How many Firefighters are there in Sycamore?
• Fire Chief • Assistant Fire Chief • 7 Lieutenants (L3046 Members) • 19 Full-time Firefighters/Paramedics (L3046 Members) • 8 Paid-On-Call Firefighters • Secretary • 5 Firefighter Interns (2 Paramedic, 1 EMT-B, 2 EMT students) The Sycamore Fire Department must have at least 6 people working at all times. There are at least 3 personnel at station #1, and there are 3 personnel at station #2. What do the Firefighters do all day? Firefighting actually represents a relatively small portion of the work of a typical fire department in today’s world. Due to the increase in public awareness, the department’s fire prevention programs, and fire detection systems, structure fires do not occur that often. Structure fires account for a small percentage of calls at the Sycamore Fire Department. As the percentage of fire responses is less, firefighters respond to EMS calls between 70-80% of the time. Additionally, we respond to; Carbon Monoxide calls, Automated Fire Alarms, Occupancy checks, Odor inv
