Fire Department Open House

About the Fire Department Open House

The annual Chesterfield Township Fire Department Open House engages hundreds of residents in a carnival-like atmosphere and educates the public on a variety of fire safety and public health topics. It is the department's largest community risk reduction event of the year.

The 2026 Open House is on Sunday, October 11, from 12:00 to 3:00 PM at Fire Station 3, 33991 23 Mile Road, at the corner of 23 Mile Road and Baker. The free, family-friendly event caps off National Fire Prevention Week.

Families walking among Truck 3, the engines and a vintage pumper at the Open House

What to Expect

Fire trucks and apparatus to explore, inside and out
Tours of the Fire Safety House trailer
Vehicle extrication and fire hose demonstrations
kID Print photo IDs
Kids activities, inflatables and games
Meet your firefighters, police officers and Sparky
Popcorn, cider and donuts

Part of a Year of Community Outreach

The Open House appears in every recent Department of Public Safety Annual Report as one of the department's signature outreach events. In 2022 the fire department hosted it alongside school and daycare visits, station tours with safety demonstrations, siren tests, a fire extinguisher class, senior health fairs and blood pressure days, and the Junior and Citizens' Public Safety Academies.

The same outreach work continues each year. In 2024 the Department of Public Safety installed 65 smoke detectors and 14 CO alarms, trained 189 CPR/BLS students and held three off-site fire safety demonstrations. In 2025 it trained 148 students in CPR, installed 49 smoke and CO detectors, conducted 34 child car seat inspections and took part in six Red Cross blood drives.

Supported by the Friends of the Fire Department

The Friends of Chesterfield Local Fire Department, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2024, supports the Open House along with its own community events such as Beat the Heat, Trunk or Treat and the Giving Tree.