The Fire Suppression Division  responsibilities include to prevent fires and extinguish fires should they occur; effect rescues when necessary; to perform In-service inspections and pre-fire planning; and to maintain EMT staffed fire companies and perform other emergency services requiring trained and properly equipped personnel. To deliver these services, seven fire companies, five engines, two ladder trucks, and associated support and reserve equipment are housed in six fire stations. The assigned staff total 152, including 4 deputy chiefs, seven captains, 22 lieutenants, and 119 firefighters. Programs of tactics and strategy are developed to anticipate and prepare the appropriate response required at emergencies. The goals of the Firefighting Division are to improve in-service inspection and training and to deliver trained emergency fire companies, with sufficient resources to cope with emergencies, to the scene of an incident within four minutes.