Multiple agencies contained a 76-acre grass fire over the last weekend in the Nebraska Panhandle

Banner County Volunteer Fire Department, with aid from three neighboring agencies, contained a grass fire Saturday that ...
Yahoo

Plum Creek Fire up to 70% contained, more than 7,000 acres burned in north-central Nebraska

Crews battle the Plum Creek Fire in north-central Nebraska's Brown County. (Courtesy of Ann Moylan Fiala, Ainsworth Volunteer Fire Department) A Friday morning update from Ainsworth Fire Chief Brad ...
1011 Now

Plum Creek Fire now 100% contained, says Nebraska Emergency Management Agency

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - The “Plum Creek Fire” in north-central Nebraska is now 100% contained as of Wednesday morning, the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency confirmed. The week-long ...
nptelegraph

Fire Departments in Nebraska receive $10,000 grant from State Farm, National Volunteer Fire Council

State Farm and the National Volunteer Fire Council have teamed up for a second year to support local volunteer fire departments with funding to secure needed equipment to help keep their responders ...
McCook Gazette

Fire chief weighs progress, challenges

McCOOK, Neb. - With almost 36 years under his belt at the McCook Fire Department, Fire Chief Marc Harpham has seen a lot of changes. While many of those changes have been positive, such as a ...
KETV Omaha

'Our volume has increased': Blair seeking to add paid position to volunteer fire department

IT’S RESPONDING TO 100 MORE CALLS EACH YEAR. THEY POINT TO THE CITY’S ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND THAT’S WHY CITY OFFICIALS HOPE TO MOVE THE DEPARTMENT AWAY FROM BEING SOLELY VOLUNTEER. KETV NEWSWATCH ...