City of Abilene, Kansas

The Abilene Fire Department is a public service organization dedicated to a mission of preventing or minimizing the loss of life and property from fire, accidents and rescue from hostile situations such as confined space, building collapse, and vehicle extrication. This purpose is accomplished through three phases of operation composed of preparation, anticipation and action.The preparation phase contains two main priorities. They are the consistent and progressive training of firefighters to perform the multitude of tasks required to effectively remedy all types of emergency situations which may occur within the jurisdiction of the department, and the acquisition of equipment and supplies necessary to accomplish the mission.The anticipation phase consists of pre-response planning for emergency situations based upon anticipated occurrences composed of both known and unknown circumstances. These circumstances are always challenging and often interfering and uncontrollable.The action phase is the implementation of the department preparation and anticipation policies to effectively manage all aspects of fire department responsibilities which include effective responses to emergency situations,fire service training, fire prevention inspection and code services and public education as well as other non-emergency support services for the citizens of the City of Abilene, Kansas.