Fire Prevention
Public Education
The Edmond Fire Department is committed to providing life safety education for the citizens of our community. The Fire Prevention Division is dedicated to ensuring every city resident is safe at home, at work, and school.
The Public Education Division strives to provide effective fire safety education with the most current and up-to-date information about numerous fire safety conditions. The Public Education Division is responsible for developing and implementing fire and life safety education to residents in the City of Edmond schools, businesses, and community organizations.
Our strategy to reduce fire deaths and injuries is to focus on prevention by identifying and rectifying unsafe behaviors.
Some of our most popular programs include but are not limited to:
- Safety Village
- Smoke Alarm Program
- Citizen Fire Academy
- Virtual Safety Challenge
- Request a Firetruck
- Youth Firesetter Intervention Program
- School Classroom Visits
- Fire Station Tours
Public Education has many other programs to address any need related to our residents and our city's safety. For more information, please contact the Edmond Fire Department Public Education Office at (405) 216-7303 or by email.
Code Enforcement/Inspections
The Edmond Fire Department is responsible for providing fire and life safety protection to the public by ensuring fire code compliance and enforcement of state and local fire codes for residential and commercial facilities.
Some of our programs include but are not limited to:
- Preventive inspections of businesses, places of assembly, educational and health institutions and other occupancies for compliance with the Edmond Municipal Code and the 2015 International Fire Code.
- The investigation of fire and life safety code violations and complaints, including overcrowding at public facilities.
- The investigation of complaints regarding suspected fire safety hazards.
- Business Self-Inspection
- Certificate of Compliance Inspections
- Firework Permits
- Open Burning Permits
- Gate Permits and Inspections
- Special Use Permits
Plan Review and acceptance testing is conducted by the City of Edmond Building & Fire Code Services.
Fire Investigation
The Edmond Fire Investigations Unit (FIU) responds to all major fires in the city and is available 24 hours a day to investigate any incident where Incident Commanders request an investigator. The fire investigator's duties include structure fires, motor vehicle fires, burns, explosions, and the investigation and enforcement of all laws and statutes related to fires & investigations. The unit works closely with the Edmond Police Department and other local fire departments and law enforcement agencies with the common goal of eliminating incendiary fires. The Fire Investigation Unit tracks fires' causes to determine if trends are developing in our city. Suppose a particular fire trend is detected through the efforts of the Fire Investigation Unit. In that case, the problem can then be addressed through other Fire Prevention activities such as Code Enforcement and Public Education. Determining if a trend has developed is a critical function of the Fire Investigation Unit.
Arson Hotline
The Arson Hotline was established for anyone to report information about a fire in the State of Oklahoma. If you have any tips or information which may be helpful to Edmond Fire Department Fire Investigation Unit, please call 1-800-522-8666
For more information, please contact the Edmond Fire Department Prevention Office at (405) 216-7303 or by email.