Mitchell Volunteer Fire Department

10/10/2026

10/08/2026

🚨Who got mail from us?! 🚨Comment if you have, if you are coming to the breakfast on October 24 at the Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds , AND how many years you’ve been coming to the breakfast. 🥞

10/07/2026

When communities come together everyone wins! Mitchell Volunteer Fire Department and had the opportunity to attend a training night put on by Scottsbluff Fire Department. Topics and hands on experience included hose lays, building types, search tactics, drags, and much more. Scottsbluff Rural Fire Protection District was also in attendance.

We thank Scottsbluff Fire Department for their time and sharing their expertise and also thank Legacy Coop for use of the building.

10/06/2026

A Single Engine Air Tanker makes a drop to prevent a haystack fire from spreading into the near by field. The drop was made farther out so the farmer could tear the stack apart and spread it out.

10/06/2026

Yesterday October 4th just after 8 am the Mitchell Volunteer Fire Department was requested for mutual aid by Morrill Nebraska Volunteer Fire Department for a haystack fire northwest of Morrill. MVFD responded with one truck and two personnel. Mutual aid was also provided by Lyman-Kiowa Volunteer Fire Department. The Seat(single engine air tanker) plane out of Chadron was also used to drop a line of fire retardant so the farmer could spread out the haystack without risk of the whole field catching fire in the warm and windy conditions the next coupleof days.

09/29/2026

Monday night, members focused on skills used on a haystack fire. Topics covered included portatank deployment and strategic placement, drafting, tapping hydrants, water shuttling, and pump operations including use of the monitor.

09/26/2026

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of long time Mitchell Volunteer Fire Department member Dwight Deines. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this difficult time. Dwight will be dearly missed by all who knew him. Rest easy Dwight we will take it from here.

View Dwight Ray Deines's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

09/19/2026

Yesterday September 18th at about 7:20am the Mitchell Volunteer Fire Department responded to a four vehicle accident at the intersection of HWY 26 and Cook Oil Road. Due to extreme fog conditions this accident was extremely dangerous.
MVFD responded with five trucks and multiple personnel.
Thank you to all the other agencies that assisted with this accident.
Members of MVFD were frustrated with the large amount of unsafe driving that was witnessed during this incident. While responding to the scene our ambulance was passed by a vehicle at a high rate of speed while the ambulance had its light and sirens activated. Other members also witnessed multiple near collisions from vehicles driving dangerously fast for the weather conditions present at the time of the accident.
Nebraska State Statute 60-6,185 also known as the basic rule for speed states that drivers shall reduce speeds to a speed that accounts for the present and potential hazards on the roadway. When in severe fog conditions essentially everything on the road could be considered a hazard due to the extreme reduced visibility.
Nebraska State Statute 60-6,378 deals with the move over law in which vehicles are required to move over and reduce speed for vehicles on the shoulder. MVFD members witnessed countless vehicles who failed to move over for emergency vehicles that were staggered out to slow the flow of traffic approaching the accident scene until traffic could be redirected up Spring Creek Road.

The Mitchell Volunteer Fire Department asks that drivers use common sense when driving and obey traffic laws. Emergency vehicles should not be passed when their lights and sirens are activated and responding to an emergency. Drivers should use extreme caution and reduce speed when driving in adverse conditions as it is not just yourself that you are putting in danger but everyone else on the road too.