Fire Operations

History

On October 11, 1848 a group of Holland citizens met to discuss fire dangers such as wooden buildings, underbrush and spring fires, thus establishing the first  fire department in the City of Holland.

PersonnelIce Rescue Crew Standing in front of a Department truck

  •  In 2010 the City’s Police and Fire department’s consolidated to form a single Public Safety Unit, which is overseen by one Public Safety Chief. Operating under the Chief and assigned solely to the Fire division are two full-time Captains.
  • The Holland Fire Department is a combination fire department, meaning we employ a mixture of  career and volunteer (part-paid) Fire Fighters.
  •  In addition to the Captain, HFD employs 21 full-time firefighters, 21 paid on call firefighters, a full-time Fire Marshal, a full-time Training Officer, and a Department Assistant.
  • Our Full time Fire fighters work 48hr shifts, every week. Our part paid Fire Fighters are on call 24hrs a day, 7 days a week