Fire Dept. Prevention & Public Education
Public education is a necessity for our community, especially starting with our youth. The Willows Fire Department is proud of our public outreach and very much interested in providing this service through station tours, school visits and other social events throughout the year. The Willows Fire Department has been providing the service since 1978, and through the years has enriched the program with many new ideas and tools.
One such tool has been the Glenn County fire safety house. The safety house has helped the program by allowing kids to get a realistic learning experience; by having a setting much like one at their own homes. It allows us to talk with the kids about fire safety in different areas of a home and allows the added feature of “fake” smoke; allowing us to show them how it may be with smoke in a room, and what to do in a real situation.
Prevention
The fire prevention division continues its efforts to keep our community a safe place in which to live, work and play.
The fire prevention division has responsibility for fire code enforcement, public safety education, and fire investigation. The fire prevention division also manages the weed abatement program, and reviews, approves and inspects special events, carnivals, fairs and fireworks displays.
Business inspections are divided between A Shift, B Shift and C Shift. The primary focus of these inspections is “compliance through education”. This commitment to proactive fire prevention activities continues to result in reducing or eliminating fire losses.
Public Education
In 2018, the WFD expanded the public education effort to include “Stop the Bleed” Training. “Stop the Bleed” is a national awareness campaign and call-to-action. Stop the Bleed is intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives, ultimately saving lives. The WFD conducts these trainings yearly for all school staff in the Willows school system, and for several ROP classes in cooperation with the Willows High School.
Public education is funded 100% by community donations. WFD holds an annual pancake breakfast the Saturday following National Fire Prevention week and all proceeds fund the fire prevention program.
If you would like to schedule an event, contact Captain Kyle Enos via email at: kenos@cityofwillows.org
Fire Department Resources
Below are all the public document resources pertaining to Fire Department. If you do not find what you are looking here. Please check any of the other department resources pages, the full resources list page, or contact city hall.
| Quick View | Document Name | Category | Download / Preview |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Code Enforcement Complaint Form | Building Division, Community Development & Services, Fire | |
 | Fire Hazard Severity Zone | Fire | |
 | Firework safety tips | Fire | |
 | FPI 001 Application for Occupancy Compliance Inspection | Community Development & Services, Fire | |
 | FPI 002 Fire Code Fee Schedule | Community Development & Services, Fire | |
 | FPI 003 Confidential Business Occupancy Information | Community Development & Services, Fire | |
 | FPI 004 Fire Safety Self Inspection Form Commercial | Community Development & Services, Fire | |
 | FPI 005 Fire Safety Self Inspection Form Residential | Community Development & Services, Fire | |
 | FPI 006 Fire Inspection Standard Operating Guidelines | Community Development & Services, Fire | |
 | Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarms Affidavit | Building Division, Fire |