Fire Chief Jeremy Lami
Happy New Year! 2022 is well underway and Mardi Gras is right around the corner. In the coming weeks, we will be releasing the Strategic Plan for the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department and it will provide a roadmap for the future. There’s never a finish line and it’s imperative we continue to focus on improving. I’m excited about a transparent document with strategic initiatives that provide clarity regarding the vision and future of MFRD. The cover story this month is focused on recognizing our public safety dispatchers and it’s well deserved. They are an important part of our team and the first link in our response model. If you have a moment, reach out to them and thank them for their service or schedule a visit to 911 and learn more about their role. I would like to thank them for a job well done and their unwavering commitment to public safety. I sincerely appreciate all that you do. I pray daily for all of you and look forward to the rest of 2022! Keep moving forward,
Police Chief Paul Prine
As we welcome the beginning of a new year, I am certainly grateful that our department is continuing to maintain an optimist outlook. I realize that although we continue to face many obstacles that are broadened by the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected so many areas of our lives, you have never failed to rise to the occasion and uphold the oath that you have taken to serve and protect. The city of Mobile will return to celebrating the Mardi Gras season. I realize that there are concerns about safety but the department is always concerned about the safety and wellbeing of its members and the protection of its citizens. Thank you always for providing optimum protection and public service to the city of Mobile. The city has recognized our public safety dispatchers as first responders. Let me say that first responders are the people whose job is to respond immediately (first). Public safety dispatchers, thank you for your conscientiousness, careful and diligent service. Indeed, you are certainly worthy to the title “first responder” as our response to crime and calls for help most often and without question begins first with you. I say again with great enthusiasm, “We are one” and I am sure that the Mobile Police Department will continue in its growth to become the quintessential police department in this country. “Mission First” O N E S H I F T M AG A Z I N E - 3
