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The City of Libby Fire Department, located at 119 East 6th Street, provides emergency and non-emergency fire protection services to Libby residents and businesses. Meeting the need for a full-time professional fire department within the city limits, the main company, initially formed in 1911, built and established itself at this location beginning in 1980.
- Fire Engine 30
- 1993 KME Renegade
- 1500 GPM Pump
- 750 Gallon Water Tank
- 1400′ of Hose
- Seats up to Nine Firefighters
- Fire Engine 6
- 1999 Spartan E-One
- 1250 GPM Pump
- 1000 Gallon Water Tank
- Fire Truck - Ladder Truck
- 1984 Simon Duplex FMC
- 1500 GPM Pump
- 400 Gallon Water Tank
- 75′ Ladder
The Lincoln County Rural Fire District was formed in 1955 to provide better protection for the citizens living outside the city limits. Since 1964, this department has been housed in the same station as the City of Libby Volunteer Fire Department, co-existing as one professional, well-trained entity sharing manpower and equipment.
- Fire Engine 9
- 2014 Rosenbauer
- 1500 GPM Pump
- 1000 Gallon Water Tank
- Fire Engine 7
- 2003 Ford F-550
- 70/35 GP Compressed Air Foam System
- 320 Gallon Water Tank/20 Gallon Foam
- Water Tender 4 - Vacuum Tender
- 2004 Sterling
- 500 GPM Pump
- 3500 Gallon Water Tank
- Water Tender 5 - Vacuum Tender
- 2007 International
- 200 GPM Pump
- 2500 Gallon Water Tank
- Water Tender 6 - Vacuum Tender
- 2007 International
- 200 GPM Pump
- 2500 Gallon Water Tank
- Command Center
- 1995 Chevrolet Utility and Communication Unit
The department operates from a strategically located station situated at 330 River Run Lane North Hwy 37. Constructed in 2004, the department’s primary responsibility is to provide the highest quality of service protecting residents, property, and the environment from fire and other hazardous conditions.
- Water Tender 2
- 1980 International
- 250 GPM Pump
- 2100 Gallon Water Tank
- Water Tender 3 - Vacuum Tender
- 1990 International
- 300 GPM Pump
- 3500 Gallon Water Tank
- Trash Pump
- 1983 Barnes HV Pump
- 1500 GPM Pump
- 20 Gallon Water Tank
- Fire Engine 4
- 1983 Pierce Dash
- 1500 GPM Pump
- 750 Gallon Water Tank
The ultimate objective of this department, located at 38137 US Hwy 2 South, is to provide emergency firefighting operations and rescue resources for the residential, commercial, and industrial areas lying outside the southern edge of the city limits.
- Fire Engine 5
- 1991 Simon Duplex
- 1500 GPM Pump
- 1000 Gallon Water Tank
- Water Tender 1
- 1995 Ford F-800
- 300 GPM Pump
- 1700 Gallon Water Tank
- Decontamination Trailer
- 2008 Ameri-Can Self-Contained Unit
This newly constructed station, established in the spring of 2019, is optimally located northwest of Libby at 94 Bobtail Road. Encompassing about a five mile radius, coverage extends from the Quartz Creek and Bobtail Ridge areas to as far as Bighorn Terrace (end of Kootenai River Road). This station and the volunteers behind it will bring wildfire suppression services to the densely forested communities of this area that many of our residence call home.
- Fire Engine 2
- 1993 International
- 1500 GPM Pump
- 1000 Gallon Water Tank
- 1973 International Fire Engine
- 1977 Ford 900
- 1932 Chevrolet Fire Truck
- 1954 Mack Model B Fire Truck
Each piece of equipment in the Libby Volunteer Fire Department’s “front line” fleet has a very specific assignment on an emergency. Below are brief descriptions of the apparatus.
A fire truck, also referred to as a ladder truck, is not only equipped with multiple ground ladders of varying length and applications, but also comes equipped with a very large hydraulically operated ladder. This “aerial ladder” is permanently housed on the unit and is used to gain access to fires occurring at great heights in structural settings. Some fire departments further extend their firefighting efforts by using aerial water towers to deploy an elevated master stream of water for defensive, surround-and-drown operations. It is also common for a fire truck to carry equipment for extrication and forcible entry purposes, and carry specialized tools for ventilation, emergency and rescue operations.
A fire engine, or “pumper” truck, is a triple capacity apparatus that provides not only transportation and access to a fire scene, but also provides firefighters with hundreds of feet of fire hose along with a water supply and the necessary equipment for a wide range of firefighting and rescue tasks. Typically, the fire engine may have several sufficient water sources available at the scene of a fire. The methods can include delivery from a public water supply via an easily accessible fire hydrant or simply utilizing an onboard water reservoir.
A water tender, which can also be known as a tanker truck, is a specialized firefighting appliance designed for drafting and transporting large volumes of water to a fire scene as an alternate water source for fire engines where hydrants are not readily available. Even though water tenders are insufficiently powered to fight fires, this vehicle is one of the most important units at a fire station providing water support for structural fires in areas with no other means of gaining a water supply.
An industrial strength trash pump is a portable device used for those applications where high solid content liquids such as mud and sludge or large pieces of debris replicating twigs and stones are encountered. Designed to meet the infiltration of such problematic waste, the apparatus remains durable under the harshest of conditions with continued ability to pump large amounts of water.
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