A group of gentlemen approached the City Council about forming a fire brigade to protect the citizens of the city. The Council thought it was a good idea and the fire department was formed. Since that time the fire department has evolved into the finest fire service delivery organization in the county. We are 25 members strong, and cover 117 square miles in the heart of Tuscola County. We have two class “A” pumper trucks, a 105ft aerial platform, 3500 gallon water tanker, a grass fire truck, a 6x6 offroad rescue and grass utv, a utility truck, a moblie air cascade trailer,and our newest addition is a incident response team trailer/command center. Our members are trained to a minimum Firefighter II level with Hazardous Materials Operations level certification. Many of our officers are trained to the Fire Officer Level 3. Caro has a fully equipped training room and is host to the county fire instructor’s training program. We are blessed to have one of the most active fire service instructor groups in the State of Michigan right here in Tuscola County. In addition the firefighters raised money for and built the only Training Tower in this part of the state. It is located on the west end of the Tuscola County Fairgrounds. We have the only inflatable fire prevention smoke training house in the county and have an intensive fire prevention program. What we do is summed up in our mission statement:
