Rapid City Fire Prevention

Fire Department

Fire Department
Non-Emergency
(605) 394-4180

Emergency: 911

Fire Prevention
Rapid City Fire Department
Station 6 (lower level), 1930 Promise Road, Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-5233 Fax: (605) 394-5235

The Fire Prevention Division is responsible for the fire safety of the buildings within the city. To do this, they review building plans for new buildings to ensure they meet the adopted fire code. The fire code is designed to reduce the likelihood of a fire, slow the spread of a fire, and protect the people inside of the building.

They also investigate fires to learn how the fire started, how and why is grew, and how people were effected by the fire. This helps us to build better buildings and teach people how to keep themselves safer from fire.

The Fire Prevention Division takes a very aggressive and proactive approach to promoting community risk reduction and fire safety. 2010 was no exception as we rolled out an educational tool which demonstrates the effectiveness of residential fire sprinkler protection to the public.

The fire sprinkler demonstration trailer utilizes live fire and common residential furnishings to dramatically show the effects of fire and the effectiveness of fire sprinkler protection. This demonstration has been requested throughout the state and is a cooperative effort with the Pennington County Firefight Fire sprinkler demonstration trailer

ers Association and hours of volunteer time. In addition, residential fire sprinkler protection was utilized as a tool to promote development where infrastructure did not meet the needs of the homeowners.

Captain Rich Broderick leads this effort which requires extensive coordination of all parties involved to help educate the homeowner, builder, and plumber, and expand the acceptance of fire sprinkler protection. Fire sprinkler protection remains the #1 most cost effective firefighting tool we have. Fire sprinkler protected occupancies continue to preserve and protect our citizens and economic base in Rapid City.

Assistant Chief - Tim Behlings E-mail: tim.behlings@rcgov.org Mobile: 605-390-4511
Captain - Richard Broderick E-mail: richard.broderick@rcgov.org Mobile: 605-390-9282	Lieutenant - Jack Tomac E-mail: jack.tomac@rcgov.org Mobile: 605-390-6275
Lieutenant - Tim Weaver E-mail: tim.weaver@rcgov.org Mobile: 605-390-4114	Lieutenant - Dan Janecek E-mail: dan.janecek@rcgov.org Mobile: 605-390-7220

The fire on the left has been controlled by a fire sprinkler while the fire on the right with no fire sprinkler has destroyed the room.

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