Fairbury Rural Fire Department

04/25/2026

The 3&33 Mutual Aid task force has been requested to extend deployment at the Pressey fire in Custer County. Crews from Diller Fire & Rescue, Blue Springs Fire, Beatrice Rural Fire and personnel from Fairbury Rural and Daykin Volunteer Fire will be working through the weekend to help get it buttoned up. Thanks to the crews that have been out there for the last 2 days and thanks to the new crews taking over tomorrow. Be safe!

04/23/2026

Once again, the 3&33 Mutual Aid Task Force has been requested to assist with the Pressey fire in Custer County. Last report was 1000 acres.

Apparatus and personnel from Fairbury Rural, Diller Fire & Rescue , Barneston Rural Volunteer Fire Department , Blue Springs Fire, Wymore Fire and Rescue and personnel from Beatrice Rural Fire will be leaving overnight to report to Broken Bow Fire station to work two 12 hour operational periods giving the local resources some much needed rest and assistance.

Stay safe, Brothers and Sisters!

04/21/2026

04/14/2026

***NO OUTDOOR BURNING ALLOWED TODAY***

April 14, 2026

A red flag warning has been issued for today. This means that FRFD will NOT allow any outdoor burning within our district.

Thank you for your cooperation

04/03/2026

04/02/2026

For patrons of Fairbury Rural Fire District, the Governor of Nebraska has rescinded the executive order removing authority from fire chiefs to issue burn permits that will temporarily lift the always in place burn ban. With that said, FRFD will allow burning within our district again starting on Friday, April 3rd.

If you had a 30 day permit that has not passed the 30 day since the permit was issued, you can still use that permit. If you need extension to a permit, please reach out to the chief or the person who issued you the permit and we can add an extension.

Reminder, that you have filled out that burn plan for a reason and that is a plan that you must follow at a minimum. Due to the still volatile conditions of the fuels out there, it would be good practice to add another level of security and increase the amount of resources available to you for the burn. We do have a limited amount of equipment available for use within Jefferson County that are provided by the local NWTF and PF groups. They can be checked out for a deposit and will be on a first-come first-serve basis.

As a general reminder, the State of Nebraska is always under a burn ban. The fire chief, or designee, can temporarily lift that ban by issuing a burn permit. When you obtain that permit, you sign on the line stating you will be personally responsible for anything that happens as a result of your burn. Anyone who burns outside of their plan can be financially responsible for any damages, and if anyone burns without a permit, they can, and will be, issued a citation for a Class IV misdemeanor.

As stated in our earlier post, we do still have quite a heavy fuel load and that fuel is what we call fully-cured, meaning it is basically dead fuel that can and will ignite easily and can burn with extreme behavior. Please exercise caution.

Again, we will start to allow burning within our district starting Friday, April 3rd. We will closely monitor fire behaviors and fuel conditions and will suspend permits again if we feel it is warranted.

Thank you for your cooperation, and be safe!

Chief Stewart

03/31/2026

Crews contained a pair of risky flareups within about an hour Monday afternoon

03/31/2026

Two dozen departments from across the state responded to a request to help contain a grass fire in Peru throughout the weekend