Forty volunteers make up the city's fire department. All men are trained and annually attend the state fire schools. Over half of the men have completed the Red Cross Life Saving Course and Civil Defense Medical Self-Help Course.
Fire protection equipment consists of five trucks, with a combined pumping capacity of 2,500 gallon per minutes, including a 1970 fire-attack truck and foam induction equipment. In severe emergencies, the department also has access to the special apparatus of the locally based utility companies.
The city fire department is under contract to provide protection to 13 1/3 surrounding townships.
Annual inspection of all business buildings is made by officers of the fire department.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page