Fire Department

EAST PALESTINE FIRE DEPARTMENT

MISSION

The mission of the Department is to serve people, protect lives, and preserve property through the provision of professional fire, rescue, emergency medical services, emergency management, and public safety and education programs.

VISION

It is the vision of the Department to be a high-performance emergency response and mitigation system that meets all the current and future needs of the citizens and visitors to the Village of East Palestine and all mutual aid areas in response to all emergency and non-emergency situations whether accidental, natural, or manmade.

Statistics

109

Total
Runs

EMS
Only

Fire
Only

EMS
& Fire

119

Total
Runs

EMS
Only

Fire
Only

EMS
& Fire

121

Total
Runs

EMS
Only

Fire
Only

EMS
& Fire

1503

Total
Runs

1213

EMS
Only

184

Fire
Only

106

EMS
& Fire

Total
Members

2424

Total
Training
Hours

1464

Fire
Training
Hours

960

EMS
Training
Hours

Employee Spotlight

Kara Marki

EMT/Firefighter

Kara joined the EPFD in December of 2023, after graduating as an EMT from the New Waterford Fire Department in 2020. Kara said “I love being an EMT because I can help someone on the worst day of their life. I can reassure a patient or loved one that we are going to do everything we can for that person. I genuinely care about people. I wanted to pursue the fire class so I could help people even more.” She is a mom of two beautiful little girls, and recently became engaged. And she said “As far as hobbies or interests go, I like going to haunted houses with my fiancé, hanging out with my kiddos and EMS/FD family, and I love cats.”

“MYID” PROGRAM

East Palestine Fire Dept EMS is partnering with MyID to provide a method to safely store and allow retrieval of critical medical information in time of need by medical service providers. This is a program that provides a cloud-based system to store and manage medical information to provide first-responders vital data on your medical issues/allergies/medications in the event you can’t communicate with them. Users create a free medical profile and emergency medical personnel simply scan the QR code on the bracelet or wallet card to access your online medical profile in a few short seconds.

LEARN MORE

Email Myid@eastpalestine-oh.gov

Location

67 East Clark St.
East Palestine, OH 44413

Emergency: 911

Non-Emergency: (330) 426-4341

epfdinfo@eastpalestine-oh.gov

Fire Chief

Keith A. Draback

APPLY FOR A POSITION

Department
Members

Firefighters
only

EMS

EMS
Paramedics

Advanced
EMTs

EMTs
(Emergency MedicalTechnicians)

Certifications

EMS only

Dual Certified
(Fire and EMS)

SMOKE DETECTORS

The East Palestine Fire Department, partnered with The American Red Cross on the Sound the Alarm Campaign. The American Red Cross will provide FREE smoke alarms and the fire department will install them for residents who are living in housing without adequate working smoke alarms (one per each level of the home). Please pick up a form from the East Palestine Fire Department or the East Palestine Administration Building, or contact the fire department at 330-426-4341 to schedule alarm installations. Residents must sign an agreement form.