non-Emergency: 937-233-2080
Hours:
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday-Friday
Links:
Public Records Request
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Fire and EMS Department
Welcome to the City of Riverside Fire Department web page.
The City of Riverside provides fire and medical response services to 26,000-plus residents over 8.5 square miles. We are a department of 52 uniformed personnel. The department has 2 fire stations each manned by four firefighter/EMTs and a Battalion Chief. Personnel respond to both medical and fire calls. We hope that the information within this site will be helpful and useful.
Below, are the winners of the 2011 Fire Prevention Week Poster Contest. We want to thank all of the students who participated.
HEATING
In 2008, heating equipment was involved in an estimated 66,100 reported U.S. home structure fires, with associated losses of 480 civilian deaths, 1,660 civilian injuries, and $1.1 billion in direct property damage. These fires accounted for 17% of all reported home fires.
Facts & Figures
Based on 2004-2008 annual averages:
• Space heaters, whether portable or stationary, accounted for one-third (32%) of home heating fires and four out of five (82%) of home heating fire deaths.
• The leading factor contributing to home heating fires (25%) was failure to clean, principally creosote from solid-fueled heating equipment, primarily chimneys.
• Placing things that can burn too close to heating equipment or placing heating equipment too close to things that can burn, such as upholstered furniture, clothing, mattress, or bedding, was the leading factor contributing to ignition in fatal home heating fires and accounted for more than half (52%) of home heating fire deaths.
• Half (49%) of all home heating fires occurred in December, January and February.
Source: NFPA’s “Home Fires Involving Heating Equipment” report by John R. Hall, Jr., September 2010.
Monthly Reports:
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
Fire Prevention and Education
• Plan and Permit Review
• Foster Care Home Fire Inspections
• Station Tours
• Child Car Seat Installations
• Block Party Visits
Fire Suppression and EMS
• Station Locations
If you are interested in any service that the Fire Department has to offer please contact us at (937) 233-1801.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
In a disaster, local officials and relief workers cannot reach everyone immediately. Help may not arrive for hours or days. You and your family need to be prepared ahead of time because you won’t have time to shop or search for the supplies you will need when a disaster strikes.
Most disasters are natural disasters, the result of some force of nature, such as tornadoes, sever storms, and floods. Some natural disasters can be predicted, such as severe winter storms, while others, such as tornadoes and earthquakes, happen with little or no warning.
Some disasters are the cause of human actions, intentional or unintentional. A disaster plan will help with safety, security, and comfort.
Regardless of the type of disaster, there are things you can do to prepare. Visit the FEMA Web site, Ready.gov, or Montgomery County Emergency Management Web Site to make sure you are aware of the potential for natural disasters in our community. After you have identified the types of disasters that could strike where you live, create a family disaster plan that can apply to any type of disaster – natural, unintentional, or intentional.
Prepare an emergency supplies kit
Disaster can occur suddenly and without warning. They can be frightening for adults, but they are traumatic for children if they don’t know what to do when these events occur. Children depend on daily routines. When an emergency disturbs their routine, children can become nervous. In an emergency, they’ll look to parents or other adults to help.
How parents react to an emergency gives children an indication on how to act. They see their parents’ fear as proof that the danger is real. A parent’s response during this time may have a long-term impact. Including children in the family’s recovery plans will help them feel that their life will return to normal.
Families should prepare an emergency supplies kit and develop a plan. Practice your plan so that everyone will remember what to do in an emergency. Everyone in the home, including children, should play a part in the family’s response and recovery efforts. Remember: make the plan simple so everyone can remember the details.
Useful Links
FEMA Web Site
http://www.fema.gov/
Ready.gov
http://www.ready.gov/america/index.html
Montgomery County Emergency Management
http://www.mcohio.org/services/emergencymgt/