The Warsaw Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency response services for the City of Warsaw and Wayne Township with a population of 38,000.  The Department provides fire and rescue coverage for 48 square miles and has mutual aid agreements with 12 area departments that serve 78,000 people.  The Department is a member of MABAS Division 204, Kosciusko County, through District 2, MABAS 201 Technical Rescue Team that assists 7 counties and a population of 640,000.  The Department assists Kosciusko County in hazardous material responses, fire investigation, rope rescue, confined space rescue and trench rescue, and has recently expanded its services in the area of EMS.  The Department also has an automatic aid agreement with the Winona Lake Fire Department to respond on calls during the day and will assist the Claypool Fire Department protecting the largest bio-diesel refinery plant in the world. 

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The Warsaw Fire Department is a combination department with 30 career firefighters and 17 volunteers.  The Department also staffs the Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, Training Officer and Administrative Assistant. 

 

In addition to fire protection the Department provides fire safety public education ranging from pre-school children to senior citizens in schools, homes, retirement homes and businesses.  The Department works closely with the City to maintain city and state building codes to ensure the best possible safety for all citizens.   

 

The Hazardous Materials Response Team (Haz-Mat) is an emergency organization existing and trained for the purpose of protecting the public and the environment in the event of a chemical release or hazardous material accident.  Our Haz-Mat team will not clean up a chemical spill.  We will, however, attempt to contain and control a spill so as to minimize public harm and clean-up efforts. 

The Haz-Mat team officially started operation on January 1, 1992 and consists of members from Warsaw and Kosciusko County fire departments, emergency medical services, law enforcement and private industry.  The team purchased monitoring equipment, chemical protective suits, self-contained breathing apparatuses, communications equipment and chemical absorbents.