Chief's Message
Winter Fire Safety
Seasonal increase during the winter months in heating, lighting, cooking, and holiday festivities dramatically increases the risks of fire in your home. Listed below is information and fact sheets about some of the dangers of residential fires and how to avoid them.
The high cost of home heating fuels and utilities have caused many Americans to search for alternate sources of home heating. The use of wood burning stoves is growing and space heaters are selling rapidly, or coming out of storage. Fireplaces are burning wood and manmade logs. All these methods of heating may be acceptable. They are, however, a major contributing factor in residential fires. Many of these fires can be prevented.
Fact Link: Heating Fire Safety (US Fire Administration)
Recently in the calendars that the department delivered you will see a piece of paper in thier that has ticket stubs for our annual beef raffle, if you would like to turn in your tickets stubs now that is perfectly fine. If not it is ok to wait until the month we do the drawing. We are thankful for your participation in the past and we look forward to your continued support in the future. If you need any additional tickets you may contact us at 952-955-1135.
Year in Review
The Watertown Fire Department completed 2011 with 248 calls for service and a total of more than 7,000 hours of combined fire calls, training, meetings and fire prevention. We thank you for all your support over the past year and we look forward to serving you in the future. For a full report of the Watertown Fire Department go under statistics and click on 2011 Annual report.
