Serving the communities of Franklin, Bingham Farms, and Southfield Township since 1937, the members of the Department provide services in the areas of fire response, emergency medical services, and technical response.
Our mission is to serve residents, neighbors and all citizens when called to action. We create value by executing our services in a cost effective, high quality manner.
Consumers Energy Outage Reporting
Detroit Edison Power Outage Reporting
Franklin Police Department Emergency Email Alert System Registration
Knox (Emergency Access Key Boxes)
Michigan Burn Permits Management System (For Northern MI Counties)
Michigan Prescribed Fire Council
National Fire Protection Association
Oakland County Emergency Management
Oakland County Outdoor Warning Siren System Schedule
Have you always wanted to be a fire fighter? Now is the perfect time! We are always looking for qualified candidates to add to the ranks of our department.
Citizens over the age of 18 are welcome to apply for membership with the department. Unlike a majority of fire departments, not every volunteer with the Franklin-Bingham Fire Department is required to live or work in the areas we serve. While living close by is important, we value the skills performed in accomplishing "station duty" in addition to incident response. The benefits of this program are to not only maintain responders from the area, but to also accomplish the daily operational needs we are faced with in addition to bolstering our daytime response capabilities. With this in mind, the following chart describe station duty requirements (day/weekday performance) for volunteers of the department:
Classification | Required Station Duty |
Probationary Status | 4 hours per week |
Reside 6-20 miles from station | 4 hours per week |
Reside > 20 miles from station | 8 hours per week |
Support Group | As required/approved by Chief of Dept. |
As a member of the Franklin-Bingham Fire Department, probationary members are entitled to receive:
Upon the completion of probation, each member will also receive:
Through fire department membership, active members are eligible to attend the following sessions at department expense:
To apply for department membership, please print out the four link pages below, complete them and return them to the department. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to call us at 248.626.9862.
Burn permits cannot be requested more than one week in advance and the ending date must be within one week of the beginning date. If requesting a permit for only one day, please leave the ending date field blank.
Permits are only valid for Franklin Village residents. Only Franklin streets are selectable.
(* Denotes Required Field)