About Us

The City of North Platte Fire Department was founded in 1887, and has a proud tradition of providing top notch fire suppression, advanced life support emergency medical services, hazardous materials technician level response, and technical rescue services to the residents, visitors, and passerby's of North Platte, NE. North Platte is a community of approximately 24,000 residents, and is the county seat for Lincoln County; which has approximately 35,280 residents and covers a total of 2,575 square miles. Yearly, our footprint continues to grow as we respond to assist smaller surrounding communities that are experiencing higher requests for emergency services coupled with a decline in volunteers. We work closely with these agencies through mutual-aid agreements to provide support where we can, all while recognizing our primary responsibility to our local citizens.

Currently, we respond 24/7-365 out of three fire stations strategically located throughout our city. The North Platte Fire Department operates three shifts, A-B-C. Each shift is on duty 24 hours, off duty 24 hours for five shifts and then on day Number 10 the shift gets 6 full days off. Which equates out to a 56 hour work week for our on-duty shift personnel. Our department is a combination department consisting of 39 paid shift personnel and several volunteer personnel.

Within the Department, we have a long standing history and tradition of providing high quality, professional service to our beloved community. This service is the result of individuals dedicating themselves selflessly to service of others.