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Springfield Township Fire Department was established in 1947. The idea of having a fire department in Springfield Twp. was brought about by Charles Hillman because of 3 fires in the mid 1940's. Charles went to the township board and received approval at the April board meeting to start a fire dept. The newly formed fire department started with Fire Chief Charles Hillman, 15 charter members and a 1948 two-ton Chevy truck chassis customized with high pressure and 430 gallons of water from the John Bean Co. in Lansing.
Today at STFD
Today the Springfield Township Fire Department has two stations and nine apparatus covering 36 square miles and responds to fire and medical/rescue calls. Springfield Township Fire Dpartment consists of the following fulltime personnel:
1 fulltime Fire Chief
1 Assistant Chief
1 fulltime firefighter/EMT
1 fulltime EMT/Hazmat tech
We also have 27 paid on-call firefighting/EMS personnel, 7 paramedics, 9 EMT's, 10 MFR's and 3 firefighters that are Hazmat Technicians.
In 2005 Springfield Twp. Fire Dept. responded to 740 calls and 708 calls in 2006. We are a Basic Life Support, non-transporting department. Springfield Township Fire Department is part of the North Oakland County Hazmat Team and is trained for terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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