Farnam Rural Volunteer Fire Department

04/25/2026

04/22/2026

We will be sending one type 6 grass rig with 3 firemen to the Pressey State Park fire near Oconto in Custer County. Please keep Will, Calder, and Greg in your thoughts tonight as they head north. Likely another crew will go in the morning but time will tell.

04/02/2026

Wildfire recovery support is here.

Join Nebraska Extension, USDA FSA and NRCS for upcoming meetings focused on recovery resources, grazing options, disaster programs and next steps.

📍 April 8 — Arthur
📍 April 9 — Brady
📍 April 10 — Oshkosh
⏰ 3:30–6 p.m. (meal to follow)

🔗 https://go.unl.edu/raxg

03/30/2026

Possibility of dry lightning tonight with the passage of this front. Keep your eyes open and call for help immediately if you see something pop up.

The Red Flag warning has been extended through tonight. This is due to a cold front and a wind shift to the north. Gusts over 45 mph will be possible.

03/26/2026

Burn ban has been extended until April 10th. This includes trash barrels. Please be respectful and follow the ban. Violators are subject to fines. It’ll rain again someday, just have to be patient and courteous to our neighbors and ourselves, we will get through this dry weather pattern. If you’re questioning if you should be doing it or not, odds are you probably shouldn’t be. The smallest spark or heat source will cause a fire in these conditions.

03/19/2026

If any of you still would like to help or are able. We would appreciate some help Saturday at 1:00 at the fire hall in Farnam. The fire hall and equipment are a bit of a wreck and it’s a tad bit overwhelming. Bring the kids too. The more the merrier. Thank you for considering.

03/17/2026

We are far from over with the Cottonwood fire but the first thing comes to mind is speechless. From the donations to the fire hall of supplies, mutual aid, farmers, ranchers, and neighbors, what we witnessed was incredible and full of selflessness. No one froze, no one said no, no one said me first. We all just got after the task at hand and took care of business. You never want to experience something like this, let alone anywhere, but especially at home. Then you look around and see what makes it great to live where we do. Farmers, ranchers, and neighbors all scrambling to help save each others livelihoods, homes, possessions, etc. 92!!!! 92 different fire departments dropped everything at home and came to help here. They came to support us even though coming to help us meant time away from their families, giving up days at their jobs that they rely on to take care of their families, and gave up the comfort and safety of their homes to be here to help us. What an incredible act of selflessness, compassion, and commitment to answer the call. This was a lot of bad but there has been good come from it too. It showed us that the real world is still here, the one that looked out for one another, cared for one another, and put ourselves last to love our neighbors. I hope we never experience anything like this again, but if we do I want to fight it with every single one of you again just like we did it this time. We can’t say thank you enough to all of you for coming to help us protect our community, whether it was helping pack up, haul water, moving livestock, passing on information, disking fields, or living on a fire truck for 4 days with no sleep. This could have been so much worse if it wasn’t for each and everyone of you. With every ounce of gratitude, praise, and sincerity, we thank you.

Farnam Volunteer Fire Department

03/13/2026

Could use some more water tankers if possible today. Go to fire haul for directions. Thank you

03/12/2026

02/17/2026

Tomorrow has the potential to be a disastrous day for our area. We can not express how crucial it will be to have help coming right away if a fire does start. Please avoid any activity that could cause one to ignite. As always any resources available will be crucial to putting a fire out if we do have one.

01/20/2026

RIP Mike. Your dedication and service did not go unnoticed. Thank you for all you did for your community and the surrounding areas.

View Michael Christner's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.