COMMUNITY EVENT REQUEST

The City of Fountain Fire Department is committed to protecting citizens, visitors, animals, property and the environment within our community. We will be responsive to the needs of our citizens and visitors by providing rapid, professional, and humanitarian services essential to the health, safety, and well-being of the community. We will accomplish our mission through prevention, fire suppression, advanced medical services, hazard mitigation, and other related emergency and non-emergency activities. We will actively participate in our community, serve as role models and strive to effectively utilize all of the necessary resources available to provide a service deemed excellent by our citizens.

We are unable to send crews and apparatus to private events such as birthday parties, and not participate in block parties or neighborhood association events.

Request Guidelines

Please make all requests at least TWO WEEKS AND NO MORE THAN 90 DAYS in advance to help us balance community requests with emergency responses, trainings, fire inspections, and other firefighter responsibilities. Please understand that if your event date is sooner than two weeks from today, we are unable to participate in your event.
Please complete all fields. If a field does not apply, please type "n/a". Your request will not be completed if there is any missing information and will be marked in red.
While firefighters enjoy participating in community events, our first priority is providing quality, timely, and professional emergency services to those who live in, work in, and visit the City. We may not be able to accommodate all event requests due to firefighter training and other scheduling conflicts.
If a fire crew attends your event, they will typically remain "in service" and stage the apparatus somewhere that allows them to leave quickly if they are dispatched to an emergency.
Fire crew visits the community events are scheduled for 30 minutes, with the understanding that responding to an emergency may cause the crew to be late to the event, to have to leave abruptly, or in some cases, to not show up at all.
We aim to confirm the event within one week of the requested event date.

Fire Station Tour

Description: Visit the Fire Station to learn basic safety information and about the jobs of Fountain Firefighters. We do not host birthday parties. The fire crew will remain in service, so the tour may end quickly if they are dispatched to an emergency. Responding to an emergency may cause the crew to be late to the event, to have to leave abruptly, or in some cases, to not show up at all.

Target Audience: All ages

Availability: 7 days a week. We may not be able to accommodate all event requests due to firefighter training and other scheduling conflicts.

Informal Safety Talk

Description: An in-service fire station crew and truck, engine, and/or ambulance will provide a basic safety talk. If a fire crew attends your event, they will remain "in service" and stage the apparatus somewhere that allows them to leave quickly if they are dispatched to an emergency. Responding to an emergency may cause the crew to be late to the event, to have to leave abruptly, or in some cases, to not show up at all. If a water district in the area has implemented watering restrictions, we are unable to perform hose sprays.

Target Audience: All ages

Availability: 7 days a week. We may not be able to accommodate all event requests due to firefighter training and other scheduling conflicts.

Community Event

Description: An in-service fire station crew and fire truck, engine and/or ambulance will visit public events sponsored by a nonprofit organization, a school, or a neighborhood association. If a fire crew attends your event, they will remain "in service" and stage the apparatus somewhere that allows them to leave quickly if they are dispatched to an emergency. Responding to an emergency may cause the crew to be late to the event, to have to leave abruptly, or in some cases, to not show up at all. If a water district has implemented watering restrictions, we may be unable to perform hose sprays, or fill dunk tanks. We do not attend private events such as birthday parties or block parties.

Target Audience: All ages

Availability: 7 days a week. We may not be able to accommodate all event requests due to firefighter training and other scheduling conflicts.

Public School Fire Prevention Week

Fire Prevention Week is every year, the second week of October, this is in recognition of the Great Chicago Fire. The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago on October 8-10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.

Fire Prevention Week within the City of Fountain focuses on fire safety and education to the Public Elementary Schools. This is scheduled in months in advance, schools do not need to contact the Fountain Fire Department for any information, please contact the school administrator for information is needed.

For more information about Fire Prevention Week, including the yearly campaign mission statement, toolkits and other resources please go to the National Fire Protection Association website

National Fire Protection Association Fire Prevention Week

El Paso - Teller County 9-1-1 Authority Mobile Classroom

The City of Fountain Fire Department works closely and is appreciative of all the dedicated hours of public education that the El Paso - Teller County 9-1-1 Authority team with educated our citizens throughout the years.

Please note that requesting the Public Education Team is for large groups, schools, and large events.

El Paso - Teller County 9-1-1 Authority

A note before filling out this form***

Please make all requests at least two weeks in advance to help us balance community requests with emergency responses, training, fire inspections and other firefighter responsibilities. Your form submission will not process your request if you choose a date within two weeks of the day of your submission.

Community Event Request.pdf

Fountain Fire Department Community Outreach