Fire Suppression

Emergency Response

Crews respond to fire incidents 24 hours a day, 365 days a year from two stations, cross-manning two engines, a ladder truck and a command vehicle.

1,420

Runs in 2025

775 Station 1, 645 Station 3

4/4x

ISO Designation

Fire Stations

4 to 9

Suppression Staff On Duty

About the Fire Suppression

The Chesterfield Township Fire Department responds to fire incidents 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Suppression is led by the Fire Chief, who oversees day-to-day operations, with a designated officer-in-charge fulfilling command functions on emergency scenes.

The department holds a 4/4x ISO designation. Crews respond from two stations and cross-man two fire engines, a ladder truck and a command vehicle. In late 2025 Chesterfield and New Baltimore upgraded their mutual aid agreement to automatic aid: on any human report of smoke or flames in either jurisdiction, both departments are now dispatched at the same time.

When more personnel are needed they are summoned through the Macomb County mutual aid system of alarm cards. A first alarm in Chesterfield Township brings five neighboring agencies with three engines, one truck, one water tender and 18 personnel, and alarms progress to a fifth alarm. In areas without hydrants, additional water is requested through the Macomb County Fire Chiefs' Water Tender Strike Team.

The department runs a combination staffing model: a core group of full-time personnel on three 24-hour shifts, supplemented by part-time firefighters who work 12 or 24 hour increments. On any given day there is a minimum of four and a maximum of nine suppression personnel on duty.

Responsibilities

Respond to structure, vehicle, wildland and marine fires across the township
Provide an officer-in-charge to command emergency scenes
Cross-man engines, the ladder truck and the command vehicle from two stations
Respond on automatic aid with New Baltimore Fire Department
Request mutual aid through the Macomb County alarm card system
Draw on the county Water Tender Strike Team where there are no hydrants

Risk Levels

Low risk fires are dumpster, vehicle and small outdoor fires. Medium risk fires are single-family dwelling and small commercial fires. High risk fires are fires in multi-family dwellings and commercial buildings, and rapidly moving wildland fires.

The department built its critical tasking around the staffing it actually has each day and the mutual aid close at hand, starting from NFPA and NIOSH guidance and weighing how often each task is needed against the consequence of assigning one person to two tasks.

Fire Suppression

Facts and Figures

Fire Critical Tasking: Personnel Needed by Risk Level (CRA/SOC)
Task	Low Risk	Medium Risk	High Risk
Incident Command	1	1	3
Pump Operations	1	1	2
Fire Attack	1-2	2	6
Water Supply		1	2
Search / Ventilation		2	6
Forcible Entry / Ladders		2	4
Rapid Intervention Crew		4	4
Effective Response Force	3-4	13	27

Mutual and Automatic Aid, 2025 (all call types, CRA/SOC)
Department	Aid Given	Aid Received
Selfridge ANG	0	18
New Baltimore	8	14 mutual, 4 automatic
Macomb Township	5	4
Lenox Township	0	8
New Haven	0	7
Mt. Clemens	0	1
Harrison Township	2	1
Ira Township	0	1
Washington Township	2	0
SE Michigan Dive Group	2
Total	19	58

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