Messages from the Board

North Collier Fire continually strives to improve delivery of All Hazard emergency services to residents and visitors of Collier County.  Two integral components utilized in reducing response times and costs to taxpayers is the use of performance metrics and...

Each day our crews must navigate red-light runners in front of our Station 40 located near the intersection of Goodlette-Frank and Pine Ridge Roads. North Collier Fire is proposing to move this station to a new location 2,950 feet further east on Pine Ridge Road. One...

Strategic Planning Benefits Community's Fire Service (January, 2019) North Collier Fire Rescue recently completed its 2018-2023 Strategic Plan. Essential to increasing the District’s effectiveness of delivering All Hazards Response to the community, the plan documents...

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS (December, 2018) North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District (NCFR) and Collier County Emergency Medical Services (CCEMS) work together every day to save lives. A proponent of inter-agency cooperation, Fire Chief James...

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS (November, 2018) As Fire Commissioners for North Collier Fire Rescue, we continually are faced with balancing fiduciary budgeting responsibilities with emergency response. Many times, responses extend beyond our district’s...

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS (October, 2018) According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, there were 44,965 deaths from suicide in 2017. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and the 8th leading cause of death...

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS (April, 2018) If you follow the local Collier County news, you are, most likely, aware of the conversations concerning the growing need for more and more taxpayer dollars to fund long delayed, vitally necessary...

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS (March, 2018) One question asked of North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District is “Why does both an ambulance and fire truck respond when 911 is called?” The public wants to know why it makes sense to send a fire truck...

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS (February, 2018) Last month we highlighted the accreditation process and the procedural aspects of achieving accreditation as provided for on the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) website. Details were provided...

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS (January, 2018) In 2016, the North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District began an accreditation process with the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE), a national organization whose mission is to lead fire and...