McDonough Fire Department

Featured Firefighter Friday Say hello to Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Akins. Michael has been a member of MFD for 4 years. During that time, he has distinguished himself both as a Firefighter and as a Driver/Operator. He is currently assigned to Station 52.

A beautiful day in McDonough for your firefighters to be out servicing hydrants. MFD services every fire hydrant within each station's response area on a bi-annual basis. During this process, all brush, and any other obstructions around the hydrants, are cleared and all of the hydrants are opened, greased, and painted. This ensures that all hydrants are operational and easily accessible if a water supply is needed to supplement the 1,000 gallons carried on our fire engines.

Beautiful day for some Aerial Master Stream training.

Donations for the families impacted by an apartment fire last night can be dropped off at the following two locations: McDonough Fire Department - Station 51 88 Keys Ferry Street McDonough, GA 30253... McDonough Fire Department - Station 52 1063 Avalon Parkway McDonough, GA 30253

Winter Weather Preparedness Week continues, and today’s subject covers the National Weather Service’s Winter Watch, Warning and Advisory Program. Do you know t...he difference between a Winter Storm Watch, Winter Storm Warning and a Winter Weather Advisory? Here’s the criteria for north and central Georgia. See more

Now accepting applications for Firefighter/EMT-I or AEMT. The deadline for applications is Nov. 25, 2020. Applications can be picked up at McDonough City Hall or downloaded at www.mcdonoughga.org.

Thank you to all that have served!

You're invited! Free Community Risk Reduction training hosted by McDonough Fire Dept. Basic Community Risk Reduction Training Friday, Jan 22nd (Registration opens Oct 21st) UGA Henry County Extension Office... 97 Lake Dow Rd McDonough, GA 30252 The Basic Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Educator training is a free 8 hour interactive workshop that provides the foundation for injury prevention personnel, volunteers, firefighters, support personnel, health department personnel, and law enforcement to make a positive change in the community by educating on risk reduction topics. Lunch is provided. Topics covered: Presenting injury prevention to various age groups, planning educations, evaluation of programs, history of CRR, integrating injury prevention messaging with STEM education, and unified statewide messaging. Attendees will receive a copy of the Georgia Unified Community Risk Reduction Guide which includes a guide on integrating into the Georgia Board of Education Curriculum and a week by week topic guide for messaging. The training is a collaboration with the Georgia Fire Fatality Task Force, Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs, Georgia Firefighters Association, Georgia Public Safety Educators Association, Georgia Fire Inspectors Association, Georgia Fire Academy and Safe Kids Georgia. Safe Kids Georgia received a grant from State Farm Insurance to teach these classes across the state, provide materials, and lunch for attendees. **Approved Training hours for Fire and CEUs for EMS There are two ways to sign up, if the registrant has a Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) ID, they need to sign up at: https://access.gpstc.org/student/classes/details Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/basic-community-risk-reduction CRR Training is now approved for EMS hours thru the State Office, along with Fire Training hours. It can count for POST if a POST Instructor is in attendance and can submit it.

PSA....Grease + Water = Bad!