Park Hills Fire Dept.

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Fire Chief: Rick Whaley

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Non-emergency calls: (573) 431-3397
Or: (573) 431-2381

410 Front Street
Park Hills, MO 63601

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Jason Reeves, Captain

Jeremy Holmes, Captain

Ken Horton, Assistant Chief

John Reeves, Safety Officer

About the Park Hills Fire Department

The Park Hills Fire Department was formed on January 1, 1994. It was formed from three existing Fire Departments when the towns of Elvins, Esther, Flat River and Rivermines, Missouri consolidated to form the new City of Park Hills, Missouri. We serve a municipal population of 8,250 and a rural population of approximately 6,000. We are funded by the City of Park Hills. We offer fire protection contracts in the surrounding rural area to offset some of the expense incurred by the City.

We currently have a roster of 23 volunteers. Our command structure consists of a Chief, an Assistant Chief, two Captains, and two Lieutenants. We operate out of two engine houses. We have earned an ISO rating of five.

Park Hills is one of 12 Departments in St. Francois County. All departments are dispatched from a Central Dispatch Center located in Park Hills. St. Francois County has a very active Mutual Aid Agreement. All Departments are involved in various 1st Alarm assignments involving Mutual Aid from various departments, according to type of alarm and location.

Municipal Code Chapter 200 authorizes 45 volunteer firefighters. The department currently seeks to add volunteer personnel through an application and training process. Applications may be requested from the Fire Chief or the offices of City Hall.

The Fire Department equipment

2005 Pierce Contender, Fire Pumper
1992 KME/International 1,250 G.P.M. Pumper with 1,000 gal. tank
1987 Pierce/Ford Midship 1,000 G.P.M. Pumper with 750 gal. tank
1984 Towers/GMC 750 G.P.M. Front Mount Pumper with 1,000 gal. tank
1982 Pierce/Ford 1,000 G.P.M. Midship Pumper with 750 gal. tank
1996 International Tanker
2005 Light Rescue
1989 Chevrolet Brush Truck
1988 Chevrolet Crew Cab Brush Truck

***Call History and Detail***
Type of Call	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Med. Emergency	413	453	493	475	286	144	188	272	249	247	317	211	210
Structure Fires	28	55	28	26	31	30	34	26	18	39	24	31	29
Brush Fires	40	36	16	15	50	34	23	18	15	28	50	27	24
Vehicle Fires	27	31	25	20	20	23	17	15	13	12	8	9	8
Other Fires	24	22	16	10	16	17	15	8	14	37	44	148	42
Vehicle Accidents	80	86	67	65	76	64	55	58	54	12	8	9	8
HazMat	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	15	10	16	5	15	11
Mutual Aid Calls	52	55	54	84	117	113	59	48	52	97	64	83	57
False Alarms	49	63	51	80	89	91	86	66	65	53	88	271	221
Disregarded	0	0	0	0	0	0	117	89	111	110	71	71	69
Other Calls	75	55	46	71	46	26	22	48	16	152	44	37	35
Total Calls	788	856	796	846	731	542	630	663	617	694	776	872	649

County, Regional and State Organizations

Radio Frequencies Used

Fire Main 154.340
Fire Ground 153.830
State Mutual Aid 154.280

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. The City of Park Hills is a Third-class Missouri municipal corporation and an equal opportunity employer.