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Mon - Fri: 8 AM - 4 PM Fire Department
The Waterford Fire Department was established in 1941 as a direct result of the growing population in what was known at the time as Lakeland's Paradise. The department's humble beginnings originated in a small lower-level room of town hall with one fire truck and a handful of concerned township citizens.
Today, it has become one of the most progressive, best equipped, best trained and technologically advanced fire departments in the State of Michigan. Resources include five fire stations staffed 24 hours a day, seven fully equipped late-model fire engines, five state-of-the-art heavy duty Advanced Life Support EMS rescue vehicles, a 100 foot aerial ladder truck with bucket, a mobile command vehicle with on-board computer and communications system, 65 full-time highly trained firefighters, of which 41 are licensed paramedics, and 23 dedicated auxiliary firefighters.
Demographics include approximately 40 square miles of suburban residential, lakefront, light industrial, and retail property. Within Waterford's boundaries reside the Oakland International Airport charting nearly 120,000 take-offs and landings annually, the Detroit branch line of the CN/Grand Trunk Railroad, two state parks with public beaches, seven public boat launches and 11 miles of mountain bike trails, a 145 acre county park with a wave pool, children's water park, giant water slide, BMX track, sledding hills and heated lighted tennis courts.
