Every call, every day — we're here when you need us most. Welcome to the Eastman Fire Department's official social media page on Facebook. The Eastman Fire Department provides fire rescue, suppression, prevention and education, as well as major vehicle accident response and smoke alarm/detector education. Remember: Smoke alarms can save lives, so make sure your home, business, etc., has at least one. This site is not monitored 24/7. For emergency fire assistance, please dial 9-1-1 immediately. This account is open to the public, and as such, we ask everyone to keep their comments and posts clean, respectfully interacting and sharing ideas. The Eastman Fire Department welcomes a person's right to express his or her opinion. However, all comments and posts are monitored and reviewed by the department for compliance with our Terms of Use. The Eastman Fire Department reserves the right to restrict, remove or delete any comments or posts found to be in violation of our guidelines. Repeated violations may also result in the individual being banned and prohibited from posting future comments. TERMS OF USE GUIDELINES:
Consistent with the purpose of this page, prohibited content includes, but is not limited to, comments or posts which contain:
• Profanity, offensive language, intimidating language or hate speech
• Obscene, graphic, vulgar or sexually explicit content
• Insulting or prejudiced language that promotes discrimination based on race, color, creed, age, gender, religious beliefs, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation
• Commercial solicitations, advertisements, self-promotion, links, business or commercial transactions, political campaigning or promoting or opposing any person campaigning for election to a political office
• Links to websites which may be offensive or inappropriate
• Spam
• Verbal attacks, harassing comments, personal attacks or not respectfully interacting with others on the page
• Personal or identifying information or a victim’s name that is not subject to being released under open records laws
• Words that incite, encourage or solicit violent or illegal acts
• Language that is off-topic, including personal attacks; comments must relate to the matter originally posted
• Information that might compromise the safety and security of members of the department or the public
• Information that violates the legal ownership or interest of another party or infringes on copyrights, trademarks or intellectual property
Because this page is not monitored 24/7, the Eastman Fire Department is not responsible for any postings or comments deemed inappropriate that cannot be removed in a timely manner. Also, based on our “Content Moderation” settings on this page, Facebook may auto-block certain posts automatically until our administrator is able to review them.
“Following” or “Friending” persons, a business or an organization is not an endorsement by the Eastman Fire Department. Instead, it is only intended as a means of communication. The Eastman Fire Department’s social media site should NOT be used to report a fire or crime. If you post information about a fire or crime, you may become a witness and subject to being subpoenaed for court proceedings.
