Our Mission
It is the mission of the Ste Genevieve Fire Department to preserve life and property, promote public safety and fire prevention through leadership, management and actions, as an all risk life safety response provider. It is the department’s endeavor to deliver the highest level of service to our residents with the utmost professionalism.
SERVE WITH PRIDE
Ste Gen FD is looking for people who are interested in becoming volunteer members. For a member’s time and commitment we provide equipment and training in a motivating real world environment in order for you to gain an understanding, competence and receive certifications in firefighting. We accept applications throughout the year and bring new members at various times.
Last night SGFD got another opportunity to use an "acquired structure soon to be torn down" for our training session. Due to being in the city and our meetings being at night, we were somewhat limited to some of the evolutions we could due without disturbing the neighbors. We were able to practice hose line advancement, interior search and rescue, ventilation and VES (vent-enter-search) of target areas of a house. Have you ever wondered what it looks like inside a fire? We have attached a short video clip of simulated entry in a smoke filled house. There is usually less visibility than this shows, but it is difficult to simulate the real thing. We also have pics of a firefighter entering thru a window for a search and fire fighter Kate coming out the window head first for rapid exit.
Remember this weekend is spring forward time. “Change your clock ⏰ Change your batteries 🧯
The City of Ste Genevieve and Ste. Genevieve County have issued a burn advisory for our area effective immediately. Burn advisory is similar to a weather watch (the conditions are favorable for bad things to happen). The advisory is due to warm temperatures, low humidity, high winds, and moderate drought conditions. Small fires can grow out of control rapidly. The advisory was placed in effect due to several large brush fires in the immediate region over the last few days requiring state wide mutual aid to extinguish.
