Fire Department

The Selma Fire Department will provide the highest level of emergency services available to the Selma community by protecting lives and property through fire suppression, emergency medical services, disaster mitigation, rescue services, and fire and life safety education and prevention. Our firefighters will be honest, professional, and safe; and will treat our customers like our personal families.

Message from the Fire Chief

Thank you for visiting our web site. I would like to share with you some information about your Selma Fire Department. The staff of this Department prides itself in being a proactive, well trained agency. We strive to provide excellent emergency services to our community. We are unique in our make up as a combination career and volunteer Fire Department. As most agencies around the country have struggled to keep volunteer firefighters in service, Selma has had a strong volunteer firefighting force for the past several years. This is widely due to the pride and ownership of the department by its Firefighters. Our Firefighters Care about the community.

Over the past few years, we have added a small number of career members to back up the volunteer firefighters. This allows our volunteer firefighters to focus on the major emergencies while our career staff handles the day to day tasks of the Department.

Many challenges face our agency in the future, such as: our aging fleet of apparatus, the need for career staff, and the rising cost of performing quality emergency services. All of these issues can be successfully addressed through proper planning, and a strong partnership with our citizens.

Please remember, your Fire Department is a backbone agency for this community. Our doors are always open, and we are always a phone call away (911). “You call, we come, we help”

“OUR GOAL IS TO HELP MAKE YOUR BAD DAYS BETTER”

Phillip McDaniel, Fire Chief

201 N. Webb Street
Selma, NC 27576
(919) 965-2697
(919) 965-9841, Ext 5005
Fax: (919) 965-9843
pmcdaniel@selma-nc.com

Brannan Barbee, Asst. Fire Chief

201 N. Webb Street
Selma, NC 27576
(919) 965-2697
(919) 965-9841, Ext 5002
Fax: (919) 965-9843
bbarbee@selma-nc.com

Important Information About Address Posting

The Town of Selma would like to remind all citizens and business owners of the importance and requirement of properly posted address signage. Address numbers must be posted on the front side of the property. These postings are imperative for many of the services offered by the Town of Selma including, Emergency Response & Utilities. Please help us help you by ensuring your address is posted: Clearly, Unobstructed, Contrasting Color, & Reflectivity is highly encouraged. A custom reflective sign can be purchased for $15.00 by clicking on the order form on this page. Just print, complete, and drop off to the Selma Town Hall with payment, and we will call you when your sign is available for pickup. Our Code Enforcement Officer will be actively pursuing properties in violation of the code. Remember: WE CAN’T HELP IF WE CAN’T FIND YOU!

Order Form For Reflective Signage

Fire Department in Action

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The Selma Fire Department is a Combination Fire Department operated by the Town of Selma. Selma operates from one station located in the heart of the Town. The brave Firefighters of the Selma Fire Department protect a municipal district of just over five square miles and a rural district of 15 square miles with a total population just over 7,000. We protect a large variety of geographical areas consisting of retail, industrial, residential, agricultural, interstate, highway, and railroad.

The staff of the Department consists of 3 full time Captains, 3 full time Engineers, 6 full time Firefighters, 3 part time Firefighters, 1 part time Fire Inspector,1 full time Assistant Fire Chief and Fire Chief. 7 volunteer firefighters supplement the career staff by staffing the station with career and part-time staff along with being on call 24 hours a day. Each shift consists of a Captain, Engineer and two Firefighters who are on duty 24 hours a day, part-time or volunteer firefighter. Our crews operate on a traditional A-B-C rotating shift schedule. The Fire Chief and Assistant Chief work a 40-hour week schedule while still on call for emergency response 24 hours a day. We also offer an Intern Firefighter Program for JCC Students. We offer Unique Volunteer Opportunities including Pay per Call, Pay per Training, Shift Stipends, Certification Fee Waivers, in a family atmosphere.

The Department operates three engines, one aerial, two specialized foam units and one brush unit. The duties of the Selma Fire Department include fire suppression, vehicle extrication, hazardous materials response, emergency medical responses, fire inspections, fire and life safety education, and natural disaster response & Mitigation.

The fire protection class rating is a Class 3 district wide. Selma’s rural fire tax rate is $.13 per $100 evaluation. The Department responds to an average of 1200 emergency calls per year.

Core Values

Honesty

We should always be trusted by our community. Firefighters must be true to their word and be guided by moral decision making and self-discipline.

Initiative

We must always be willing to put forth above and beyond the normal level of service. Fixing small problems before they become large problems is our goal.

Customer Service

Customers of the Selma Fire Department will be treated as family members. We define our customers as citizens, businesses, firefighters, vendors, instructors, and all individuals we encounter in our duties.

Creativity

Selma firefighters should always be looking at our functions and asking how I can make this better. We will strive to enhance our procedures, make our tasks more efficient, and reduce liability for ourselves and the Town of Selma.

Honor and Respect

We are a fire department family. We are committed and accountable to each other because our lives depend on it. We value the role each member plays in our organization. We respect those that came before us and will strive to make the organization better for those who follow. We will strive to support each other and push each other to be better.

Everyone Goes Home

Through our procedures, training, preparation, response, and actions, we will ensure that at the end of every task, every firefighter returns home to their family. We will strive to meet the 16 Life Safety Initiatives adopted by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

Fire Prevention

1. Check Your Smoke Alarms

Working smoke alarms reduce the chances of dying in a fire by nearly 50%!
For the best protection, install smoke alarms on every level of your home, outside every sleeping area and in each bedroom.
Use Daylight Savings Time as a reminder to check your smoke alarms.
Replace conventional batteries at least once a year, even if alarms are wired directly into your home’s electrical system.
Consider installing a smoke alarm that has a 10-year battery. Smoke alarms expire after 10 years. So if your alarm is more than 10 years old, you should install a new one.

2. Create and Practice a Fire Escape Plan

Create and practice a home fire escape plan with two ways out of every room.
As part of your plan, designate one person to get infants and small children out safely. Have a back-up plan for young children just in case the primary person is overcome by smoke.
Smoke is toxic. Teach children to “get low and go” if there is smoke when they are leaving the home.
Practice feeling the door, doorknob and cracks around the door with the back of your hand to see if they are too hot. Help your children practice this step.
Choose a place to meet outside that is a safe distance away from your home.

3. In an Emergency, Leave Home Immediately

In the event of a fire, leave your home immediately. Once you’re out of the house, stay out.
Wait to call 911 until after you are out of the home.

4. If You Live in an Apartment, Pull the Alarm

If there is a fire and you don’t hear the building’s fire alarm, pull the nearest fire alarm “pull station” on your way out.
Know all of your building’s fire escape exits and use the stairs to get out. Don’t use the elevator.

5. If You’re Stuck Inside, Cover the Areas Where Smoke Might Come In

If you cannot safely escape your home or apartment, keep smoke out of the room by covering vents and cracks around the door, and call 911 or your fire department as quickly as possible.
Then signal for help at the window with a light-colored cloth or a flashlight.

6. Keep Flammable Materials in Safe Areas

Remember to keep space heaters at least three feet away from anything that can burn, and always closely supervise children and pets when the heater is turned on.
Make sure you turn space heaters off when you leave the room.
If using gasoline-powered devices, store gasoline in a locked location where children cannot access it. Keep only small quantities in an approved container that has child safety features.

7. Don’t Over Plug

To prevent possible fires, avoid plugging several appliance cords into the same electrical socket.

8. Stay Focused Around the Kitchen

Use common sense in the kitchen. Limit distractions when cooking and don’t leave a hot oven or stovetop unattended.
Keep anything that can catch fire, such as dish towels or wooden spoons, away from your stovetop.
Have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen in case of emergency, and make sure you know how it works. You might be surprised that most people don’t know how to use one.

9. Install Barriers Such as Safety Gates Around Fireplaces, Ovens and Furnaces

Make sure your fireplace is protected by a sturdy screen. Remember that glass screens can take a long time to cool down.
If you are using a fireplace or wood stove, make sure you burn only seasoned hardwood such as oak, ash or maple.
If small children live in or visit your home, use a safety gate around your fireplace or wood stove.

10. Blow Out Candles and Store Matches Out of Reach

Keep candles at least 12 inches away from anything that can burn, and always blow them out when you leave the room or before you go to sleep.
Make a habit of placing matches, gasoline and lighters in a safe place, out of children’s reach. Avoid novelty lighters or lighters that look like toys.
Teach kids never to play with matches and lighters. Make a habit of placing these items up and away from young children.

Severe Weather

Emergency Kit

Thunderstorm Safety

Tornado Safety

Hurricane Safety

Flash Floods & Floods

Hail

Town of Selma Tornado Siren

The Town of Selma utilizes the old siren located on top of the fire station to alert citizens of any TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY. When citizens hear the siren, they should immediately seek cover and tune into the local forecast by radio, television, or internet for exact paths of the storm. The siren is meant to aid in notification of a warning. The best alerting system is a weather radio. The siren may not be audible for the entire town due to wind direction and weather conditions.

Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment Drive

DON’T WATCH ANOTHER FIRE TRUCK DRIVE BY

GET ON THE TRUCK!

The Selma Fire Department is conducting a Recruitment Drive for Volunteer Firefighters. No experience needed! Help your Community or help yourself to a new career with free education. Pay per call and shift stipends available. Do not have to live in Selma! Just fill out an application here: Apply now!

Contact the Fire station at 919-965-2697 or just stop by the Firehouse for more information.