Fire Dept History

From Sturtevant

About Sturtevant Fire Department:

The Sturtevant Fire Department was established in 1933. Back then all volunteers covered Sturtevant and the Town on Mount Pleasant. Known as the Sturtevant / Mount Pleasant Fire department. In 1960, the Town of Mount Pleasant created its own fire department and Sturtevant covered the Village of Sturtevant. Due to urban sprawl from the City of Racine and other large cities volunteer fire departments are rapidly becoming dying breed in American society. It was not long before changes where on the horizon for the fire department. In 1998 the Sturtevant Fire Department made the transformation from all volunteer to fully paid department. The Village of Sturtevant has (9) nine full-time firefighter / paramedics. Today the Fire Department is staffed full time; 24 hours a day 7 days a week. All full time firefighters are required to be licensed at the paramedic level. The Fire Department operates out of one fire station located at 2801 89th street in Sturtevant and responds to nearly 900 calls per year.