Fire Department

Mission Statement
The mission of the Liberal Fire Department is to support the goals of the City of Liberal by protecting life, property and the environment through the activities of education, training, prevention, preparedness and incident mitigation.


Brief History of the Liberal Fire Department
The Liberal Fire Department was established on June 5th 1906, and incorporated Liberal's first fire chief and thirteen volunteer firefighters. Liberal's first fire department apparatus was a newly bought American LaFrance fire truck, this apparatus was purchased at a price of $3000. Then in 1968, Liberal's volunteer fire department became a combination fire department with seven full time employees, which consisted of a Fire Chief, six full time firefighters and seventeen volunteers. Today's operation of the Liberal Fire Department includes twenty one (21) full-time employees, consisting of a Fire Chief, Fire Marshall, and Deputy Chief of Operations, three Captains, fifteen full time firefighters and twenty volunteer firefighters. Liberals fire department operates out of two stations, Station #1 opened and manned in December 2008 and Station #2 opened and manned in October 1999. These stations are manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our fire department offers quality fire protection, emergency rescue, fire prevention education, inspections, and suppression operations. Liberal's fire department provides fire protection to the City of Liberal with vehicle extrication and rescue services with-in the City.