Administration

Mission

The Novi Fire Department shall strive to provide protection of life, property, and the environment from the effects of fire, medical emergencies, and hazards. We will engage the community in our mission through progressive community outreach and education in the areas of health, safety, and emergency preparedness all the while accomplishing this in a professional fashion which embodies respect, dignity, patience, and empathy for all.

VISION
Partners with our Community

VALUES
The Novi Fire Department takes pride in our commitment to delivering quality, professional service by maintaining our skills, knowledge and abilities. All members will conduct themselves in an ethical manner and treat each other and those we serve humanely, decently, and honestly. We subscribe to the following values:

Accountability – Members of the Novi Fire Department will be accountable to each other and the community we serve. We accept responsibility for our decisions and actions.

Excellence – Striving for constant improvement to better serve the community and one another.

Integrity – Always doing what is right even when it’s difficult or unpopular so what we do individually and as an organization will stand up to public scrutiny.

Safety - The safety of our citizens and employees is a top priority of the Novi Fire Department. Every effort will be made to balance personal risk versus the value of life and property.

Valor – Courageously encountering adversity, accepting responsibility for ones actions, and providing respectful and professional conduct due the public and our members.

Dedication – Wholly committed to the mission and vision of our department. The faithful observance of duty beckons us to fulfill our obligations professionally and honestly.

Unity – Place a high importance on unity in the organization and individual contributions to the work group. It is essential that we pull together in routine and stressful times and support each other.

Fire Districts Map

Download the Fire Districts Map above. Depending on what device you are using to view this page, a clickable Fire Districts map may appear below.(Click on a district to send an email to the Captain.)

The Fire Prevention Division is responsible for the enforcement of the fire prevention code in all existing and  new buildings, plan reviews, hazardous materials reporting and citizen complaints regarding fire code violations.

The department utilizes a concept called "Company Inspections" for the inspection of existing businesses.  The Fire Protection Officers, who are cross-trained as fire inspectors, conduct fire safety inspections in each of the four response districts.  These inspections educate the business/building owners on how to maintain a fire safe business as well as educate the fire fighters on what is inside the business before a fire may occur.

Emergency Medical Services
Fire Suppression
Miscellaneous Types of Assistance

Emergency Medical Services

Transportation to the most appropriate medical facility is done by Superior Ambulance which provides three ambulances, by contract, for the City of Novi. In cases of multiple patients or impassable weather conditions, the Novi Fire Department has two state-licensed Basic Life Support (BLS) transporting vehicles.
 
Other communities provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) with Paramedics licensed after over 1200 hours of training.

Fire Suppression

The Novi Fire Department responds to many different types of fire emergencies and hazardous incidents. These include:

• Automatic fire alarms
• Smoke & odor investigations
• Smoke detector activations
• Trash, brush & grass fires
• Vehicle fires
• Garage & outbuilding fires
• Structure fires

Miscellaneous Types of Assistance

Traditionally, many citizens rely upon the Fire Department for other types of assistance. These types of runs vary widely. To name a few:

• A pet stuck under a backyard deck
• A baby with their arm caught in a high chair
• A person drove on top of a rock and couldn’t move the car
• A ring stuck on a finger
• A hand caught in a garbage disposal
• Baby ducks stuck in a manhole
• A finger “crazy glued” to an eyelid
• The odor of something unusual

Novi Firefighters perform patient assessment and extrication
at an automobile accident on 10 Mile.

Hazardous Materials Reporting Packet (includes reporting requirements, hazardous chemical definitions and all related forms) -or-   Click here to fill out the Hazardous Chemical Survey form online.

A hazardous material is any material capable of posing unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property.  A common sense approach, is that a material could be considered hazardous when it escapes its container and hurts or harms the thing it touches.  The more aware people become of hazardous materials, waste products and recyclable materials the more questions arise as to where these materials can be disposed of and recycled.

The City of Novi has addressed the recycling of paper, plastics, glass, and cans with the Recycling Center located at the Department of Public Works facility on Delwal Dr.  The problem of disposing of household hazardous chemicals has also been addressed with an annual Household Hazardous Waste Day.  In an effort to reduce the hazards and improve disposal methods, the table shown below gives examples on how and where to dispose of common household hazardous materials.