Our Mission 
​To save lives, protect property and the environment, and to serve our community with courage, commitment and compassion.

Calls to Service This Year
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Just want to give a shout out to the extra effort from some of the members of your local Hartford Fire Department are putting in. From left to right, currently we have 1 member that is currently Advanced EMT training (Jed), 1 member going into their last simester of Paramedic school (Micah), and another member that begins Paramedic school in the fall (Zach). All of this training is above and beyond the normal weekly training that they attend with the department. Thank you all for helping to keep our citizens safe and constantly striving to be better!! 
Anhydrous training March 20, 2025 put on by National Education Center For Agricultural Safety (NECAS), and hosted at Indianola Fire Department. With multiple warren county departments in attendance, trainings such as this one allow us to train together and foster good working relationships!
Live fire training with multiple Warren County Fire Departments in a structure donated to Indianola Fire Department. March 8, 2025
The Hartford Fire Department is proud to announce that another one of our volunteers, Dusty Jors, has advanced to the position of EMT after passing both the state and national tests. Dusty will now be getting hands on experience as a vital part of our EMS team when we respond to calls! Thank you Dusty in your continued commitment to our community!!
Hartford Fire Department is proud to announce that one of our volunteers advanced to the position of EMT!! Zachary DuShane has officially passed his classes and national test! Thank you Zach for your continued commitmet to the community and achieving this certification!!

Your Hartford Volunteer Fire Department first responders responded to a record number of calls in 2024. In total, 265 calls to service were reported.
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July
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September
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December
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What a great way to spend the day!!!! Hope you are hungry!!

Carlisle Fire Department Breakfast 6-10am !!                                             Hartford Fire Department Dinner 5-7pm !!

Thank you for everyone that came out and enjoyed our open house! We loved seeing you!​
Come out and see us and meet your first responders!!

Activities will include a smoke house, fire extinguisher training, coloring activities, and food. Middle River Friends Church will be there to talk about their food pantry program and we will have guests from Warren County Dispatch. So come out and meet some of the people that help during emergencies, including the awesome responders that answer the phone when you call 911!
HVFD Enterprise Murder Mystery Party!!!!! What a great time!! Check out our Facebook page for more pictures!! ----->>>
Grant Notification 2024
MAJOR NEWS!!!!!!!.......AGAIN!!!!!!!

The Hartford Fire Department was recently awarded a SECOND federal grant from AFG!!! This very specific grant is larger and focuses on apparatus replacement for Fire Departments and will allow us to purchase a new tanker to replace our old, outdated one! The truck that this is replacing is almost 50 years old and is to the point that it is costing too much for the repairs and upkeep. This grant could not have come at a better time for our community!! The cost of this truck is covered by the grant funds, funds from our many fundraisers the Hartford Fire Department Enterprise puts on, and funds saved and set aside for just such an occasion.
Grant Notification 2024
MAJOR NEWS!!!!!!

The Hartford Fire Department was recently awarded a federal grant from AFG (Assistance to Firefighters Grant) in the amount of $133,333.33 to purchase new Drager Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)!!! This Piece of equipment is used when entering an environment that may have contaminated air. Without these vital tools, our firefighters would not be able to perform their roles as emergency responders. These new masks have bluetooth technology allowing each person wearing one to communicate through the headpiece. These will be replacing all of our currently in-use SCBAs that are no longer compliant and difficult to find parts for.
We have a new Paramedic in the making!! Micah DuShane has stepped up to the challenge and started Paramedic School this month! Way to go Micah and trust the process! You will do great things!
Annual Fire Convention - where we focus on team building, fostering relationships with other departments, and get a chance to have a little down time! Each year, teams from all over the state compete in the Iowa Firefighter Association events. September 2024

​Open House - October 9th!!
Come out and see us during our annual Open House where you can grab a bite to eat and meet the volunteers that serve our community!
Grant Notification 2024
​We're thrilled to announce that Warren County Philanthropic Partnership has awarded our
organization $5,000 for our Gear Purchase! This year 23 amazing
projects were funded for a total of $110,842.23 in grant awards. Congratulations to all the 2024
recipients! #WarrenCountyPhilanthropicPartnership #CommunityImpact

Hartford Fire Department was recently awarded a grant from Warren County Philanthropic Partnership making it possible for us to purchase two sets of structure gear! This gear is vital in keeping our members safe during emergencies! Thank you for partnering with us in helping to keep our communities safe!!
​Hartford Fire Department has been awarded more grants! These 3 grants were generously awarded from Prairie Meadows and will allow us to purchase Pagers, Thermal Imaging Cameras, and Gas Monitors!!! These tools are so very vital in the day to day operations of any fire department and will help us to continue to serve our community to the best of our ability!!
Hartford Fire Department would like to give a huge shout out to these two members!! Firefighter Zachary DuShane and Firefighter Dusty Jors began their journey this month to become EMTs!!! We know you both will do great and thank you for stepping up to the challenge!!

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Flag Raffle during our annual Fire Convention. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you for everyone that purchased tickets! 

Flags were donated to the department by the following.

Metal Flag = Doug Baber

Wood Flag = Donovan Dingman

​Hose Flag = built by John Atkin and Dave Smith with with help from the Fire Department Enterprise!

Stay up-to-date with all the happenings at the Hartford Fire Department by following Hartford Volunteer Fire & EMS on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/hartfordiafire

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Monday Night Training on the River.

​Some training is way more fun than others! River Rescue and Boat Operation is definitely one of those that we enjoy!!

Come see if you can solve the mystery!!!!

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The Hartford Fire Enterprise is hosting a Murder Mystery Dinner fundraiser. Come for a pasta dinner, salad, roll, dessert and fun!! We'll have cocktail hour from 5-6, then dinner and clues will be given out the entire night. *Cash bar available.
There will be main and supporting character options, so you can be as involved in the game as you'd like. *If you'd like to attend and hang back, that's fine, you can still try and figure out whodunit by being a supporting character.
A Google form will be posted soon, along with payment options. Tickets will be $40/person. Both will be due by 9/8/24 to reserve your spot. There are a limited number of spots available.
Character assignments will be sent out the week of 9/9. Plenty of time to find something to wear to match your character! Let's have some fun!

See our event on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/events/1537106097234803/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D


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​​Grant Notification 2023

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​Hartford Fire Department was awarded a grant from the Warren County Philanthropic Partnership, making it possible for us to purchase 3 new sets of structure gear! This would not have been possible without the generosity of the amazing people that make up this organization!  Thank you for partnering with us to help make this happen!

​​Grant Notification 2022

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​Because of the generosity of the Warren County Philanthropic Partnership, Hartford Volunteer Fire Department was able to purchase 2 more sets of structural firefighting gear to help keep our members safe when responding to fires.  Thank you WCPP!
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​Due to the combined generosity of Prairie Meadows and the Hartford Fire Enterprise, the Hartford Fire Department was able to update our Boat 2 motor with a new 30hp, 4 stroke outboard.  We would like to thank them for their continued partnership and support!!!

​Grant Notification 2021

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​Due to the combined generosity of the Warren County Philanthropic Partnership and the Hartford Fire Department Enterprise, the Hartford Fire Department was able to purchase 11 new pagers for our members to be notified when emergencies arise. This purchase would not have been possible without their contributions.
​THANK YOU!!!!

​Grant Notification 2019

The HVFD was lucky enough to get 2 grants from Prairie Meadows in 2019 to help keep our firefighters safe and to help serve our community and surrounding area better. Our total amount in grants received was $40,000.00.  We now have a new set of Extrication Tools and a Dexter Washing machine specifically for our fire gear!!!! A special thanks to Prairie Meadows for their gracious gift that will help so many people. Your gifts do not go unnoticed!!!

​Grant Notification 2018

​​Hartford Fire Department was awarded two grants recently by Prairie Meadows resulting in the purchase of some new landing zone markers and an expansive rope rescue kit.  Neither purchase would have been possible without the funds that Prairie Meadows made available to us. Thank you Prairie Meadows for teaming up with us to help make our community a safer place!!

Welcome Baby Kagen

It's not everyday we get to be part of helping a new life come into this world. On May 28th, 2017 we got to do just that.  The family came and shared the new little one with us!  Welcome Kagen!    UPDATE Photo of Kagen at 1 year!

Certificate of Recognition
January 14, 2017

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"So I get the privilege of being the Fire Chief of the best Volunteer Department in the Midwest!!!! Its been awesome getting to see how our roster of members has turned into a family. I'm extremely proud of every single one of my members and the work and dedication they put into serving the community and people around us. We thank the community for their support of us. Everyone is very deserving of their life saving awards tonight. Thanks again Scott Ourth for your kind words and faith in what we work so hard to do."  - Chief Prickett

A Special Guest at Open House
October 11, 2016

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In the early morning of August 6th, this gentleman was having one of the worst days of his life. He was on a sandbar in the Des Moines river camping and having a near fatal heart attack. With a orchestrated response of several agencies the Hartford FD backup rescue boat was launched and picked him up and got him to safety. Life saving measures were given and as a result he is with us today. He stopped by our open house tonight to say hi and was very grateful and thankful. Some hugs, some laughs and even some tears from us. Glad to see him walking and able to come visit us tonight.

Special Equipment
October 11, 2016

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HVFD received a grain bin rescue set that was purchased with fund from a private donor. A huge thank you to the donor!  Our members will take time to learn how to use the system.  Several lives are saved each year in Iowa due to equipment like this.

​If you would like to find out more or how to donate to the department for further assistance in grain bin rescue please reach out to Chief Prickett.

Proven Dedication
July 8, 2016

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When there's a call, we come from many walks of life, leave our jobs and family to help yours. In this case farmers left the field to come help!  We have such a great group of members on our department.  Our community only deserves the best, and that's what our community has!  - Photo from Lt. Atkin

Grant Notification
June 9th, 2016

​The HVFD just got notification today that we we received the grant request for new fire helmets for all members. This was given from the Prairie Meadows Community Betterment Grant!!!!