Mission Statement

Devoted to preserving life and property through teamwork, exceptional performance, and professionalism.

• Service: Put the welfare of the community, the department, and our members before your own.
• Duty: Fulfill your obligations.
• Honor: Live up to the values of the Clayton Fire tradition.
• Pride: Remember those who went before you and ensure the future of the organization.
• Humility: Develop a modest view of one’s own importance.
• Discipline: Habituate the virtue, knowledge and skill necessary for the job.
• Ownership: Be responsible and answerable for your actions or inactions.
• Integrity: Do what’s right- legally, ethically, and morally.
• Professionalism: Dress, communicate and conduct oneself becoming of the Clayton Fire department and mission.
• Respect: Treat people as they should be treated... especially one another.