Red Cloud Volunteer Fire Department

04/20/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out, donated, and supported our Soup & Hamburger Feed, it was the best turnout we’ve ever had! We truly appreciate all of your support and the way this community continues to show up for us. We couldn’t do it without you.

04/19/2026

04/18/2026

WAR was activated again today and proved itself once again how beneficial it is to our county. It’s great seeing all 4 departments in our county working together to get the job done!

04/15/2026

We are pleased to announce that on Monday, April 13, the Webster County Automatic Mutual Aid District — nicknamed WAR — was officially established. Going forward, all structure fire incidents within the Red Cloud, Guide Rock, Blue Hill, and Bladen fire districts will be automatically paged to all four departments.

This automatic paging will significantly increase available manpower and equipment, enabling faster control and extinguishment of structure fires. The WAR activation will also be used on Red Flag Warning days to help mitigate the spread of fast-moving wildfires. Faster, coordinated response means better protection for lives and property.

We sincerely thank the Webster County 911 Center and the Red Cloud, Guide Rock, Blue Hill, and Bladen fire departments for their assistance in establishing this mutual aid agreement.

04/09/2026

We were asked to host a portion of County Government Day and to have a fire related activity for the students to participate in. The students participated in a relay race and played Jenga with the battery operated Jaws of Life. The winning team of the relay race received a prize to take with them. All the kids participated well and enjoyed themselves!

04/06/2026

The Red Cloud Vol Fire Dept. held our annual officer elections for the 26-27 calendar year. The officers are as follows:

Chief- Wes Olson
1st Asst Chief- Todd Brown
2nd Asst Chief - Todd Burgess

1st Captain- Brent VanWey
2nd Captain- Buck Young
3rd Captain- Brady Schmitz

President- Joey Hansen
Vice President- Dakotah Brown
Secretary/Treasurer- Jon Schriner
Safety Officer- Kyle Prellwitz

Congratulations officers!

04/02/2026

The statewide burn ban has been lifted and burn permits maybe issued once again. Please, if you want to do any burning please obtain a burn permit to do so

03/26/2026

The statewide burn ban has been extended until midnight on April 10th and will be reviewed again at that time. We also ask that you hold off doing any burning in barrels or recreational burning during this time period as well. Thank you for your cooperation!

03/17/2026

Unit 24 and our two firefighters made it safely home last night! They were assigned to the Cottonwood Fire near Brady and made a huge contribution in helping prevent further spread of the fire in their working area. The fire command was turned over to the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team and they are only asking for federal resources at this time so our firefighters got to come home early. We thank them for their willingness to help and glad they are home safe!

03/15/2026

Red Cloud is sending one unit for a 48 hour shift to assist with the fires out by Ogallala. Stay safe guys!