Sheldon Fire Co.

05/14/2026

Sheldon, Iowa — The Sheldon Fire Company was called out on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, for a fire east of Sheldon. According to Sheldon Fire Chief Brad Hindt, at about […]

05/08/2026

Thank you to the City of Sheldon, Carrol Township, Floyd Township, Grant Township, and Lynn Township for their investment in our new tanker.

Thank you to the O’Brien County Community Foundation, Farmers Mutual Insurance, Union Pacific Railroad, and the citizens of Sheldon for their contributions to equipping this truck.

05/07/2026

Calls for Service April 2026

4/1 At 11:27 paged to assist S**T on a call back in service at 12:00.

4/2 At 22:58 paged for a fire alarm at 609 College Dr., Sioux Hall. While in enroute firefighters were advised that there was smoke on the second floor. On arrival firefighters found smoke on the second floor coming from the laundry room. Found a washer machine had burned a belt off. Firefighters ventilated the building. Back in service at 23:59.

4/6 At 5:26 paged for an accident on Highway 18 near Oak Hill Ave. Back in service at 6:40.

4/7 At 14:26 paged to assist S**T on a call. Back in service at 14:42.

4/9 At 13:38 paged to 3179 Nest Ave for a culvert fire. On arrival noted heavy black smoke coming from the culvert and the grass in the ditch. Firefighters extinguished the fire. The culvert was lined with a plastic tube causing the black smoke. Looks like the fire was started by a discarded cigarette. Back in service at 14:45.

4/13 At 14:08 received a call of a fertilizer spill on Highway 18 and McKinley Ave. On arrival found a trail of fertilizer on McKinley Ave, Park St and D street. Contacted the DNR, Sioux County Roads and city of Sheldon. Responsible party cleaned the spill up. Back in service at 15:00.

4/16 At 17:07 paged to 1940 E 9th St for a tree fire. On arrival firefighters found the inside of the tree was on fire. Back in service at 20:26

4/16 At 17:57 paged to assist Sanborn Fire with a house fire. Back in service at 20:26.

4/16 Assisted Sanborn Fire with a tree fire during the Mutual aid house fire in Sanborn.

4/17 At 18:56 paged to 2879 Olive Ave for bales on fire. On arrival firefighters found about 6 round bales on fire. Farmer used a payloader to spread the bales out, firefighters knocked down the flames and other farmers disced the bales. Back in service at 20:07.

4/18 At 2:19 paged to 3581 McKinley Ave for a ditch fire. On arrival firefighters found the ditch on fire. Cause of the fire was an animal that was electrocuted and fell to the ground. Back in service at 2:50.

4/21 At 12:35 paged to 1620 Pleasant Ct drive near the railroad tracks for a small tree fire. On arrival the neighbor already had the fire put out. Back in service at 13:03.

4/22 At 17:27 paged to 320th St and Oak Hill Ave for a ditch fire. About 300ft of the ditch was burning. Back in service at 18:20.

4/24 At 20:53 paged to 290th St and Nest Ave for small ditch fire. Farmer had it out on arrival. Back in service at 21:17.

4/28 At 22:11 paged to assist S**T on a call. Back in service at 22:40.

05/06/2026

Thank you to the Sioux County Community Foundation for their generous donation towards the purchase of a Live fire training system.

Hospers, Iowa (Sioux County Radio) — The Sioux County Community Foundation has awarded more than $114,000 in grants to support projects and programs across the county. The grants were distributed […]

05/06/2026

Thank you to AGP for their generous donation towards the purchase of a Live fire training system.

04/24/2026

04/20/2026

Sheldon, Iowa — The Sheldon Fire Company was paged out on Friday, April 17, 2026, for a call near Sheldon. According to Sheldon Fire Chief Brad Hindt, at about 7:00 […]

04/10/2026

Calls for service March 2026

3/1 At 16:30 paged for mutual aid with Granville Fire at with a tanker. Back in service at 17:26.

3/4 At 17:22 paged to mutual aid Boyden Fire at 3375 Kiwi Ave. Responded with tanker, Engine 4 and 10 personnel. Back in service at 21:01.

3/8 At 21:39 paged to N 5th Ave for a smell of natural gas. Cause of the gas leak was a furnace. Back in service at 22:48.

3/15 At 14:06 paged for a downed light pole at 7th Ave and Highway 18. Cancelled while in enroute. Back service at 14:18.

3/17 At 1:56 paged to assist S**T on a call. Back in service at 3:00.

3/17 At 19:15 paged for a fire alarm at 105 N 18th Ave. A child pulled a pull station and triggered the fire alarm. Back in service at 19:30.

3/21 At 14:46 paged for a large amount of smoke in the area of 280th St and Marsh Ave. On arrival firefighters found no smoke or sign of fire at that location. Back in service at 15:15.

3/27 At 7:32 paged for an accident at Highway 18 and 34th Ave. Back in service at 8:30.

04/10/2026

4/9/2026

At 13:38 Sheldon Fire was paged to 3149 Nest Ave for an unusual type of fire, a report of a culvert on fire. On arrival firefighters found flames and heavy black smoke coming out of a culvert on the eastside of the road as well as burnt grass in the ditch. Firefighters used handlines to attack and extinguish the fire as well the grass fire on the west side of the road. The culvert had a plastic liner inside of it that was burning.

The cause of the fire was a discarded cigarette that ignited the ditch and spread to the culvert. Damage was limited to the plastic liner in the culvert. Firefighters used about 1000 gallons of water.

Sheldon Fire was assisted on scene by the Sheldon Police Department.

Back in service at 14:45.

02/15/2026

2025 Sheldon Fire Co activity

Calls for service:

• 16 -1050PI’s (Vehicle accidents)
• 18 - General Fire Alarms- Cause determined
• 3 - General Fire Alarms – No Cause determined
• 5 - Hazmat
• 10 - City Fires
• 15 - Rural Fires
• 6 - Vehicle Fires
• 2 - Rescues
• 4 - Mutual Aid
• 28 - S**T Assists
• 6 - Good Intent
• 113 Total calls for 2025

Longest calls in 2025.

• 1/24 Tree dump fire 5.4 hours
• 7/30 Cooler fire at Hull Coop 5 hours
• 9/27 Mutual aid Ashton Fire - Bale fire


Average response time for 2025

• 3.8 Minutes from page to leaving station.
• 8.9 Minutes from page to on scene
• 47.6 Minutes from page to returning to station.
• 62.2 Minutes from page to back in service
Average firefighter response to a call is 15.

Training hours.

• 2025 1899 hours

Had joint training with S**T, Hosted an auto extrication day with area fire departments. Held a controlled burn of a house and barn this summer during that training we’re able to train with the neighboring towns. At the two monthly meetings, we do at least two hours of training on various fire topics which is mostly hands on training. The 1899 hours of training is only in house training and does not include when a fire fighter goes to other towns or area fire schools.


On Saturday September 13, members of the dept spent the day testing all the fire hose to NFPA standards. That means taking all the hose off the trucks, tested, and then loading it back on the truck. A total of 16,233 feet or 3.07 miles of hose was tested.

Put into service a special response trailer that carries Hazmat supplies, grain rescue tubes, equipment and trench rescue tools and supplies. Continued to update the training center outdoor lighting. Finished up on a nozzle project by updating to the same brand and type of nozzles on all the trucks. Replaced fire hose.

Current membership is at 32, We would like to thank all the employers that allow us to leave work when needed to respond to a call. A heart felt thank you to our families that allow us to devote the time needed.

02/06/2026

Tonight firefighters had a mock house fire. We trained on ladder truck operations, pumping, search and rescue, thermal cameras, SCBAs, hose handling, and ventilation.