City of Saginaw Fire Department

06/15/2026

Join Us at the Community Resource Fair! 🎉
Mark your calendars for an amazing day of community engagement and support! Join us at the Community Resource Fair on June 16, from 12 - 2 PM at the beautiful Bliss Park. 🌳

Come and explore a variety of resources and services tailored to enrich our community, including:
Health and Wellness Booths 🏥
Job and Career Opportunities 💼
Educational Resources 📚
Family Activities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
Local Food Vendors 🍔
This is a fantastic opportunity to connect, network, and discover all the amazing resources available to you. Plus, enjoy some fun activities and delicious food with your friends and family!
📍 Location: Bliss Park
📅 Date: June 16, 2026
🕛 Time: 12 - 2 PM

Don't miss out on this incredible community event! Bring your friends, family, and neighbors for a day full of fun and learning. See you there! 🌟

06/14/2026

Great shots as usual from Steven Frank Imagery

Thank you Steve!

06/03/2026

Our very own, Community Engagement Coordinator, LT. John Pilling.

“Smoke alarms are important because they can be one of the first indicators to get out of a house that’s on fire. Priority number one is your safety: we want you to get out of the house. That smoke alarm is going to let you know if something's going wrong in your house, especially if you're sleeping, long before you realize it. It's going to give you a bigger window of opportunity to get out and be safe. Along with that, the sooner you can get out and call 911, the sooner we can show up and possibly mitigate the situation before it becomes more devastating.

You need a smoke alarm in your home with fresh batteries. If you are unable to install them on your own, we partner with the Red Cross to do smoke alarm installs. We can put up to three in each house.

We try to keep them out of the kitchens or outside of the bathroom because it's really easy to have burning food and showers set those off. What happens is the alarms go off, people take the battery out, and the battery ends up not going back in. Good places would be front rooms, down in the basement, where people sleep, and the main hallway. They're going to pick up the smoke at the right time, but they're not gonna be going off every time you leave.”

—John Pilling, Community Engagement Coordinator, City of Saginaw Fire Department

06/02/2026

"I was hired at the Saginaw Fire Department in 2016 and served as a firefighter for about five years. I was a driver for a couple years, and most recently, I was a lieutenant out of Station Two. From there, I moved to my current position as Community Engagement Coordinator. It was a great opportunity that I couldn't pass up.

Like most of us, I became a firefighter because I wanted to help people. I had some good role models in high school and I thought it was something I'd be good at. Along with EMS sometimes being part of the job, firefighting seemed like an awesome thing to do.

As Community Engagement Coordinator, I’m helping the community of Saginaw in a different way. It’s a way to give back, and I love working with kids. I get to go into school and work with the kids, work on drug-free initiatives, and try to give them coping skills and ways to deal with stressors and the things they run into in life. We do the Botvin Life Skills Program with middle schoolers as of right now, and we're looking to branch out into both the elementary and the high schools.

I'm also the liaison between internal and external organizations. For example, I help with getting fire trucks out at community events.

While we fight fires, fires are usually someone’s worst day and we don’t want them to start in the first place. Our fire prevention initiatives, like working with our smoke alarms and fire education in schools, the fire calls have dropped significantly over the last 10 years."

—John Pilling, Community Engagement Coordinator, City of Saginaw Fire Department

06/01/2026

For the month of MAY

05/25/2026

As you all enjoy this beautiful Memorial Day weekend, please take a moment to remember all of those made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

Enjoy your family and friend time
Be safe and make the best of memories

From the members of The Saginaw Fire Department

05/18/2026

The Saginaw Fire Department is pleased and proud to announce the following individuals on their recent promotions. Get yourself a nice pair of sunglasses because the future of SFD sure is bright.

Colin Horgan - From Lieutenant to Captain (Effective 4/17/26)
Cody Beaver - From Engineer to Lieutenant (Effective 3/20/26)
Chad Leach - From Engineer to Lieutenant (Effective 4/17/26)
Connor Konieczny - From Firefighter to Engineer (Effective 3/20/26)
Devin MacDonald - From Firefighter to Engineer (Effective 5/1/26)
John Pilling - From Lieutenant to Community Engagement Coordinator (Effective 3/6/26)

Photos taken by Firefighter Ryan Rich and CEC John Pilling

05/10/2026

Happy Mothers Day from SFD to all the wonderful Moms out there building a brighter future for our world one hug, one kiss, one life lesson at a time.

05/09/2026

High School Fire Academy update:

Today, students took their practical skills exam Delta College Fire Science Technology and we’re happy to report that ALL students across all 3 fire academies successfully passed all evolutions.

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