The neighbors who answer & the neighbors who host
Thirty-four volunteers cover nearly 78 square miles of Clinton County. The same people on the truck at 2 a.m. are the ones flipping pancakes on the weekend. This is the Grand Mound Volunteer Fire Department.
One roster covers the whole valley
The department answers fire and rescue calls across the City of Grand Mound, Orange Township, and parts of Olive and Grant Townships: close to 78 square miles of farmland, gravel roads, and Main Street. Every call is answered by someone who lives here.
Thirty-four volunteers keep the trucks moving and the training current. They organize as the Grand Mound Volunteer Fire Company, a registered Iowa nonprofit, funded by the community it protects.
A fire station has been part of Grand Mound since the town's early days; the 1892 station still stands as a piece of that history.
They don't just answer calls. They set the table.
Four times a year, the department becomes the reason the town shows up. These are the recurring traditions the volunteers host. Step through them.
Fireman’s Dance
A recurring Grand Mound tradition
A night of music and neighbors, thrown by the department. The dance floor fills with the same town the volunteers protect the rest of the year.
Pull on the boots, or pull up a chair
The department runs on neighbors. Some answer calls. Some flip pancakes, sell raffle tickets, or just show up. There is a place for both.
The Grand Mound Volunteer Fire Company is a registered nonprofit (EIN 42-6068756). To ask about volunteering or supporting the department, reach them where they post: their Facebook and Instagram pages.