Bridgeport Fire Department

Bridgeport Fire Department This is the official page of the Bridgeport Fire Department, located in Bridgeport Charter All officers are Officer II certified at a minimum.

The Bridgeport Fire Department is a combination fire department consisting of three full time personal and 18 Paid On Call fire fighters. Our response area consists of Birdgeport Charter Township which is 36 square miles with a population of approximately 10,500 persons. We are also responsible for mutual coverage of 13 miles of Interstate 75. This area is shared with Buena Vista Fire to the north

and Birch Run Fire to our south. The Bridgeport Fire Department runs on average 1000 calls per year with 55% consisting of medical first response. All fire fighters are certified to Fire Fighter II, Hazmat Operations and Medical Fire Responder at a minimum. Most are certified to Officer III. In addition 11 personnel are certified to the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT- B) level.

12 personnel are trained to the level of Hazardous Materials Technician level and respond as part of the Saginaw County Hazardous Materials Team. The team consists of the combined personnel of Bridgeport, Saginaw Township and Thomas Township Fire Departments. All Bridgeport Personnel are certified in Ice Rescue. Five personnel currently hold fire science degrees with additional personnel currently working on their degrees. Four personnel our State Certified Fire Instructors.

06/08/2026
06/08/2026

*** Burn Ban***

*** We will not lift the current ban on open burning until later this week at the soonest. Much will depend on rainfall, if it materializes. Case in point, the rains last Friday did nothing to alleviate the fire risk, except for a day. If storms forecast for this week produce enough heavy rain, we can return to normal operations. Thank you for your cooperation. ******

The top map is the fire risk analysis for today. The bottom is projected for tomorrow. H=High Risk, V =Very High Risk...
06/03/2026

The top map is the fire risk analysis for today. The bottom is projected for tomorrow. H=High Risk, V =Very High Risk, E = Extreme Risk. It will take significant rainfall to affect these levels. A quarter inch, for example, may only change this status for a few hours. We will lift the burn permit moratorium when these outlooks change to Low or medium for consecutive days.

A campfire that meets the definition as drawn out in our ordnance is still permitted. These are size-limited, require barriers, and allow only logs to burn. If projections for extreme conditions were to last days, we would be forced to consider a total ban.

https://www.bridgeportmi.org/departments/fire/open_burn_permit.php

06/03/2026

***** IMPORTANT NOTICE******

We have suspended burn permits effective immediately 6/3/2026.

No burning of yard waste until further notice. Lack of rain, warmer temps have caused fire danger to be raised to "Very High" in most of the region. Thank you for your cooperation.

05/28/2026

****Notice****

Due to overwhelming success in our smoke detector program, we have depleted our current supply and are awaiting more to be delivered. We apologize to the residents who have requested detectors and to those we have yet to reach out to. We have you on a waiting list and will get to everyone once we have more detectors.

This is part of a statewide initiative. Once we have new supplies we will begin scheduling more installations. As of this time, we do not yet have an indication when the new supply will be available. We will post updates as they become available.

Hazmat Team Training May 27th, 2026.
05/28/2026

Hazmat Team Training May 27th, 2026.

05/27/2026

***NOTICE***
The Bridgeport Fire Department and the Saginaw County Hazmat Team will conduct training at various locations in Bridgeport, focusing on the Cass River this evening, Wednesday, May 27th, after 6:30 pm.

The Bridgeport Fire Department is one of four departments comprising the Saginaw County Hazardous Materials Team. The other departments include the City of Saginaw, Saginaw Township, and Thomas Township Fire Departments. We will focus on responses to waterway spills.

This team has responded to multiple such waterway incidents in Saginaw County over the past few years. Each time we learn, we refine our response, and we train.

05/27/2026

Introducing a new method to register your burn permit. Please let us know if you run into any issues. Please take caution if you do choose to burn your yard waste. As always, when you submit a permit application, you acknowledge that you know and will follow all rules. Rules can be found at https://www.bridgeportmi.org/departments/fire/open_burn_permit.php

The administrative offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Please have a safe weekend.
05/22/2026

The administrative offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Please have a safe weekend.

This line of storms is heading in our general direction. Weather alert radios or activating the "Wireless Emergency Al...
05/18/2026

This line of storms is heading in our general direction. Weather alert radios or activating the "Wireless Emergency Alerts" or WEA on your phone are the best and fastest alerts. We want to remind everyone Bridgeport DOES NOT have an automatic tornado siren system. Never has. The station siren could be sounded manually if someone is actually there at the time of activation. Only people in the immediate vicinity would even hear it over the noise of the storm. Phone alerts are far superior. Please remain vigilant after 4pm. Another round of storms is expected tomorrow.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Clinton, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella and Jackson County in MI until 4:00pm EDT.

Address

6204 Dixie Highway
Bridgeport, MI
48722

Opening Hours

8am - 5pm

Telephone

(989) 777-2400

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