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West Metro Fire-Rescue
District is a prevention-oriented
organization serving the cities of Crystal
and New Hope. West Metro is dedicated to
preventing fires before they happen and
protecting the lives and property of the
customers we serve. The fire prevention
office is staffed by two full-time fire
inspectors and assisted by up to five
part-time inspectors, as well as, the entire
paid-on-call firefighter staff in
accomplishing a wide range of services.
The main focus of the
prevention staff is fire code compliance.
All new and existing buildings in the cities
are monitored through plan review, general
inspections, and fire or life-safety
complaint investigations. Paid- on-call
firefighters are also cross-trained in
inspections on a part-time basis to assist
the full-time inspectors as needed.
Another large part of
the prevention staff’s responsibility is
developing, implementing, and coordinating
both cities’ public education programs and
events related to fire prevention. This is
again accomplished by utilizing the entire
paid-on-call firefighter staff to bring our
fire prevention messages to the intended
audience throughout the communities.
Even with a large focus
on fire prevention we can not prevent every
fire. Therefore when a fire does occur in
either city served, it is the responsibility
of the fire inspectors to attempt to
determine the origin and cause of these
fires when possible. This information is
crucial in designing fire prevention and
public education programs that target
potential fires in our communities. |
