The Geary County Rural Fire Department responded to 148 calls in 2017, up from 116 in 2016.

Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges reported that the average response time in 2017 was 9 minute, 29 seconds, up slightly from 9 minutes, 26 seconds in 2016.

For the past year there were 263 total truck responses, 798 total firefighter responses, 1,637.82 hours spent at fires. Volunteers and Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies assist in responding to fires.

There were eight building fires, 14 vehicle fires, 50 grass or brush fires, three cultivated grain or crop fires, 43 medical assist, and ten fuel spills, vehicle accident, or down power line calls.