After the tornado, a door to door head count
When the storm had passed, the department went out road by road, door by door, to account for people. That is not a call that comes over a radio. It is what a department made of neighbours does next.
Hartville, Wright County, MissouriHartville Rural Fire Protection Association
An all volunteer department. Crews answer structure fires, natural cover fires, and mutual aid calls to other districts.
Register
- Standing
- All volunteer
- Service area
- Hartville and rural Wright County
- Funded by
- Membership, not a tax levy
- Station
- Industrial Ave, Hartville
- Line
- 417-741-2062
911 for any fire or medical emergency.
Everything else, including membership questions, goes to 417-741-2062.
The roll is the department
Six entries
Hartville Rural Fire is an association, not a tax levying fire district. No county tax line pays for it. Two ledgers keep it running: the households that hold a membership, and the neighbours who answer the call. Work down the entries to see how that model actually holds together.
Entry
Who answers
The Missouri Division of Fire Safety roster lists this department as volunteer. Nobody on this roll is paid to answer. They leave their own kitchen table and go.
Select an entry to read it here. Use the arrow keys to move down the ledger.
What the record shows
Public record
Regional training hosted at Hartville
The department has hosted regional training here, including a gasoline tank truck course. Training between calls is how a volunteer roll stays ready for the one that comes at 2am.
Concept emblem drawn for this design study. It is not the department's official mark and has no official standing.
Two ways onto the roll
Become a member
Membership is a yearly renewal, set in the association by laws, paid by the households the department covers. Ask what it costs, what it covers, and how to sign on. The station line and the department's Facebook page are both answered by people on the roll.
Volunteer with us
A volunteer department is only as deep as the list of people who will get up and go. If you live in or near Hartville and you want a place on that list, say so. Ask about training, about what the department needs most, and about what the first year actually looks like.
Board meetings and notices
The association meets as a board and publishes its agendas.
Recent agendas have covered amendments to the by laws, the annual meeting, bids for office, and applications from new members. If you hold a membership, those are your items. Meeting notices and agenda posts go up on the department's Facebook page, which is the channel the department actually keeps current.
Reach the department
Verified channels
EmergencyCall 911. Do not use the numbers below to report a fire.
Station line417-741-2062
StationIndustrial Ave, Hartville, Missouri 65667
Facebookfacebook.com/HartvilleRuralFire
MembershipAsk on the station line or the Facebook page
Public record. The association is an IRS recognised nonprofit, EIN 43-1768609, tax exempt since May 1998. It is listed as volunteer on the Missouri Division of Fire Safety roster. Street records and the department's own page differ on the station's house number, so only the street is shown here.