Axtell Volunteer Fire & Rescue

06/24/2026

From Axtell EMT/FF Emma Kristine:

The heroes wall is a way to thank and honor all the different heros. Military, police, EMT'S, firefighters, cancer or anything similar (autoimmune ect.) Dementia, PTSD, su***de to name a few. We would be honored to place anyone's name past or present on to wall for all to see and honor them.

They would like to give a huge shout out to the Axtell fire and rescue team for making a dream come true by donating some fire gear that was used to make a mannequin come to life for a float that will be at several parades

Located at 12326 H road Stromsburg NE. Contact the heroes wall directly or Dave Rollins @ 402-366-3599 for any further questions.

06/24/2026

Spread the word about the Community Fireworks Show on SATURDAY June 27th!

Food Trucks!!!
⭐️ Budda’s meats
⭐️ Nuestra familia
⭐️ Funky Monkey
⭐️ 8:00 Dairy Queen
🧨Fireworks stand will be open

06/21/2026

Wishing all the dads on our department a Happy Father's Day!!!

06/13/2026

Update from the Fickenschers at the South Fork Fire:

Eustis 27, HEA 28, and Axtell 22 with Republican Valley Task Force. Also worked with Laramie County (WY) Tactical Tender for these 2 days. Wrapping up a 48 hour shift. We'll be heading home over the weekend.

06/11/2026

UPDATE ON THE SOUTH FORK FIRE From Joseph Fickenscher & Tyrell Fickenscher:

Axtell 22 and crew linked up with the Republican Valley Task Force this morning at 02:00, and we met at the Crawford fire station for briefing at 06:00.

As of this morning, the South Fork Fire had consumed 23,112 acres and is considered 5% contained. command for this fire was also transferred to federal jurisdiction this morning (Rocky Mountain Incident Command System 2).

It’s been a busy morning, and the wind’s beginning to pick up, but we’re working with some great folks and will be coving a lot of ground today.

06/11/2026

Ty & Joe Fickenscher are on their way to help out, we'll have more updates later.....

At the direction of incident command, a preliminary evacuation notice is being issued for residents in the city of Crawford. This is a preliminary warning. You are not under mandatory evacuation order at this time. Conditions are changing rapidly due to extreme fire weather. Prepare you family, pets, and go kits now so you can leave at a moments notice if conditions change.

05/31/2026

Congrats to Jake Zahl, Ty Fickenscher, Joseph Fickenscher, Tyler Kratzer & Kyle Hort for completing their Wildland Firefighter Course. The course involved two weekends back in March plus 3 online modules that had to be passed. The final test out was thier Red Card Pack Test - a 3 mile walk with a 45 pound weighted pack in under 45 minutes.

05/21/2026

Good Luck to the Axtell Track & Field athletes competing at state! Always an honor to es**rt them out of town!!

05/20/2026

In honor of EMS week we thought we should introduce you to the EMTs on our Department.

In no particular order:

Shawn Soderquist- 20 years as an EMT
His Why - too serve our community

Travis Arner - 6 years as an EMT
His Why - He felt if was the right thing to do for the community & the department.

Jeff Nelson - 24 years as an EMT
His Why - he was an Emergency Medical Responder and decided to bridge up to EMT to better serve the department.

Mitch Petersen - 14 years as an EMT & current Unit Captain
His Why - I became an EMT because for one, my dad was and that was something I always looked up to my him for doing. The second reason is because of the first incident I ever went on as a fireman. I decided on that call that I was going to become an EMT so that I can do everything I can to help people when they need it most.

Pat Philippi - 6 years as an EMT, 5 as an EMS instructor & Assistant Unit Captain
Her Why - My dad was an EMT in Falls City when I was younger, I became a lifeguard in high school, eventually getting my lifeguard instructor. The next natural thing was to get my EMT license and then was talked into getting my instructor cert too......