Hart Area Fire Department

01/17/2026

Kimpex tracks added to Rescue 181. We’re ready for whatever Mother Nature sends our way.

12/11/2025

City of Hart Residents – We Need Your Help! 🚒❄️

With the heavy snowfall this winter, we kindly ask residents who have a fire hydrant near their home to help keep the area around it clear of snow. This small effort makes a big difference for our DPW and Fire Department and can save valuable time in the event of an emergency.

We truly appreciate the ongoing support of our wonderful residents. It’s community spirit like yours that makes the City of Hart such a warm, welcoming, and top-notch place to live!

Thank you for helping keep our community safe!

09/02/2025

Give our friends over at Oceana County Sheriff's Office a vote! They are in a best video competition for some free equipment.

08/10/2025

National Night Out with Hart FD, Pentwater Fire Department, and first responders from across the county — plus special guests Smokey Bear, Sparky, and Safetypup! 🚒🐻🐶 Special thanks to the Oceana County Sheriff's Office for organizing this great event.

08/10/2025

Rescue 181 – on the job. 🚨

07/31/2025

We’re part of the crew that shows up when fun turns bad—help us not meet today.

We’ve seen a thing or two out here, and these tips help keep everyone safe:

•Don’t take a hot lap first—cruise the area and check for changes (dune terrain can change overnight or faster with wind and weather)
•Watch in all directions—you’re sharing the sand with a lot of riders
•All types of skill levels are out here—everyone’s responsible to look out for each other
•Always leave yourself room to react to the unexpected
•Ride within your ability and be courteous

We’re here if you need us. Ride smart. Make it home. 🏁

Here’s a short video from Silver Lake State Park with more dune safety reminders: https://youtu.be/ut6S0IBjDLQ

This short video provides an introduction to general safety while operating a vehicle at Silver Lake State Park Off-Road Vehicle Area.00:00 Welcome / General...

07/31/2025

Rescue 181 and Brush 172 out on the dunes tonight for a quick training and orientation with several of our firefighters. These sessions help ensure everyone is familiar with the unique challenges of operating in this environment and ready for the next call.

07/28/2025

Saturday evening, Hesperia Area Fire Department was dispatched along with automatic aid to a commercial fire at David Allen Racing on South Maple Island Rd in Greenwood Twp. First arriving units confirmed a working fire with heavy smoke and fire, and a defensive fire attack was initiated utilizing two engines with multiple handlines, two aerial devices and multiple tankers shuttling water from various water sources. Units were on scene for just over six hours ensuring the fire was out. We would like to thank the responding departments listed below ( our apologies if we forget to mention anyone) for their assistance and appreciate that through cooperative mutual aid agreements with all surrounding agencies we can assure we all have the resources to mitigate these unusual but major events. We would also like to thank Consumer's Energy and DTE for their response to shut off utilities and Vandezande Excavating for responding with an excavator and operator to overhaul the fire and clear debris. Finally we would thank the community for their support and understanding while we disrupted traffic flow to provide a safe scene for our firefighters.

Responding Agencies that Assisted:
Fremont Fire Department
Holton Fire Department
Ferry Township Fire Departmentt
Grant Twp Fire
Shelby-Benona Fire Department
Hart Area Fire Department
Pentwater Fire Department
Crystal Twp Fire Department
Walkerville Area Fire Department
Newaygo Fire Department
Ashland-Grant Fire District
White Cloud Area Fire-Rescue
Lilley Twp Fire Department
Dalton Township Fire Department
Blue Lake Township Fire Department
White Lake Fire Department
Muskegon Township Fire
Oceana County Sheriff
Life EMS
Oceana County Emergency Management
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*Photo Credit - Austin Hruskach

07/23/2025