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While we remain committed to providing you with on-line service and connectivity with our department; we are currently updating our website to bring you the best experience we can provide. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and offer that you contact our Administration or any of our stations to have your questions answered. Thank you for your patience, we will be back shortly!
Our Mission (2014-2019)
The mission of the WMAFR is to reduce the number of fires and injuries on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation; to be a safe, Native first, professional, well trained, and financially responsible all risk emergency responder; and to promote and advocate for a safe community. Our mission will be accomplished through self discipline, proactive leadership, resourcefulness and community interaction.
Our Vision (2014-2019)
The WMAFR Family will provide safe, community based, emergency, and prevention services. Our organization will be supported by an experienced, responsible, financially innovative, and motivated staff. This will be achieved through progressive training, cutting edge technology, teamwork, and dedicated leadership.
Our Guiding Principles (2014-2019)
It is the responsibility of each of our members to support the mission and vision by subscribing to the following values and ideals.
Make safety a way of life.
Build partnerships to enhance our effectiveness.
Create opportunities for personal growth.
Never quit pushing ourselves and other to be better.
Be financially responsible in our everday practices.
Have ownership and pride by taking care of what we have.
Be progressive in knowledge and technology.
Build a culture that promotes the fire service as a life long career and retains its experienced members.
Pass on experience and knowledge to others.
Live a healthy life in every possible way.
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With monsoonal downpours giving us much needed moisture; Tribal Chairwoman issued the "Lifting of Stage 2 Fire Restrictions from Tribal Lands" Press Release Memorandum this afternoon. This comes in conjunction with the "Apache" and "Navajo County Fire Restriction Working Group" who also lifted their fire restrictions effective today at 1500 hours (3:00pm) for most portions of county and state land to be fully open by the end of the week.
While Stage 2 Fire Restrictions have been lifted we still are in Stage 1 restrictions year-round we must remember that building ANY type of fire in undeveloped areas is still prohibited year-round unless accompanied by proper permits if available and applicable.
We are still not completely clear of the risk of wildfire yet, but we have enough moisture to loosen our restrictions some so enjoy the release and please do so in a safe and responsible manner! Thank you!
With drought conditions worsening and a water pump leaving an unincorporated town of the White Mountain Apache Reservation, the need for water increases the demand from an outdated water system continues. A recently replaced water pump tasked with delivery to this outlying town once again needed to be replaced thus leaving "Carrizo" without water. The White Mountain Apache Fire and Rescue Department was able to provide pallets of water for delivery to Carrizo throughout the outage and into the weekend by our Emergency Manager and a number of Council Delegates. Thank you for your help!
In addition to previous closures, the WMAT Tribal council deemed it imperative to make further closures to ensure the overall safety for the tribe and its people during this dry season. These steps are taken proactively to prevent any chance of wildfire as lessons learned from 2001's Rodeo/Chedeski Complex and 2011's Wallow Fire; lessons well learned from and leading to the Amended Executive Order to close off portions of the western region of tribe lands.
You can download the full document here
While our department mission and goals clearly state our ambitions, we find that due to lack of funding we are slowly starting to lose the ability to provide you with these services, While we are deeply saddened, we must announce that we will have to take a break from providing our monthly Child Passenger Safety Courses until further notice! We apologize for the inconvenience and are working on resuming these courses as soon as possible!
The White Mountain Apache Tribe Fire and Rescue Department once had our very own radio show which ran for 30 minutes, on our local radio station 88.1 KNNB. Since then we felt that its time to progress into the world on online connectivity with the usage of the Facebook platform and our soon to come "New" Fire Department Connection (FDC) news section. be on the lookout for this in the upcoming weeks.
Stage 2 Restrictions Lifted
Water Shortage in Carrizo
Tribal Fire Restrictions
Car Seat Classes On Hold
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