Engine 960
Pumper, 1500 / 1000
A 1997 Spartan Metro Star built out by Welch. Fifteen hundred gallons per minute of pump, a thousand gallons of water on board.
Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
One crew.
One crew.
Five communities.
A volunteer fire department covering a wide rural spread from one fire hall on West Garfield Avenue.
When the tones drop, the same neighbors answer for the city, the village, and three townships around them.
The whole service area
One crew. Five communities.
From one fire hall in Marion, a single volunteer crew answers across the city, the village, and three townships, then rolls mutual aid past those lines when a neighbor calls.
Marion fire hall
Community served
Mutual aid beyond
The apparatus that answers
Engine 961
Pumper
A 2014 International DuraStar with a body by Custom Fab and Body. The newer engine on the floor.
Tender 962
Water tender, 6x4
A 2006 International DuraStar 6x4 with a Welch dryside. It hauls water where there are no hydrants, which is most of the service area.
Who we cover
Five communities, one fire hall
Marion sits at the center of the coverage area. The department answers for the city itself and for four communities around it, across parts of Waupaca and neighboring counties.
City
Marion
Home of the fire hall at 128 West Garfield Avenue, and the center of the run map.
Village
Big Falls
A small village to the north, covered by the same volunteer crew.
Township
Dupont
Rural township ground where a water tender matters more than a hydrant.
Township
Larrabee
Farm and woodland country on the department's run map.
Township
Wyoming
Another rural township that counts on Marion when the tones drop.
Beyond those lines, the department runs mutual aid to surrounding fire departments, so a big call in the region pulls Marion's crew and rigs past the edge of their own map.
The department runs on volunteers
The next person on the crew could be you
Marion Area Fire is a volunteer department. Neighbors train together, then answer the call together. New members are always the difference between a full crew and a short one.
20 to 25
Volunteer members
Neighbors who answer the call
2nd Wed
Monthly training
Every second Wednesday at the fire hall
3 rigs
Two engines, one tender
960, 961, and 962 on the floor
5
Communities covered
City, village, and three townships
If you cannot run calls, you can still help
Support the equipment behind the crew
Rural firefighting runs on gear: pumps, hose, water tenders, and the tools that make a small crew effective across a wide area. Community support helps keep that equipment ready.
Fundraising
Marion Fire Department Association
The Marion Fire Department Association aids fundraising for equipment. Follow the department's Facebook page for events and ways the community can pitch in.
Get in touch
Reach the department
For non-emergencies, questions about volunteering, or department news, the Facebook page is the active channel. In an emergency, call 911.
Fire hall
128 West Garfield AvenueMarion, WI 54950
Follow and message
The department posts and takes messages on Facebook:
facebook.com/MarionAreaFireDepartment
Monthly training
Volunteers train the second Wednesday of each month at the fire hall. Ask on Facebook if you want to visit or learn more about joining.
Emergencies
For any fire or medical emergency, call 911. This concept page is not monitored and does not dispatch.
This contact section is a concept layout only. It points to the department's real public Facebook page and includes no working form. No message sent here reaches the department.