Month: May 2023

The year 2022 was a year of realized potential for the Springfield Fire Department and our community, a celebration of the extensive, expansive, and interconnected efforts of our department, community partners, and our neighbors to create a fire safe community in which we can all be proud.

The Fire Training Bureau provided 24,168 hours of education and training to our firefighters in 2022, providing preparedness for the 12,997 emergency incidents your firefighters responded to delivering heroic and exemplary service to our community, with multiple documented rescues and lives saved. As a result of the community’s ownership in the creation of a fire safe community – the efforts of our chief and company officers, firefighters and administrative staff, partner agencies, community agencies and programs, and our neighbors, the City of Springfield had zero fire related fatalities in 2022, an accomplishment never before documented for our community and something we should all celebrate.

You can read the annual report here. 2022 Fire Department Annual Report

Governor Mike Parson is awarding grants to dozens of schools in the state of Missouri in the first round of funding through the School Safety Grant Program.

In a release Monday, Parson’s office announced 169 schools received funding for safety and security measures in their respective districts and charters.

Officials say the measures include physical improvements such as new door locks, metal detectors, etc. as well as defibrillators and other first-aid equipment.

“Improving the safety and security of our schools is an issue we can all support, and these grants help ensure our schools remain safe environments for Missouri children to learn. While threats of violence are something we never want to see in our classrooms, we must be prepared and have proper resources and response plans in place.”

Several local school districts received funding, including; Sparta, Walnut Grove, Thayer and Aurora, among others.

Nixa High School has extra officers around the building today due to recent threats made by a student.

School officials say the threat was made on Friday, and that they are following normal disciplinary rules to address the matter.

There has been no indication as to when, or if, the student will return to school.

The district released a statement that read:

“Recent events at schools in other states have heightened everyone’s concern for the safety of students. we want to assure you that we take any threat seriously and have the full cooperation of local law enforcement.”

Police say the extra security is strictly precautionary, and that they don’t believe the threat is credible.