Contact Information:

 

Fire Department
300 McLaws Circle,
Suite 200
Williamsburg, VA 23185

Directions - Directory

Phone: (757) 220-0626
Fax: (757) 220-9125

 

Email:

 

fire@
james-city.va.us

 

Emergency Management

• Emergency Operations Center/Emergency Information
• Emergency Preparedness
• JCCAlert.org – sign up for emergency alerts to your cell phone or computer

Fire Administration

• Chief Tal Luton
• Deputy Chief Joe Davis
• Support Staff

Emergency Communications Division

 

Operations

• Operational District Chiefs
• Fire Stations
• Dive Team
• Fitness Action Team
• Technical Rescue Team
• Bike Team
• Emergency Communications Center
• Heads Up Program

Support Services Division

• Fire Marshal's Office
• Fire Safety Education
• Smoke Detector Program
• Carbon Monoxide
• Community Outreach
• Tactical Medic Program
• Training Center

Community Services Provided

• Citizen Fire Academy
• CERT
• Explorers

Emergency Medical Services

• Transport Fees

Comments/Suggestions

• Want to know more about being prepared?

 

 

Why you need two types of smoke alarms

 

The James City County Fire Department suggests for the best fire protection citizens should install both photoelectric and ionization alarms. 

 

• Ionization:  The most common type of smoke alarm.  It is cheaper and better at detecting the smaller amounts of smoke in a fast flaming fire.
• Photoelectric:  Less common, it uses a light source and light chamber to detect the smoke from a fire.  It is better at sensing smoky fires. 

 

For more information about how these types of smoke alarms work, click here:  http://home.howstuffworks.com/smoke.htm

 

There are studies to support having both types of smoke alarms.  Click on the USFA Fire in the USA report, 1985-1994; page 76 reports fire fatalities in 19% of homes with working smoke alarms.  A 2006 NIST report suggests that while further study is needed the escape time has decreased dramatically.