This page is our mutual aid page. In late 2005 the Porter County Fire Association adopted a county wide Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS).
Below is Burns Harbor Fire Department's Current Alarm Plan
| Fire | ||||
| First Alarm | Second Alarm | Third Alarm | Fourth Alarm | Fifth Alarm |
| Portage Fire - Truck | Chesterton Fire- Engine | South Haven Fire - Engine | Beverly Shores Fire - Engine | Lake Station Fire - Engine |
| Ogden Dunes Fire - Engine | Liberty Twp. Fire - Engine | Union Twp. Fire - Quint | Mittal Steel Fire - Tower | Gary Fire - Engine |
| Porter Fire - Engine | Washington Twp. Fire - Air Van | Gary Fire - Tower | ||
| Red Cross | ||||
| South Have - Standby South Have Fire Station | Beverly Shores Fire - Cover Burns Harbor Station | |||
| Union Twp - Standby Union Twp. Station | ||||
| Water Supply | ||
| Tanker Plan 1 | Tanker Plan 2 | Tanker Plan 3 |
| Porter Fire - Tanker | Beverly Shores Fire - Tanker | Washington Twp. Fire - Tanker |
| Liberty Twp. Fire - Tanker & Engine | Pine Twp. Fire - Tanker | Boone Grove Fire - Tanker |
| Chesterton Fire - Tanker/Command Officer | Union Twp. Fire - Tanker | Morgan Twp. Fire - Tanker |
| South Haven Fire - Tanker | Ind. Dunes Nat. Lakeshore - Tanker | Valparaiso Fire - Tanker |
| RESCUE | |||||||||
| Extrication | Tech. Rescue | Water Rescue | Wildland 1 | Wildland 2 | |||||
| Portage Fire - Engine | Porter County Tech. Rescue Team | Porter County Dive Team | Porter Fire - Brush Truck | Chesterton Fire - Brush Truck | |||||
| Chesterton Fire - Rescue | Air Ambulance | Ogden Dunes Fire - Brush Truck | Liberty Twp. Fire - Brush Truck | ||||||
| Beverly Shores Fire - Brush Truck | |||||||||
| Porter Fire - Standby Porter Station | |||||||||
Here you will find what department is requesting mutual aid, what alarm plan, what type of apparatus and location we are to respond to.
| Department & Box District | Alarm | Apparatus | Location |
| Beverly Shores | 2nd | Engine | Change Quarters |
| Beverly Shores | 3rd | Engine | Scene |
| Beverly Shores | Wildland 2 | Brush | Scene |
| Beverly Shores | Tanker Plan 2 | Tanker | Scene |
| Chesterton-Southeast | 1st | Engine & Command Officer | Change Quarters |
| Chesterton-Southeast | 2nd | Engine & Command Officer | Scene |
| Chesterton-Southeast | Tanker Plan 2 | Tanker & Command Officer | Scene |
| Chesterton-Downtown | 1st | Engine & Command Officer | Change Quarters |
| Chesterton-Downtown | 2nd | Engine & Command Officer | Scene |
| Chesterton-Downtown | Tanker Plan 2 | Tanker | Scene |
| Chesterton-Westchester Twp. | 3rd | Engine | Scene |
| Chesterton-Westchester Twp. | Tanker Plan 2 | Tanker & Command Officer | Scene |
| Chesterton-Crocker | Automatic Aid | Engine | Scene |
| Chesterton-Crocker | Tanker Plan 1 | Tanker & Command Officer | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#1 NW N-6, Between 149 & Meridian | 1st | Engine | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#1 NW N-6, Between 149 & Meridian | Brush 1 | Brush | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#1 NW N-6, Between 149 & Meridian | Extrication | Rescue Vehicle | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#1 NW N-6, Between 149 & Meridian | Tanker Plan 1 | Tanker | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#2 NE N-6, Between Meridian & 500 E | 2nd | Engine | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#2 NE N-6, Between Meridian & 500 E | Tanker Plan 1 | Tanker | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#3 SW S-6 Between 149 & Meridian | 3rd | Engine | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#3 SW S-6 Between 149 & Meridian | Tanker Plan 2 | Tanker | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#4 SE S-6, Between Meridian & 500 E | Tanker Plan 3 | Tanker | Scene |
| Liberty Twp.-#5 Jackson Township North of US-6 | Tanker Plan 2 | Tanker | Scene |
| Mittal Steel | 1st | Engine | Change Quarters |
| Mittal Steel | 2nd | Engine | Scene |
| Mittal Steel | 4th | 2nd Engine | Change Quarters |
| Mittal Steel | 5th | 2nd Engine | Scene |
| Mittal Steel | Tanker Plan 1 | Tanker | Scene |
| Ogden Dunes | 1st | Engine | Scene |
| Ogden Dunes | Wildland 1 | Brush | Scene |
| Ogden Dunes | Tanker Plan 1 | Tanker | Scene |
| Pine Twp. | 1st | Our Station | |
| Pine Twp. | 2nd | Squad | Scene |
| Pine Twp. | Tanker Plan 2 | Engine | Scene |
| Pine Twp. | Tanker Plan 3 | Tanker | Scene |
| Portage-North Box | 1st | Engine | Change Quarters Station #2 |
| Portage-North Box | 2nd | Engine | Scene |
| Portage-North Box | Wildland | Brush | Scene |
| Portage-North Box | Tanker Plan 1 | Tanker | Scene |
| Portage-South Box | 1st | Our Station | |
| Portage-South Box | 2nd | Engine | Change Quarters Station #2 |
| Portage-South Box | 3rd | Engine | Scene |
| Portage-South Box | Wildland | Brush | Scene |