Hartville Rural Fire Protection Association Inc.

10/16/2026

We wanted to let everyone know that you can still buy raffle tickets for this beautiful quilt made by Patty Hightower at Fisher Feed. Tickets will be sold until November 7th. We will announce the winner at our Annual Dinner. The quilt in the picture is the actual quilt.

10/12/2026

🚒 Yesterday was a busy and rewarding day for Hartville Rural Fire! 🚒

Our day started at the Fall Festival, where we set up a booth for community members to pay their fire dues, handed out FREE fire safety bags to the kiddos, and sold raffle tickets for a beautiful quilt made by Patty Hightower.

We also have some exciting news — we purchased a brush truck! 🚒🔥 Stay tuned because pictures and more information will be coming soon!

Next, we joined in the Fall Festival Parade, and after the parade, our day of community involvement continued at the Saddle Club, where we helped water the arena for their Monster Mash Bull Bash.

While watering the arena, we had the opportunity to take a few kids and adults along and let them experience using the hose on the brush truck. Experiences like these are a great way to get our community involved and hopefully spark an interest in the next generation of firefighters and volunteers. ❤️🚒

But our day wasn't over yet.

Later, we were called to serve alongside Mansfield Fire to battle a structure fire involving an abandoned home.

From fire prevention and community outreach, to supporting local events, encouraging future firefighters, and answering the call when help was needed — it was a full day of serving our community.

We are proud of what Hartville Rural Fire continues to accomplish and thankful for the members who give their time to make days like this possible.

Serving our community isn't just about responding when the tones drop — it's about being there before, during, and after the call. 🚒❤️

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, supported us, and spent part of their day with Hartville Rural Fire!

10/10/2026

Come see us at our booth at Fall festival tomorrow. We will have fire safety items to hand out to the kids. And we will be selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a beautiful full size quilt made by Patty Hightower. We look forward to seeing everyone!

10/10/2026

09/14/2026

Effective today Wright County is under a burn ban. Violation of this burn ban is a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and/or a $2,000 fine. Shown below is the burn ban.

09/12/2026

September 11, 2001

Twenty-five years later, the memory of that morning remains.

Today, we remember the thousands of innocent civilians who lost their lives, and the firefighters, police officers, and EMS personnel who answered the call and gave everything they had in the service of others.

They went into burning buildings knowing there was danger, yet they continued forward. Many never came home.

We remember the families who lost husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and friends. We remember the communities that were forever changed. And we remember the sacrifices made by those who stood together in the hours, days, and years that followed.

As members of the fire service, we have a responsibility to carry their memory with us. Their sacrifice reminds us why we train, why we serve, and why we answer the call when our community needs us.

This evening, we ask our community to stop for a moment of silence.

Not just for the first responders.

Not just for the civilians.

But for every life lost on September 11, 2001.

May we never forget their names.
May we never forget their sacrifice.
May we never forget that day.

🇺🇸 September 11, 2001 — Never Forget. 🇺🇸

Hartville Rural Fire Protection Association

08/29/2026

🔥 BURNING SAFETY REMINDER — DRY CONDITIONS ARE HERE 🔥

As conditions become increasingly dry, Hartville Rural Fire Protection Association would like to remind everyone that a controlled burn can quickly become an uncontrolled wildfire.

If you are planning to burn, please take the proper precautions:

🌬️ DO NOT BURN DURING HIGH WINDS. Wind can rapidly carry embers and flames into surrounding grass, brush, trees, or nearby structures.

💧 Have plenty of water available and make sure your burn area is properly prepared before starting.

🧹 Clear vegetation and other combustible materials away from the burn area to create a sufficient firebreak.

👀 Never leave your fire unattended. Stay with the fire until it is completely extinguished.

🔥 Keep your burn under control. If conditions begin to change or the fire becomes difficult to manage, extinguish it immediately.

📞 NOTIFY DISPATCH BEFORE YOU BURN: Before starting your burn, contact the Dispatch non-emergency number 417-547-7182 and advise them that you will be conducting a burn. This helps dispatchers and fire departments determine whether smoke or a reported fire is associated with a permitted/controlled burn and can help prevent unnecessary emergency responses.

Remember: If you can't control it, don't burn it.

A few extra minutes of preparation can prevent a fire from becoming a disaster. Please burn responsibly and help us keep our communities, homes, farms, and firefighters safe.

🚒 Hartville Rural Fire Protection Association
Serving our community. Protecting our neighbors.

08/29/2026

🚨 STRUCTURE FIRE – HARTVILLE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 🚨

Our crews were dispatched to a reported structure fire with reports that someone may still be inside the building.

Upon arrival, our firefighters and mutual aid partners immediately went to work, utilizing aggressive interior firefighting tactics to quickly bring the fire under control. Thankfully, the reported occupant had exited the structure prior to our arrival, and no rescue operation was required.

We are extremely proud of the men and women of the Hartville Rural Fire Protection Association and our mutual aid partners from Marshfield, Grovespring, and Mansfield. The quick response, teamwork, and aggressive actions of everyone on scene made a difference in getting this fire swiftly under control.

This is why we train.

We train so that when our community needs us, we are ready to answer the call. We train to protect lives, protect property, and serve the people who place their trust in us.

Our firefighters willingly give their time, energy, and safety to serve this community—and we are honored to be good and faithful servants to the community we have sworn to protect.

A huge thank you to our mutual aid partners for standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us when it mattered.

🔥 Train hard. Serve faithfully. 🚒

Hartville Rural Fire Protection Association

08/25/2026

Location will be at the Hartville Lions Club Building.

08/05/2026

The by law amendments will be updating our by laws to show yearly dues as $50.