Avoca Volunteer Fire Department

08/22/2026

Please be on the lookout for bicyclists traveling through the Avoca area during Gravel Worlds this weekend. If you're out driving, slow down, give riders plenty of room, and use extra caution on gravel roads and around hills or blind corners.

Let’s help keep everyone safe and give the riders a warm Avoca welcome!

08/11/2026

We’re excited to add a new Rescue 42 Strut Kit to our equipment! These struts allow us to safely stabilize vehicles, buildings, and other unstable structures during emergencies. We'd like to give a huge thank you to the Jack Lewis Safety Fund for the grant that made this purchase possible at no additional cost to our taxpayers!

We’d also like to thank the students and staff at Metro Community College for repainting the top of our rescue truck black to match our fleet. The truck was purchased last year with funds raised through our annual Quack-Off Duck Races.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support our department and help us better serve our community!

06/06/2026

🚨 It’s tornado siren testing day 🚨

05/16/2026

Severe weather is predicted throughout the rest of the weekend. Please remember that there is no longer an all clear siren that will sound! Each new siren is considered a new threat!

A reminder from Cass County Emergency Management Agency! Every siren sounded should be considered a new threat. There will NOT be an all clear siren sounded.

05/04/2026

Happy International Firefighters’ Day to all of our brothers and sisters across Cass County and beyond. We’re proud to stand alongside such a strong group of mutual aid departments, who are always ready to answer the call together when our communities need it most.

Stay safe out there, and thank you for everything you do.

04/22/2026

We want to say thank you to Elmwood Rural Fire Dept, Elmwood Rescue, Cass County EMS, Weeping Water Rescue, Cass County Emergency Management Agency, Cass County Sheriff's Office - NE, NDOT, Nebraska State Patrol, LifeNet 1-1 Omaha, the initial bystanders on scene, and the tow company for all of their help with the accident today at Highway 34 & Highway 50.

As we enter the summer months with more people out and about, please remember to come to a complete stop, check, double check, and check again for oncoming traffic. Pay attention to your surroundings while driving. We are incredibly grateful that things weren't worse than they were today, and that there was no loss of life. Our thoughts are with the drivers of both vehicles and their families as they navigate recovery.

04/21/2026

Today we put our skills to the test assisting Avoca Volunteer Fire Department, Elmwood Rescue, Weeping Water Volunteer Rescue Department, Weeping Water Volunteer Fire Department, Cass County EMS, and Cass County Sheriff's Office - NE on a two vehicle collision at Hwy 50 and Hwy 34.

Two patients were successfully extricated and transported with no loss of life.

04/21/2026

UPDATE: As of 6:30 p.m., both lanes of traffic have been reopened.

🚨⚠️AVOID THE AREA⚠️🚨
There has been an accident at Highway 34 and Highway 50 that will involve extensive clean up. Please avoid the area at this time! It is undetermined when the roadway will be opened back up.

04/21/2026

Motor Vehicle Accident: Highway 50 & Highway 34 Two vehicle accident, semi vs an SUV. No one is out of the vehicles yet.
Weeping Water, Manley, Avoca Fire Call
TIMEOUT: 11:20

1205 on location advising extrication will be needed.

Also requesting to get LifeLight.

Units are requesting Elmwood Rescue to be en route as well.

Command advising extrication will be needed.

Responding units requesting Elmwood Fire to be en route as well for traffic control.

Deputies are advising that the fuel tank has been sheared off from the semi. There is going to be a significant fuel spill. Everything will be south of the intersection.

Dispatch advising carrier enforcement en route from NSP.

One patient is complaining of neck pain.

There is still one party that needs to be extricated.

Command requesting Elmwood to attend to the truck driver. he is not trapped, but he will need to be extricated as he says he can't get out.

Command advising they will need Elmwood's jaws.

LifeNet has an ETA of 10 minutes.

LifeNet gave an update that their ETA will be 14 minutes.

Patient extricated at 11:53.

Command requesting an update on LifeNet

Dispatch advising per their mapping 2-3 minute ETA.

LifeNet advises that they have a visual on the incident; they will be landing shortly.

Command advising the 2nd patient has been extricated from the semi.

Command advising LifeNet is on the ground.

Deputies advising they will need a heavy wrecker to get the semi out. It is going to be a 53-foot refrigerated trailer, and the semi jackknifed in the ditch.

Command advising LifeNet has lifted.

LifeNet 1-1 en route to Bergan with an 80-year-old female who was in a SUV. The Semi had pulled out in front of her. There is significant front-end damage and intrusion in the passenger compartment. Patient is complaining of leg, arm, and side pain. Vitals are elevated, but stable.

NDOT Traffic Camera:

04/13/2026

This weekend, four of our members attended a Confined Space Rescue class along with members from Elmwood, Murray, Plattsmouth, Cass County EMA, and Syracuse. This was a great opportunity to learn some new skills and practice using our rope rescue equipment. On Saturday, we also got to tour the new OPPD plant and saw some examples of confined spaces on a job site.

Huge thanks to Murray Fire & Rescue for hosting and the Nebraska State Fire Marshal Training Division for teaching!