Operations

The department operates out of two fire stations with four shifts or groups that work twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year. Each shift has:

• 1 Captain who serves as the Shift Commander
• 1 Fire Alarm Operator
• 1 Firefighter
• 1 Firefighter/Paramedic (staffing the Beach station)
• 1 Lieutenant
• 5 Firefighters staffing the Headquarters station

The firefighters and officers on each duty shift serve as the first responders to all emergency and non-emergency incidents as well as providing various levels of public assistance and education.