Mission
Mission
The Novi Fire Department shall strive to provide protection of life, property, and the environment from the effects of fire, medical emergencies, and hazards. We will engage the community in our mission through progressive community outreach and education in the areas of health, safety, and emergency preparedness all the while accomplishing this in a professional fashion which embodies respect, dignity, patience, and empathy for all.
VISION
Partners with our Community
VALUES
The Novi Fire Department takes pride in our commitment to delivering quality, professional service by maintaining our skills, knowledge and abilities. All members will conduct themselves in an ethical manner and treat each other and those we serve humanely, decently, and honestly. We subscribe to the following values:
Accountability – Members of the Novi Fire Department will be accountable to each other and the community we serve. We accept responsibility for our decisions and actions.
Excellence – Striving for constant improvement to better serve the community and one another.
Integrity – Always doing what is right even when it’s difficult or unpopular so what we do individually and as an organization will stand up to public scrutiny.
Safety - The safety of our citizens and employees is a top priority of the Novi Fire Department. Every effort will be made to balance personal risk versus the value of life and property.
Valor – Courageously encountering adversity, accepting responsibility for ones actions, and providing respectful and professional conduct due the public and our members.
Dedication – Wholly committed to the mission and vision of our department. The faithful observance of duty beckons us to fulfill our obligations professionally and honestly.
Unity – Place a high importance on unity in the organization and individual contributions to the work group. It is essential that we pull together in routine and stressful times and support each other.
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Fire Districts Map
Fire Districts Map
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Fire Prevention
The Fire Prevention Division is responsible for the enforcement of the fire prevention code in all existing and new buildings, plan reviews, hazardous materials reporting and citizen complaints regarding fire code violations.
The department utilizes a concept called "Company Inspections" for the inspection of existing businesses. The Fire Protection Officers, who are cross-trained as fire inspectors, conduct fire safety inspections in each of the four response districts. These inspections educate the business/building owners on how to maintain a fire safe business as well as educate the fire fighters on what is inside the business before a fire may occur.

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Practice fire evacuation at the ITC headquarters at 12 Mile and Haggerty. Multiple floors of employees evacuated the building using fire exits and stairs and gathered in pre-designated groups outdoors. Floor managers “counted Heads” to insure all employees had left the building.
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Fire Services
Emergency Medical Services
Fire Suppression
Miscellaneous Types of Assistance
Emergency Medical Services
Transportation to the most appropriate medical facility is done by Superior Ambulance which provides three ambulances, by contract, for the City of Novi. In cases of multiple patients or impassable weather conditions, the Novi Fire Department has two state-licensed Basic Life Support (BLS) transporting vehicles.
Other communities provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) with Paramedics licensed after over 1200 hours of training.
Fire Suppression
The Novi Fire Department responds to many different types of fire emergencies and hazardous incidents. These include:
- Automatic fire alarms
- Smoke & odor investigations
- Smoke detector activations
- Trash, brush & grass fires
- Vehicle fires
- Garage & outbuilding fires
- Structure fires
Miscellaneous Types of Assistance
Traditionally, many citizens rely upon the Fire Department for other types of assistance. These types of runs vary widely. To name a few:
- A pet stuck under a backyard deck
- A baby with their arm caught in a high chair
- A person drove on top of a rock and couldn’t move the car
- A ring stuck on a finger
- A hand caught in a garbage disposal
- Baby ducks stuck in a manhole
- A finger “crazy glued” to an eyelid
- The odor of something unusual

Novi Firefighters perform patient assessment and extrication
at an automobile accident on 10 Mile.
Hazardous Materials
A hazardous material is any material capable of posing unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property. A common sense approach, is that a material could be considered hazardous when it escapes its container and hurts or harms the thing it touches. The more aware people become of hazardous materials, waste products and recyclable materials the more questions arise as to where these materials can be disposed of and recycled.
The City of Novi has addressed the recycling of paper, plastics, glass, and cans with the Recycling Center located at the Department of Public Works facility on Delwal Dr. The problem of disposing of household hazardous chemicals has also been addressed with an annual Household Hazardous Waste Day. In an effort to reduce the hazards and improve disposal methods, the table shown below gives examples on how and where to dispose of common household hazardous materials.
Material |
Hazard Class |
Disposal |
Pesticides & Herbicides |
Poisonous |
Take to Household Hazardous Waste Day. |
Wood preservatives |
Poisonous & Flammable |
Take to Household Hazardous Waste Day. |
Empty pesticide container |
Poisonous residue |
Rinse container 3 times. Use rinse water as full-strength pesticide. Discard container in the trash. |
Paints |
Flammable |
Use up leftover paint on other projects.
Latex paint: if only a small amount is left, open can and let liquid evaporate outdoors, away from children and pets. Larger amounts can be dried out with the use of clay based cat litter and disposed of in the trash can. Please contact your disposal provider for more information.
Oil-Based paint: take oil-based paints and lead-based paints to collection site. |
Used paint thinner |
Flammable |
Recycle by storing in a closed jar until particles settle. Strain off the clear liquid for reuse. Dry remaining sludge, wrap in plastic and discard in the trash. |
Rust remover, turpentine, furniture stripper |
Flammable |
Take to Household Hazardous Waste Day. |
Used motor oil |
Combustible & Carcinogen |
Take to Household Hazardous Waste Day. |
Antifreeze |
Poisonous & Flammable |
Take to Household Hazardous Waste Day. Don’t pour antifreeze down drain |
Gasoline (bad) |
Flammable |
Take to Household Hazardous Waste Day. |
Car batteries |
Corrosive |
Trade in for new battery or take to Household Hazardous Waste Day. |
Cleaners, drain openers,
oven & toilet bowl cleaners, bleach |
Corrosive & Poisonous |
Use up according to label directions or offer to others that can use them. Dispose of small amounts by diluting with lots of water and pouring down drain. |
Furniture polish, spot removers |
Flammable |
Use up according to label directions or offer to others that can use them. Or take to Household Hazardous Waste Day. |