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Community Safety

The Palm Coast Fire Department promotes fire safety in this community. We give back to the community by offering our community outreach, home inspections and safety programs for all residents

What Is an ISO Rating?
By classifying communities' ability to suppress fires, ISO helps the communities evaluate their public fire-protection services. The program provides an objective, countrywide standard that helps fire departments in planning and budgeting for facilities, equipment, and training. And by securing lower fire insurance premiums for communities with better public protection, the PPC program provides incentives and rewards for communities that choose to improve their firefighting services.

Public Safety Services

Home Safety Inspections

The Palm Coast Fire Department is here to help keep you and your family safe. Any resident within the City of Palm Coast may call the Fire Department to request and schedule a FREE courtesy home safety inspection. By no means does this release the resident from the overall responsibility of home safety. This is only a way to inform and educate our residents of safer habits to practice in the home.

Home Safety Inspections

Fire Volunteering

The City of Palm Coast and Palm Coast Fire Department embraces the spirit and history of the fire service as a combination fire department which integrates volunteer members alongside full-time career firefighters to help protect our community.

Fire Volunteering

Mental Health

There are times when some in our community may feel overwhelmed and stressed. This can lead to feelings of being helpless, hopeless, and even lead to self-harm at times. If you, or someone you know of, is struggling or at risk you are not alone in Palm Coast. There are local resources and organizations available to turn to for help and guidance.

Mental Health

Community Outreach

Palm Coast Fire Department offers American Heart Association Approved CPR and First Aid Training.  

 

1. All classes start @ 9:00am and are located at the **Palm Coast Community Center**, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE.

2. The youngest age for which we can offer a course is 13.

3. A minimum of six persons is required for each course date. If fewer than six persons have registered, each person will be contacted to reschedule.

4. Please review the courses listed below. A list of dates follows each course description.

5. For further information on any of the courses, please contact jfajardo@palmcoastgov.com

First Aid and CPR/AED (9am-4pm) (Cost - $50)

Heart Saver First Aid is a 7-hour classroom course that is designed to meet OSHA Regulations. The Healthcare Provider is a professional certification course.

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Heartsaver First Aid is a 7-hour classroom course (includes 1 hour for lunch) that is designed to meet OSHA regulations. The course teaches basic first aid skills such as:

  •  Giving CPR to an infant, young child, or an adult
  •  Using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
  •  Using a mask or barrier device
  •  Stopping bleeding that can be seen
  •  Helping someone with a possible sprain or broken bone
  •  Making sure the scene is safe

Student workbook will be provided for student to use in the class and keep for further reference.

The 2023 dates for this course are as follows:

  • January 14
  • February 11
  • March 11
  • April 8
  • May 13
  • June 10
  • July 8
  • August 12
  • September 9
  • October 14
  • November 18
  • December 9 

Healthcare Provider (9am-1:30pm) (Cost - $65)

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The Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Course is designed to provide to a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, effective and timely manner.

Examples of those who may need this certification are as follows: EMS personnel, physician assistants, dentists, nurses, respiratory therapists and others who must have a credential (card) documenting successful completion of a CPR course.

The 4.5-hour course is video-based with instructor-led discussion and simulation. Students participate in, practice, and complete various skills and learning stations. We will provide a workbook for you to borrow during the course. If you wish to purchase a book prior to class, please make sure its the most current version (BLS Provider Manual AHA 2020 Guidelines).[https://shopcpr.heart.org](https://shopcpr.heart.org).

The 2023 dates for this course are as follows:

  • March 18
  • June 17
  • September 16
  • December 16

Fire Department personnel who have been trained as car seat technicians will check to make sure car seats are installed properly and to the manufacturer and vehicle specifications. They will be able to instruct the parent/guardian on how to properly install the seat. City employees will not actually install the seats, but they will show the owners the proper steps.

Our Safety Trailer is available to groups and large gatherings to educate children in fire safety practices in the home. The trailer can be configured for smoke or weather emergencies and will teach children how to handle those types of situations safely.

We will come to you and present any of the following topics in your organization.  During our presentations we discuss the leading causes and toll of residential fires in the US and City of Palm Coast. Empower Palm Coast residents and visitors to ensure that their homes and families are fire safe.

The Palm Coast Fire Department gives fire extinguisher demonstrations at special events or on request. Most of us have seen the red bottle sitting on the shelf or mounted to the wall, but we may not know the proper method of using them. With our mock fire apparatus we can create fires in a controlled situation that allow you to approach and extinguish the flames.

Fire extinguisher demonstrations are available for community groups and businesses. This valuable service will allow your group or employees to have hands-on experience at combating fires with fire extinguishers.

The City of Palm Coast Fire is proud to be a participating member of the National Safe Place Program. Safe Place is a designated location for children who may be experiencing difficulties in their life. These children may be runaways, abused, or just may simply be seeking assistance. For more information regarding the Safe Place program

The Palm Coast Fire Stations are registered Baby Drop Stations. In the event a mother gives birth and for whatever reason feels she cannot keep the child she can bring it to any Fire Station or Hospital and leave the "new born infant" with no questions asked and no repercussions to the parent. These are the only locations that he/she can drop a child without facing criminal charges. By law we are not allowed to ask any questions.