Hamilton Township Fire Rescue - Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

Mission

Protect the Citizens and Visitors of Hamilton Township by providing Emergency Response, Public Education, Prevention and Community Interaction, while maintaining a high degree of Professionalism.

Vision

Provide the quality of service required by a rapidly developing upscale community by expanding our services and enhancing our capabilities commensurate with the growth and demands of our community.

Chief's Welcome

Welcome to the Hamilton Township Fire Rescue web site. Our Township of 20,000 plus is located in Warren County Ohio, which is in Southwestern Ohio between Cincinnati and Dayton. We are one of the fastest growing Townships in Ohio. In fact, we are projected to double our population by 2010.

We are a combination department consisting of Career, Part-time and Volunteer personnel who staff both of our stations 24-hours a day.

These are exciting and challenging times as we look to the future, and our present demands for emergency and community services, which are directly related to our rapidly growing and diversifying Township.

We will always strive to provide professional highly skilled Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Prevention & Inspection and Public Safety Education. Our department also offers a myriad of additional Safety and Educational Services that are outlined in detail throughout our web site.

On behalf of Hamilton Township Fire Rescue, I want to thank you for taking the time from your busy schedules to visit our web site. Please feel free to contact us at any time, because we are here to assist you.

Sincerely,

Goebel E. Williams, Jr.

News

Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

Published: November 2, 2007

Hamilton Township Fire Rescue reminds you to Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery this Sunday November 4, 2007. The Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery program is sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and Energizer brand batteries, the program urges you to adopt a simple lifesaving habit: Change all of your Smoke Alarm batteries when you change your clocks ahead to Daylight Time and change them again when you set your clocks back. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that every year in the United States, about 3,000 people lose their lives in residential fires. Most fire victims die from inhalation of smoke and toxic gases, not as a result of burns. Most deaths and injuries occur in fires that happen at night while victims are asleep. Hamilton Township Fire Rescue reccomends you change the betteries in all your smoke detectors at least yearly, as well as testing the smoke alarm monthly.

Hamilton Township Fire Rescue recommends that you take the time to Change, Check, Count and Clean.

Change Your Smoke Alarm Batteries
Hamilton Township Fire Rescue encourages you to change Smoke Alarm batteries at least once each year. Preferably twice, so an easy way to remember is to change your batteries when you turn your clock back to Standard Time each Fall. Replace old batteries with fresh, high quality batteries to keep your Smoke Alarms ready to protect you all year-long.

Check Your Smoke Alarms
After inserting fresh batteries in your Smoke Alarm, make sure the Alarm is working by pushing the safety test button. Hamilton Township Fire Rescue recommends that you test Smoke Alarms at least once a month. If you cannot reach your smoke detector, use a stick, broom handle or cane to press the button! You don’t need to climb up on furniture to check your smoke detector!

Count Your Smoke Alarms
Install at least one Smoke Alarm on every level of your home, including the basement and family room and, most importantly inside and adjacent to all bedrooms.

Clean Your Smoke Alarms
Help your Smoke Alarm remain sensitive and ready to protect you by using a vacuum once a month to remove dust and cobwebs. This is also a great time to check the batteries in your flashlights and to make sure your home fire extinguishers are charged and easily accessible.