Mission, Vision and Values

Mission: 

Clermont Fire Department exists to protect life and property by providing a highly trained all-hazards response to our community through our commitment to compassionate and professional service.

Vision:

The Clermont Fire Department’s 2027 vision is to be known as an internationally accredited department striving for continuous improvement and renowned for providing fire and rescue services with integrity, professionalism, and leadership. As a forward-thinking department, we will assemble and apply superb external communications and safeguard physical resources for responsible financial sustainability that delivers contemporary, transparent, and beneficial value to our growing community. 

In pursuit of a balanced culture, while supporting honesty, respect, and ethics, we will improve our internal communication processes in preparation for the challenges which come through the prism of the future. Recognizing our greatest resource, our members, we will make every effort to acquire, develop, mentor, and prepare our employees to meet and exceed the expectations of our community. Our concept is to achieve this through appropriate and comprehensive human capital management, training, and professional development programs. We envision a department that recruits, welcomes, and retains innovative members with expertise and strong values of dependability, teamwork, education, and training. 

We will be a pioneering department responsible for building a collaborative environment of excellence and service through individual and organizational accountability and mentorship while delivering our mission, living our values, and making this vision of living in a community that is the choice of champions a reality.

Values:

Integrity through honesty, respect, and ethics.

Professionalism through dependability, teamwork, education, and training.

Leadership through innovation, discipline, and mentorship.