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Meeting the needs of the citizens and visitors of Lea County, New Mexico.
The Lovington Fire Department was officially established on April 7th, 1931 as a volunteer department. On July 1st, 1972, the City of Lovington Fire Department assumed ambulance responsibilities. In 1985, the fire department made the transition to a full time paid department and absorbed the volunteers as part time employees in 1992. Today, the Lovington Fire Department employs twenty-one full time personnel.
Our fire department is responsible for providing fire protection and emergency medical services care and transport to the citizens of Lovington and Lea County, NM. Our shift personnel are IFSAC certified Firefighter II’s, and we currently have EMT-Paramedics, EMT-Intermediates, and EMT-Basics on staff.. Our personnel are encouraged to continuously train to improve the level of services we can provide to our customers.
It is the goal of the Lovington Fire Department to provide the highest quality service to the citizens we serve. Our department has come a long was since 1931 and is appreciative of the support we receive from the citizens of Lovington and Lea County. After all, without them we would not be the professional and progressive department we have become.
Mission Statement
The Lovington Fire Department is dedicated to providing protection and preservation of life, the environment, and property to the citizens and visitors of Lovington and Lea County.
We will achieve this through using the most current technology available, that is within our means, in the fire and emergency medical services field. We will endeavor to make our department progressive, highly trained, and highly motivated; we will maintain and exceed the traditions set by those who came before us.
We will achieve this through using the most current technology available, that is within our means, in the fire and emergency medical services field. We will endeavor to make our department progressive, highly trained, and highly motivated; we will maintain and exceed the traditions set by those who came before us.
Vision StatementThe Lovington Fire Department will be recognized as a dedicated, safe, and effective emergency response agency that demonstrates excellence and professionalism, both on and off duty. Our department is a dynamic and proactive Fire and EMS organization, which will be regarded as a leader in the emergency services field through its skill, commitment, training, innovation, and excellence. Our department will be known for compassion, understanding, and excellent customer service. Our department will foster communication and partnerships with Fire and EMS organizations, as well as stakeholders. Our department will be safety conscious, which would rather prevent than react to an emergency. Our department will save lives, protect property and the environment, and ease pain and suffering. Our department will be a well rounded and diverse team, with every employee contributing with their unique skills and talents to create a full service department. Our personnel will continue to train to the latest methods and equipment that is available. |
Values StatementThe employees of the Lovington Fire Department are committed to providing a customer oriented professional service through commitment and dedication. Our success at this endeavor is based upon the pillars of knowledge, finance, planning, career, and service.
We uphold standards based upon morals that reflect our service to humanity. We conduct ourselves in a respectful manner by conforming to an ethical standard of treating each other and our customers with dignity and honesty. Our ethics do reflect our service to the profession, and our responsibility to do right over wrong. In order to meet our intrinsic and extrinsic needs, our department fosters an environment that exhibits open communication, positive interactions, acceptance of and embracing change, discipline, responsibility, respect, trust, and honesty. We ascribe to the following values: Loyalty: Even as our department continues to grow, our personnel remain loyal to our customers by ensuring that we can provide for their needs. Opportunity: Our department believes in allowing our employees to seek out opportunities, as the end results in a positive impact. Virtue: Our employees strive to ensure that their virtue is never called into question, and realize the importance of their place in society. Integrity: Our integrity will never come into question, as our core set of values must remain intact because we hold each other accountable and place our lives in each others hands. Necessity: Circumstance mandates that our profession exists. We take this seriously and realize that we must give 100% at all times, regardless of the circumstances. Good will: We must possess a disposition of kindness and compassion if we are to be effective and make an impact in this noble profession. Thoughtfulness: We must heed for the well being of others and anticipate their needs or wishes if we wish to fulfill our vision of easing pain and suffering. Optimistic: We view the actions that we take today as steps to creating a brighter future. Notable: All of our actions have the ability to affect the public view of our profession. |
