Clay Fire Territory, IN - Official Website

What is your response time?: For 90 percent of all emergency medical services (EMS) responses, the total response time for the arrival of the first-due unit, staffed with 3 firefighters, is: 7 minutes and 32 seconds.

For 90 percent of all moderate and high risk structure fires, the total response time for the arrival of the first-due unit, staffed with 3 firefighters, is: 8 minutes and 05 seconds.

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2. Why does a fire truck show up when I call for EMS?: In the case of life-threatening emergency, we will dispatch a fire truck along with an ambulance to provide extra assistance since all of our apparatus are certified to provide Advanced Life Support.

3. What can I legally burn and when can I burn it?: • All burning must take place between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
• All burn piles must not be any larger than 3 feet high and 5 feet in diameter, and must be at least 25 feet away from other combustibles such as bushes, wood piles, or buildings.
• No stumps, grass clippings, leaves, finished lumber or other construction materials are to be burned with this permit.
• The open burning permits were designed for storm clean-up, not clearing a lot for construction.

Visit the Burning Permits page to download an application.

4. What is your response time?: For 90 percent of all emergency medical services (EMS) responses, the total response time for the arrival of the first-due unit, staffed with 3 firefighters, is: 7 minutes and 32 seconds.

For 90 percent of all moderate and high risk structure fires, the total response time for the arrival of the first-due unit, staffed with 3 firefighters, is: 8 minutes and 05 seconds.