Prevention and Pre-Planning

The Deposit Fire Department is proud to be rated as a Class 3 Department by the Insurance Services Office.

Our Prevention and Pre-Planning Division is responsible for handling a wide variety of tasks.  This division manages all of our public relations events, trainings, special event coverage and pre-planning.  Our Prevention and Pre-Planning division works with different community organizations and businesses to offer demonstrations, trainings and station tours.  Some of these organizations and businesses include the Deposit Central School District, Deposit Head Start, Wilson Children's Center, Deposit Senior Center, ADEC Solutions and EZ-RED Tools.

Through our pre-incident planning, we strive to improve community safety and reduce risk.  We partner with our water department, code enforcement office and ISO to conduct routine community risk assessments.  Our Prevention and Pre-Planning Division also sets up walkthroughs of local business and neighborhoods to help our firefighters identify tactics and strategies for managing emergencies in these specific locations.  Our Prevention and Pre-Planning Division works with community members, organizations and our municipal partners in designing pre-plans for large community events and coordinates safety meetings pertaining to those events.       

Our Prevention and Pre-Planning Division works hand-in-hand with our local Code Enforcement Officers to help ensure public safety.  Some of the things we work on jointly include reviewing plans for new building construction, building renovations, site design changes, general public safety concerns, etc.       

The Deposit Fire Department partners with the American Red Cross.  The American Red Cross is making homes safer through the Home Fire Campaign. With the help of local volunteers and partners, we’re installing free smoke alarms in homes that don’t have them, and educating people about fire safety. 

Throughout the year, our department provides special event coverage for many community events.  These events include but are not limited to festivals, street fairs, circuses, parades, concerts, sporting events and fireworks events.   

In addition to working with local organizations and businesses, we have worked with several production companies providing on site fire, rescue and E.M.S. coverage while they were filming in our district.  These companies have included Miam Productions for "A Time to Remember", Amazon Studios for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and Messenger Studios for a film that is still in production.

Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any public safety questions or concerns that our Prevention and Pre-Planning Division might be able to help with.  

If your company or organization is planning / hosting an event in our district, please feel free to reach out to us to see what services we may be able to provide to you.