A Message from Chief Joe Slankster

Welcome to the Marine City Area Fire Authority website. It is an honor to serve our communities as Fire Chief. I encourage you to review the documents and postings here as we strive to be transparent about our actions and efforts to mitigate threats to public safety in our communities.

The Marine City Area Fire Authority employs State of Michigan certified Firefighters and Medical First Responders. Our Firefighters are dedicated to protecting the lives and property of the citizens of our surrounding communities by responding to their emergencies such as; medical incidents, fires (structure, brush, car, etc.), natural disasters and hazardous materials incidents. We also have several programs that can be found within these pages with other services we offer to our community, please, take a look.

I have been serving as Fire Chief at the Marine City Area Fire Authority since 2011 and as a member of the department since 1991. Over the years, I have seen many changes such as moving from a strictly volunteer department to paid on call services, new technology to assist in fighting fires, and heavily increasing calls for service in our community. Through all these changes, one thing has remained the same, the dedicated men and women at the Marine City Area Fire Authority are always ready to serve you in the event of an emergency.

Proudly serving you,

Joseph Slankster
Fire Chief

Mission Statement-

As firefighters, we will protect the lives and the property of the citizens of our community, by responding to all emergencies we have been dispatched to, in order to uphold the health, safety and prosperity our community.

Congratulations to our 2023 Fire Academy Graduates!

Congratulations to our 2023 Fire Academy Graduates!

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We'd like to wish all the Firefighters out there a Happy International Firefighter's Day. Here are some photos of some of our current staff, that we are so incredibly thankful for. These men and women dedicate their time to serve our community when there are calls for service as well as attend weekly trainings to keep our skills up, learn new tactics, and work together, so when the time comes you can be certain that the Marine City Area Fire Authority will handle your needs quickly and efficiently. ... See MoreSee Less
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The Firefighters would like to Thank the Marine City Area Fire Authority Board members and community for their continued support with keeping the Firefighters safe with the new addition to the department. The 2025 F550 Axes & Irons Fouts mini pumper will serve the community for many years to come. The Rescue is setup up for fire suppression, vehicle accident and medical emergency calls. The truck has a 1500gpm pump 300 gallon tank with 20 gallons of foam. Also new battery operated rescue Rams from Rescue Resources LLC along with battery operated cutter spreader Jaws of life. Stop in anytime to check it out as we have officially put in service this morning. ... See MoreSee Less
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Call Volume – 3rd Quarter 2023 Totals

Total runs: 241

Medical Emergencies: 94

Fires: 5

Motor Vehicle Accidents: 6

Other: 122

Cancelled Enroute: 1

Trainings: 13

Overlapping calls (more than one run happening at any time): 60 or 24.9%

Busiest hour(s): 5 pm

Busiest Day(s) of the Week: Tuesday

Incident municipality;

Marine City: 116

China Township: 10

East China Township: 32

Cottrellville Township: 44

Mutual Aid Areas: 28

Average Emergency Response Time (Dispatched to Arrival): 4 min 44 sec