Saline County Rural Fire District #1 - KS

10/17/2026

Engine 112, Squad 108 and UTV 109 are out for the Gypsum Octoberfest Touch-a-Truck. Come see us!

10/15/2026

Gypsum Library Storytime Bunch came to see us! We always love a good station visit!

10/11/2026

One step closer to being out in the wild! Pump test this morning on Engine 112.

09/29/2026

Another new to us truck ready to do some work. Squad 108 comes to us from our neighbors at RFD #2 and will be the primary Wildland Task Force rig for us paired with UTV 109. Of course we will use it at home and it was used during our two major storms this year.

The best part…. You may remember UTV 109 was built with grants and donations. We put it to work this spring on task force deployments and the reimbursement from the state for our support paid for Squad 108, three sets of wildland firefighter gear and an extra AED. So the impact of the equipment in this picture to our budget is zero!

09/11/2026

Halfway there… Chief Ade will not give up the driver’s seat. “I will probably never get to drive it again.”

09/11/2026

We are in the Land of Enchantment picking up a new to us rig! Formerly Engine 40, if she makes it home in one piece will become Engine 112 and be stationed in Gypsum. This was acquired through Kansas Forest Service at no cost to us except getting it home and so far a set of batteries…. At an original cost of $437,000 we think we did ok.

Thanks to Justin, Devin and Wade for taking off work to make the trip and drive it back to Kansas. More details to follow. We are east bound and down…

08/29/2026

Last night the rural Fire Chief’s gathered with Salina Fire and Emergency Management to discuss mutual aid agreements. What that looks like with resources going out of and into the city and ideas on how to improve. Why is that important??? A little over 12 hours later four districts responded into the city for mutual aid. Teamwork makes the dream work…

Salina Firefighters, along with aid from three rural fire districts, battled a large fire which destroyed two barns full of hay late Friday morning.

https://www.ksal.com/fire-destroys-hay-barns/

08/01/2026

We heard their was a community water fight. County All Call!!!! We have RFD # 1, 2, 3 and 5 out looking for fight, bring your kids! East parking lot of the Tony’s Event Center.

07/03/2026

A combine header fire and a stiff breeze gave us a workout this afternoon. With a big assist from our neighbors at RFD #2 we were able to get this knocked down quick. Squad’s 103/107/110/114, Pumper 111 and Tanker 105 responded along with 3 Squads and one Tanker from District 2.

06/09/2026

As you get moving in the morning take your time. There are many broken power poles, lines in the road and downed trees. A handful of firefighters have been out blocking roads and cutting trees to make at least one lane to get through many of the blocked roads. There are multiple lines down in Gypsum and the following roads will be closed for an extended period:

- Kipp Road between K-4 and Mentor
- Whitmore Road between McReynolds and Mentor
- Donmeyer Road between Kingman and Mentor
- Waterwell Road between Gypsum Valley and Donmeyer

We have 256 sq miles of district so probably many more. Simpson Road is open north of K-4 and we cleared Magnolia Rd from the city limits to Kipp Rd.