by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Oct 24, 2026 | Safety & Preparedness
Two simple things at your home can save us minutes when you call 911: a number we can read from the road, and a driveway our trucks can get up. This winter, Stronach Township property owners will find this note from the fire department with their tax bills. Here it is...
by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Oct 13, 2026 | Behind The Alarm
Most people carry the same picture of an ambulance call, and it is a reasonable picture, because it is the one they have seen. The truck arrives. The patient is right there. The crew goes to work, gets the patient on the cot, loads up, and drives away. Three steps,...
by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Oct 11, 2026 | Safety & Preparedness
Public Safety Advisory from the Stronach Township Fire Department, October 2026. Winter is close. This year it arrives with fuel markets unsettled by the war in the Middle East and with the sign-up for Manistee County’s CodeRED emergency alerts out of service....
by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Oct 11, 2026 | Community Notices
This applies to everyone in Manistee County, not just Stronach Township. The CodeRED emergency alert sign-up link on Manistee County’s website no longer works. We have asked Manistee County Emergency Management for the current sign-up information and will post...
by Fred R. LaPoint, Fire Chief Paramedic | Sep 26, 2026 | Behind The Alarm
In May, the council the President appointed to reexamine the Federal Emergency Management Agency delivered its final report. Near the top is a sentence every household in America ought to read twice. Disaster response, the council wrote, should be “locally executed,...
