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Hampton's
fire department services reach every home and business
across the Town covering urban, suburban and rural
neighborhoods. Over 40 men and women make up our fire
and rescue service. It is the only entity that is
situated, staffed, trained and equipped to respond to all
types of emergencies. The fire department responds to
natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, tornadoes,
and hurricanes as well as to man-made catastrophes such as
hazardous materials spills, arson and acts of terrorism.
As such, Hampton's fire service is an all-hazard, all risk
response entity.
Community Assistance |
Fire Suppression |
Emergency Medical Service
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Code Enforcement |
Fire Prevention-Education |
Hazardous Materials |
Woodland-Marsh Fire Threat
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Technical Rescue |
Car
Seat Inspections |
Blood
Pressure Checks |
Station Tours
Fire
Apparatus Visits |
Public
Speakers |
Fire Safety House |
Community
Assistance
Excellent
community assistance and customer service is the foundation
for excellence. The employees of Hampton Fire/Rescue
help Hampton's citizens and tourists with their needs every
day of the year. Whether it is by phone or in person,
we assist individuals with a vast array of problems,
concerns, or special needs.
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Fire
Suppression
 Fire suppression
is the traditional role of the fire service today.
Hampton's firefighters combat fires in residential,
industrial, commercial and woodland settings. Each
scenario requires specialized training, equipment, and
varying levels of resources. Our community has become
more dependent on the fire service requiring more
firefighters to cross-train to cover an increased variety of
threats and/or hazards to which they respond.
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Emergency
Medical Service (EMS)
 Hampton
Fire/Rescue offers levels of EMS from basic life support to
advanced paramedic intervention with most firefighters
trained to the Intermediate and Paramedic level. This
allows us to provide life-saving procedures such as advanced
cardiac care and the administration of drugs.
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Code
Enforcement
In Hampton, the
fire department is charged with enforcing building,
occupancy and fire prevention codes. This involves
enforcing the laws that prohibit the existence of conditions
deemed to be a hazard to public health, safety and welfare.
Code enforcement officials conduct inspections to ensure
that a building is in compliance with local and state
ordinances.
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Fire
Prevention/Education
Hampton
Fire/Rescue has the highest degree of fire prevention and
education programs to offer. These outreach programs
allow the fire department to educate the public regarding
fire prevention and life safety issues. Programs
include smoke alarm campaigns, fire safety for school
children, CPR and first aid training for citizens.
These are examples of the many creative public education
programs provided today.
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Hazardous
Materials
 Hazardous
materials response requires specially trained technicians to
have significant working knowledge of chemistry in addition
to firefighting skills. In addition, these technicians
train for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) preparedness and
response. Hazardous materials incidents can range from
small events such as fire in a private pool house where
chlorine is stored to a large tanker truck that spills
anhydrous ammonia, gasoline or some other hazardous or
flammable substance. As trucks carrying the
potentially lethal cargo traverse the Town with numerous
shipments a day, storage and use has become commonplace.
The potential for a hazardous materials incident in Hampton
is extremely high.
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Woodland/Marsh Fire Threat
Hampton, with its
marshes, phragmite population, and wooded areas, faces some
woodland fire threat. Hampton firefighters train and
respond to woodland fires.
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Technical
Rescue
 Technical rescue
covers most of the unimaginable emergencies; victims caught
in a flash flood, water tower workers trapped ten stories
high (high angle rescue), motorists trapped in crushed,
overturned cars and trucks (vehicle extrication), and people
trapped in collapsed buildings (collapse rescue).
Technical rescue also may include trench rescue, confined
space rescue, and open water operations. Hampton
Fire/Rescue meets these unique challenges and is considered
a multi-hazard, disciplined organization. We have
proven to be effective in a variety of emergencies and
disasters, including hurricanes, nor'easters, storms,
floods, technological accidents, marine rescues, and
hazardous materials releases.
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Car Seat Inspections
 The
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that
nearly 73 percent of all child restraints are improperly
used, needlessly exposing children to an increased risk of
death or injury.
Hampton Fire & Rescue
has specially certified firefighters that are available to
install and inspect your child's car seat to ensure that it
is properly and safely done as well as instruct parents,
family, and caregivers on how to install it themselves.
You can call 926-3316 to make an appointment or stop by one
of our fire stations to have yours done.
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Blood Pressure Checks
 To have your blood
pressure checked you can stop by one of our fire stations.
If you cannot get to us we will come to you, all you have to
do is call 926-3316.
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Station Tours
Tours may be
scheduled by calling 926-3316. Firefighters are available to
put on their fire gear while a speaker discusses each item and
its safety aspect. Also, each piece of fire apparatus and
the equipment on it can be seen and discussed. Attendees may sit in the apparatus and
parents are welcome to take pictures. We can also
answer any questions that you may have about Hampton Fire &
Rescue.
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Fire Apparatus Visits
 Apparatus can be
scheduled to come to schools, churches, public functions,
businesses and grand openings. Firefighters get the
opportunity at such events to teach about fire safety issues
and about the rewarding careers in the fire service as well
as show Hampton citizens their fire apparatus. Call 926-3316
to make an appointment.
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Public Speakers
We welcome
invitations for public speaking at
schools, businesses,
public functions, churches, and other meetings of
civic groups. Fire department members take the
opportunity to talk about all aspects of public safety and
our role in the community.
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Fire Safety House
 The Fire Safety
House was purchased in 2005 with primary funding coming from
FEMA. Additional funding came from the citizens and
businesses in
Hampton and various other contributors. The traveling
house is used to teach fire safety issues in the home.
Call the Fire Prevention Bureau at 929-1920 for more
information.
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