Leadwood Fire Protection District

03/27/2021

At 216am today's date Leadwood Fire was dispatched to a residential fire in town. It was reported as a vacant house heavily involved. Engine 3862 went enroute with 3 personnel and 3860 soon after with 1. Fire was quickly knocked down and overhaul began. I can't thank the mutual aid departments enough for the help! They done a fantastic job on the scene! While the house is damaged significantly, there was no injuries, which is most important. We was assisted by Desloge, Park hills, Big River, Bismarck, Irondale and Potosi Fire departments. The fire was under control 236am. All units returned in service at 457am.
Also a special thanks to Leadwood PD, SFCAD and our dispatch center! Great work by all!

M.Peery
Fire Chief

03/01/2021

We will also be testing our siren tomorrow at this time.

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For Severe Weather Preparedness Week in both Missouri and Illinois, the statewide tornado 🌪drill will be held on Tuesday, March 2nd, at 10 AM. In case of inclement weather, the backup day for Missouri is Thursday, March 4th, also at 10:00 am.

02/10/2021

Smoke detectors can not be stressed enough! Please check your smoke detectors. Make sure they are in working order and make sure you have enough. If you have any questions about where to place them, or even if you're not sure they even work, please don't hesitate to ask! If you think you have a fire hazard and just want something checked to ease your mind, please let us know! You can contact us at Central Dispatch 573-431-3131.

Stay safe.
Stay warm.

M. Peery
Leadwood Fire Chief

02/01/2021

We have received an email from the ISO company. The Insurance Services Office is a company that "grades" or "evaluates" your fire department. They give departments a "rating" based on several, several factors. Most major insurance company's will adjust their rate, given to homeowners, based on this score.
Everything is scored, including the type of firetrucks we have, the equipment we have on these trucks, policies and procedures, building preplans, hose testing, individual training hours etc. The 911 center is scored as the tax that was voted on for 911 center county wide a few years back. This helped us score near perfect in that category, due largely to the upgrades the center received from the tax. Leadwood and Frankclays water systems were also scored.
The rating is a 1-10 score, 1 being perfect, 10 being less than desired. Our previous score was an 8 in the city limits and a 8X outside the city limits. This is explained better in the picture below.
The amount of work your volunteers put into all of this is astounding.
I am very proud to announce our new rating is a 7 in both the city and rual areas. This means we can provide the same amount of water flow through the truck capabilities in town as we can at the other end of our district. We gained several points through new firetrucks, equipment and reporting software that was made possible by the tax you guys passed!
It is difficult to move these numbers as a large portion of the score is out of our hands. For example, the water system is over 1/3 of this rating. I cannot change the water system. Even though we as a fire department did what we can do, such as inspection, operating and documenting these hydrants, we received almost no points because they flow less than the minimum needed for fire operations.
Moving forward, we will continue to try and improve on these areas as we continue to upgrade our trucks, our equipment and training..made possible by you guys.

Thank you all again
M.Peery

11/26/2020

Just wanting to brag a little bit. We purchased our new rescue boat a few months back and came up with several options of how to facilitate both boats. Our crew came up with custom plans on building this trailer, money for the trailer build, the metal, paint, lights, etc. This was all paid for by the Friends of the district account (money from fundraising). The labor for the build, wiring, painting etc. was all done by the guys here at the firehouse. This Saved the district (tax payers) a whole "boat load" of money. Both boats serve very different purposes and now we are able to bring them to the emergency at the same time. Countless man hours are what keeps a volunteer department moving forward and progressing, and this is nothing short of showing the dedication your volunteers have.

11/03/2020

For those that don't know. Leadwood Firehouse is a voting location. We ask that you follow local and state guidelines while you're casting your vote. However, one of the most important rule we need EVERYONE to follow is, Please DO NOT park in front of a bay/garage door. There are no parking signs up but we will have safety cones out as a reminder. You can park along side of the bulding or in the gravel portion on the other side. The open lot next door is safe to park on or in front of near the road.

10/30/2020

We want to thank Greg Walton, and the staff of Lowes, for their awesome donation of a Weber pellet grill! This is great addition to our fire department! Thanks again guys and gals!!

10/09/2020

Yesterday our guys got to spend the day talking with the preschoolers and kindergarten students about fire safety. Sometimes I can't tell who gets more excited, the kids....or my firefighters! We love seeing all the students and teachers!

09/18/2020

I have tried to compose the proper post all day. No amount of words can communicate the pain that our community is going through. What could I possibly say to ease the pain of our community, when I cannot find the correct words to ease the pain in myself? Our fire personal are heartbroken for the family, friends, school district, passerby’s, and everyone involved in yesterday's tragedy. We pray for comfort and peace for everyone involved. At this moment, we cannot understand the why, but we can come together as a community to lift the memory that will forever be treasured. Tonight, we changed our light to purple, to honor the life that was lost and the lives that are struggling to cope with this tragedy. We stand with our powerful community to help pay tribute to the bulldog family. I pray that all who feel sorrow will be comforted. 💜💜💜💜

M.Peery
Fire Chief

08/15/2020

Reminder of hydrant testing today! You'll see us driving around in a 4 seater side by side. You'll may notice a discoloration in your water. It should clear up by this evening once we are done. We are going to start on main from Davis Crossing and go down the entire length of main street, then start on the east side then finishing up on the west side of town. Thank you all for your cooperation and patience as we try to get this done. 😊

08/09/2020

Even though it was a little warm, these guys and gals never disappoint in wanting to train. Always willing to learn and aways adapting. Utilizing our burn trailer Lt. C.Goff is showing some of our younger firefighters thermal layering, and fire behavior. Practicing hose advancements, communication as well as pump operations is some of things we covered today.

08/04/2020

*Fire hydrant testing*
Hello all! Just an informative post....
Every 5 years our fire department is surveyed for an ISO rating. Which is a rating "most" insurance companies use to give you an insurance quote. Essentially, the better the rating...the lower your homeowners insurance could be. There is SO much that has to be done for this rating. Personnel training records have to kept up with, annual fire hose testing, building preplans, up to date equipment and various tools have to be inventoried on our trucks just to name a few. These firemen and women have been very busy this year getting things in order. However we have ONE thing left to do... and I've put it off because this is going to affect EVERYONE in town. Saturday August 15th, we will start doing fire hydrant pressure testing and inspections. We completely understand that opening these hydrants will have a major effect in how your water looks and smells. There is no easy way...nor is there a "good time" to
do this. We will try and get this done all on that Saturday, rather than trying to drag it out over the
course of a few weeks. Please tell your neighbors and share it with your family. It will be posted at city hall as well. We will be doing our best to make it as quick and painless as possible. As always, thank you all for your continued support and understanding.
Here is a link for more information regarding ISO..

https://www.powerdms.com/blog/iso-ratings-fire-departments/

M.Peery
Fire Chief

Although the ISO rating is meant to score a fire department’s ability to protect the community, it is not a perfect measure of a fire department.