Community Education
The fire prevention division of Roxboro Fire and
Rescue is working to maintain Roxboro and Person
County as a safe community through strategies that
improve public safety. These are being addressed
through working collaboratively with our local fire
department, EMS, Police Department, Sheriffs
Department, Health Department, as well as other
agencies.
Our
Mission
To provide the customers of Roxboro and Person County
a safer community through education efforts, coalitions
and awareness campaigns by changing unsafe behaviors
impacting high risk audiences based on community
needs.
Our Vision
To work together through educational efforts to
create a fire safe and injury free community.
Our Goals Our goal is to reduce the
incidents of injury by community based approaches
to injury prevention. We at Roxboro Fire and Rescue
have developed key projects that cover personal
safety, child safety, and road safety.
Prevention Through Education Roxboro Fire Department
is dedicated to educating the public. We are staffed
with a combination of seasoned veterans and youthful
minds. The main ingredient for our success in the
future is our people and the job that they perform.
Roxboro Fire Department members have demonstrated
a passion for service to the community and for going
beyond the expectation of their job. Our team continually
works to enhance our overall effectiveness and to
innovate in all aspects of performance.
Public Education is designed
to reduce the number of injuries and fire incidents
due to carelessness or accidents. The reduction
of these incidents saves taxpayers money through
lower insurance rates and other associated costs.