Glenwood IA Professional Firefighters Local 5557

06/14/2026

B Shift with Engine 15 and Medic 2 are set up with the sprinkler at the intersection of Crossway and Timber Lane. We will be here until 1 pm.

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

Join us for some fun events this summer helping everyone cool down in the heat for a couple of hours

06/06/2026

They say every picture tells a story. This story consists of a team of 2 on duty personnel, 2 off duty personnel, 2 volunteers, and our Fire Chief. This picture shows the aftermath of call #47 that occurred within a 9 hour period. In total, this crew along with 1 other off duty person who came in later logged 50 calls for service within 9 hours. These calls would range from EMS calls to a house fire to power lines and tree limbs down across the road. This crew worked tirelessly throughout the night to keep as many streets as possible open and make sure that citizens were all safe from the aftermath of the storm.

Of course, all of this could not have been done without assistance from multiple agencies.

Malvern Fire Department
Oak Township Fire Department
Silver City Fire Department
Silver City Rescue
Glenwood Police Department
Mills County Sheriff’s Office
Iowa State Patrol
Mills County 911
Mid American Energy
Glenwood Public Works

Photo courtesy of Mills County Fire Buff

06/03/2026

May Call Totals

06/03/2026

Exciting Announcement! We’re bringing a new National Fire Academy class to Iowa this October:

NFA (F0610) Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for Structural Company Officers.

🗓 Date: October 3–4, 2026
🕗 Time: 0800 – 1630
📍 Location: Mills County Emergency Management Center, 403 Railroad Ave., Glenwood Mills, IA, 51534

We need at least 15 registrations by August 19, 2026, to make this happen. Please help us fill these seats and take advantage of this valuable training opportunity!

Register now and share with your team!

05/26/2026

🚨 MEMORIAL DAY SIRENS AROUND GLENWOOD

The B Shift of the Glenwood Professional Firefighters Local 5557 had an extremely busy Memorial Day, running a total of NINE calls in a single shift.

➡️ 8 medical calls
➡️ 1 grass fire

Twice during the shift, another emergency call came in while crews were already responding to an active incident:

⚠️ 3 calls in just 34 minutes

0916 Medical
0938 Medical
0940 Medical

⚠️ 4 calls in 1 hour and 42 minutes

1808 Medical
1849 Medical
1918 Medical
1950 Medical

With LIMITED staffing, this is becoming unsustainable.

Yesterday’s staffing consisted of only TWO on-duty firefighter/paramedics.

Because of overlapping emergencies, we relied heavily on Fire Chief Gray, 2 volunteers, and 1 off-duty personnel to keep serving the community.

The reality is this:

🚑 Most medical calls take approximately 90 minutes from dispatch until crews return to Glenwood due to transport times to hospitals in Bellevue, Council Bluffs, and Omaha.

🚒 The Glenwood Fire Department currently operates with ONLY 7 full-time firefighters across 3 shifts. An 8th firefighter is expected to be hired after July 1, 2026 — but that is still not enough to safely meet our call volume 1500 calls a year.

Our firefighters are doing everything they can, but the current staffing model is failing to keep up with demand.

This is not about convenience. This is about PUBLIC SAFETY.

Without an increase in full-time Firefighter EMTs and Firefighter Paramedics, there may come a time when someone calls 911 and no one is immediately available to respond.

We urge residents to contact the City of Glenwood Administrator, Mayor and City Council members and voice your concerns about fire departments current staffing levels.

City Hall 712-527-4717

05/18/2026

HAPPY EMS Week. The Glenwood Fire Department has a total of 16 members who have their EMS license with 246 years of combined time practicing medicine.

Paid Staff:
Paramedic Mike Brown 44 years
Fire Chief/EMT Matt Gray 31 years
FF/Critical Care Medic Jordon Cave 23 years
FF/Paramedic Chase Carson 21 years
Critical Care Paramedic Sarah Solt 18 years
FF/CCP-C/FP-C Casey Hutchison 16 years
FF/Paramedic Gavin Gray 11 years
FF/EMT Aaron Ling 9 years
FF/Paramedic Jake Needham 7 years
FF/Paramedic Daniel Gregory 4 years

Volunteer:
Fire Lt/Paramedic Travis Coffey 19 years
Paramedic/Dr Shaila Coffey 18 years
FF/Paramedic Jake Weilage 10 years
Assistant Chief/EMT Adam Braun 8 years
FF/EMT Bryan Dykstra 5 years
FF/EMT Eric Heidenescher 2 years

05/11/2026

Exciting news for the Glenwood Fire
Department and the Glenwood Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 5557!

We are proud to announce that we have received a $5,000 grant from the Schildberg Foundation that will be used to purchase an EMS Sked unit for our UTV. This equipment will help us improve patient access and emergency medical response in difficult terrain and hard-to-reach areas, allowing us to better serve and protect our community.

We would like to sincerely thank the Schildberg Foundation for their support of first responders and community safety initiatives throughout Iowa