The Emergency Services Department is headed by Chief Joseph C. Tuckey. The Tecumseh City Charter delegates responsibility to the Emergency Services Department for the prevention and suppression of fires, calling for a Fire Chief to be appointed by the City Manager with City Council approval to administer the operations of the department.
The Emergency Services Department is a combination department, employing a mixture of career and volunteer, or part-paid, firefighters. Full time positions include the Chief and three firefighters with medical licenses at or above the EMT-Specialist level. These three firefighters work a 24-hour rotation, which insures the department is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Part-paid members of the staff carry pagers and are on call around the clock to respond to all calls.
The department provides fire protection to the City of Tecumseh and by contract to Tecumseh Township from one station, located at the intersection of South Evans Street and Russell Road.
Currently there are no fees to the City residents, with one exception; Fees may be charged for hazardous material incidents.
The primary function of the department is to provide fire, rescue and EMS response to the community. The department is very involved in providing fire prevention education, fire suppression and Medical First Response.
