Membership Information

The Grand Rapids Fire Department consists of 1 Fire Chief, 9 Officers, 30 Members, Associate Members, Associate EMS Members, and a variable number of honorary members. The most recent department photo can be found here.

Interested in joining GRVFD? Check out the links to our Recruitment Overview and then our Bylaws and Constitution for membership requirements and duty details. Also, feel free to view our Minimum Operating Guidelines for truck response order, radio use policy and other response guidelines.

GRVFD Run Break Down

Type of Calls 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Vehicle Accidents 25 26 23 19 20
Vehicle Fires 5 2 6 4 2
Brush/Grass/Woods/Burning Complaints 4 4 33 8 14
CO Calls 8 4 5 6 5
Structure Fires 25 28 11 9 16
Power Lines Down or Tree With Fires 4 1 4 5 7
Smoke/Lightning Investigations 2 2 1 8 3
Gas Leaks 2 1 4 1 1
False Alarms 13 6 6 4 7
LZ Set Up 2 1 3 1 3
Search & Rescue (lost person) 2 3 6 0 0
EMS Calls 236 191 186 164 126
Other Calls/Assisting other Department 4 2 0 4 0
Mutual Aid – EMS Departments 12 11 7 13 5
Mutual Aid – Fire Departments and RIT 10 15 20 20 12

 

The location of fire calls responded to are as follows:

Locations 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Town of Grand Rapids - Fire 54 40 75 43 42
Town of Grand Rapids - EMS 224 180 186 164 126
Town of Grant - Fire 17 6 18  19  22
Town of Saratoga - Fire 14 17 15  19  14
Mutual Aid (not in contracted areas) 10 15 20 21  17