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04/06/2026

🔥 WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT 🔥

MAY 5th, 2026

Stockbridge Area Emergency Services Authority

Every day, your local firefighters and paramedics answer the call—whether it’s a house fire, a medical emergency, or a crash on the roadway.
They don’t ask who you are.
They don’t ask if you’re ready.
They just show up.
This millage is about making sure:
• Help arrives quickly
• Crews have the tools they need
• Your community remains protected
Because when you call 911, nothing else matters but getting help fast.

SUPPORT YOUR FIRE AND AMBULANCE
VOTE YES MAY 5TH 2026
When you call 911, you expect help to arrive.
That response depends on stable, local funding.
Without this millage, the financial support needed to operate and sustain your fire and ambulance services would not be in place—putting the service our community relies on at risk.

03/27/2026

🚑 NOW HIRING: FULL-TIME PARAMEDIC 🚑
Stockbridge Area Emergency Services Authority (SAESA)
Looking for a great place to work with solid pay, benefits, and a strong team? We’re hiring FULL-TIME PARAMEDICS to join our department!

💼 What We Offer:
✔️ Competitive Wages
✔️ Paid Time Off (PTO)
✔️ Health Insurance
✔️ MERS Pension Retirement
✔️ 24-Hour Shift Schedule

🚨 What You’ll Do:
• Provide ALS care on 911 calls
• Work alongside fire, law enforcement, and medical teams
• Serve your community in a fast-paced EMS environment

✅ Requirements:
• Michigan Paramedic License
• Valid Driver’s License
• BLS / ACLS

📍 Location: Stockbridge, MI
📅 Openings Available Immediately

📩 Apply Today!
Send your resume to: [email protected]
or message us directly for more information
Office phone number: 517-851-7943

02/07/2026

Last Sunday our personnel were busy conducting an ice water rescue training north of town. Taking advantage of the "warm" weather, they were refreshed on the equipment we use, the dry suits we wear, and the tactics used to perform a successful operation. For some this was their first time and it was an important lesson to be learned. With the many lakes, ponds and rivers that are not only in our coverage area but the areas of neighboring departments, getting called for ice water rescue is always a possibility even during the extreme cold.

We strive to make sure our firefighters are prepared to handle any situation that they may experience.

12/25/2025

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas! We hope you have an enjoyable time with friends and family this holiday season!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

We at Stockbridge Fire have a lot to be thankful for. We are thankful for each of our firefighters who continue to show unwavering dedication to this service. We are thankful to our families who support us and share the ups and downs that come with being a firefighter. And we are thankful for each and everyone of you in the community who have supported us throughout the year.

We hope that you all have a safe and enjoyable day!

11/11/2025

On Saturday we had our final go at the house we've been training at for the past several months. This time we invited some brothers and sisters from Dansville and Henrietta Fire to have a joint training with us.

Typically an opportunity like we have had only comes along once every 4 or 5 years. And we have had two in almost a year! Having an entire structure to work in gives us an environment that we can manipulate to feel like a real call and far surpasses anything we could try to replicate on our own. Our trainings have included search and rescue, ladders, ventilation, bail out and self extrication and ended Saturday with a live burn.

For this we used 6 "sets". Each set was in its own separate room and was comprised of straw with a few pallets to simulate a room and contents fire. With 3 to 4 firefighters in the room when it is ignited with a charged hose line. This allows us to see how fire behaves, and gives new firefighters the feeling of heat ( which at one point was observed to be 660°f at the ceiling) and low visibility so they know what to expect on a real call. Then they extinguish the fire and a new crew starts over.

Once all sets are completed the final set is lit and allowed to burn. As the flames spread, we then see how the fire grows and moves through the structure, using the buildings own construction and outside elements to move quickly from one side to another. This information helps arriving crews figure out the best way to attack.

We are grateful to the property owners for giving us this opportunity! We take trainings like these seriously and appreciate them helping us to not only keep our veteran firefighters sharp but also give our new firefighters valuable hands on experiences!

09/11/2025

Never forget!

08/17/2025

Please join us in welcoming our newest recruit Aidin Schipul. Aidin comes from a line of firefighters which includes his brother Conor, who had been with us for a little over 2 years and recently graduated from the fire one and two program earlier this year. A resident of Waterloo township, Aidin will be primarily responding from our station #2.

We are currently looking for more firefighters. If you or someone you know who lives inside our coverage area would be l interested, stop by our main station and fill out an application.

08/15/2025

This month we were back out to the house to do some more rescue training in spite of the heat and humidity. This time focusing on self extraction of trapped firefighters on the upper levels of a structure.

First was a bail out onto a ladder drill. Firefighters had to exit through a window (which was rather small) head first onto a pre positioned ladder and then turn themselves so that they were going down feet first. This is not an easy task as the added weight of an air pack tends to throw off your balance. But everyone was successful. On a second attempt they were given the choice to turn around or continue head first down the ladder. Head first has is own challenges as you have to use your feet and hands to slow your decent. Several of our cadets also tried their hand at this method.

We then practiced rappelling out of a window. This is in the event that time doesn't allow for a ladder to be used. Our personnel were shown several ways to anchor a rope, or in our case a piece of webbing with a carabiner, to a solid point in a room or to make one using various tools that they might have with them. Then it was just a matter of bailing out the window and slowly lowering yourself down.

Next month will be ladder training and roof ventilation.

07/16/2025

The one thing we train the hardest at, next to rescuing a victim trapped in a burning building, is rescuing a fellow firefighter trapped in a burning building. And we have to be ready in case one or both happen at the same time. There are constantly changing variables of a fire scene and things can go from bad to worse to fatal in a matter of minutes.

Creating a training scenario similar to what we can see in the field gives our personnel the feeling of what to expect and proper training of what to do should a similar situation arise. A local family has graciously allowed us to train on a house they own and we are grateful for the opportunity.

Last night we practiced rescuing trapped firefighters who had "fallen" through a floor with one firefighter becoming unconscious. This is a full team effort. The one conscious firefighter wraps the unconscious one in a charged hose line securing them with rope, then the firefighters above lift them both out one at a time. This is a rapid style of rescue using tools and equipment readily available in a structural firefighting situation.

Again we are grateful to the owners for allowing us to train on their property and we are planning several more trainings in the coming weeks!

Edit: video of training in comments.

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