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Fire & Rescue
Mission
The mission of the Le Mars Fire-Rescue Department is to minimize loss of life and property for the City of Le Mars and other areas covered in Plymouth County from:
- Fires
- Natural Disasters
- Other Life and Property Threatening Situations
Services
The Fire-Rescue Department performs these services in an efficient manner by maintaining effective:
- Education
- Emergency Response
- Fire Prevention
- Fire Suppression
- Training
Service Area
Cities and Rural
- Le Mars
- Brunsville
- Seney
- Merrill
- Oyens
Townships
All or Partial - 200 Square Miles
- America
- Elgin
- Grant
- Johnson
- Preston
- Stanton
- Washington
Staff & Stations
The Fire-Rescue Department has a full time Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and Battalion Chief.
There are also up to 32 paid on-call pay volunteers.
The Fire-Rescue Department operates out of 2 Fire Stations:
Station #1 located at 45 1st Avenue SW
Station #2 located at 25 12th Street SE
Education & Training
Education and Training for the firefighters take place on Wednesday nights. The department takes advantage of fire schools that are made available through community colleges and the State Fire Service Training Bureau in Ames, Iowa.
Services to the Community & Area
The Fire-Rescue Department is involved in many emergency and non-emergency events. Some of those services are:
- Fire
- Extrication
- Hazardous Materials
- Confined Space Rescue
- Fire Prevention
- Fire Inspection
- Trench Rescue
- Water Rescue
- Rope Rescue
- Storm Watch
- Education Classes
- Search and Rescue
- City and Chamber Events
- Plymouth County Fair
- Clandestine Labs
- Active Killer Rescue Team