CONCORD FIRE DEPARTMENT

CONCORD FIRE DEPARTMENT We are an all-volunteer fire department in St.Joe, IN made of 30 members from diverse backgrounds. We cover 50 sq.mi. Come share our adventures!

in our first due and respond on average to 200 calls for service a year in a mostly rural part of NE Indiana.

09/06/2026

You know what’s better than buying something you don’t need?

Buying something you don’t need AND knowing you’re supporting a good cause.

The Concord Fire Benefit Auction is right around the corner! Where you can bid on all kinds of great stuff, questionable stuff, and stuff you didn’t know you desperately needed until someone else started bidding on it.

Bid generously.
Support your local firefighters.
Take home some awesome treasures.
Tell your spouse it was for charity.

Every dollar raised helps the Concord Fire Department continue doing what we do—answering calls, buying equipment, training, and generally improving the service we can bring to you, the community we serve.

Come out, have some fun, bid a little too much on something, and help support the people who may someday be showing up when you’ve had a really bad day.

You bring the wallet. We’ll bring the auction.

October 17th at the St. Joe Conservation Club. Silent auction and food vendor starts at 4pm. Live auction at 5pm.

This afternoon around 3pm, Concord Fire responded to a report of a large mulch stockpile fire. On arrival, chief Georgi ...
09/04/2026

This afternoon around 3pm, Concord Fire responded to a report of a large mulch stockpile fire. On arrival, chief Georgi found multiple very large stockpiles with active fire and/or copious amounts of smoldering and smoke. Mutual aid was requested from a number of area fire departments for tankers to bring water and an aerial truck from butler to assist in reaching areas of fire that would otherwise be impossible to access with hand lines. After many hours and gallons of water used, it was determined that the bulk of the active fire had been extinguished and what was left smoldering would remain so under the supervision of the property owner. All fire units were released and returned to service.

Important note, while we have responded multiple times to the same location for fires with similar origin, these fires are occurring as a result of natural decomposition of organic material coupled with very high ambient air temperatures. Some burning/smoldering is expected under normal conditions. However, due to our current heat and humidity, it leads to massive increases in decomposition heat releases and results in out of control fires. As always, we are standing by to help when the call goes out and will continue to do so.

Units on scene:
Command 70
Engine 72
Tanker 75
Brush 78
Brush 77
F75
Manpower: 11

Concord Fire received mutual aid from Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department , Spencerville Vol. Fire Dept., Butler Fire Department, Hicksville Fire Department, and Northeast Allen County Fire Protection District.

Concord Fire is currently working a large scale incident which is drawing a lot of water from town hydrants. You may exp...
09/03/2026

Concord Fire is currently working a large scale incident which is drawing a lot of water from town hydrants. You may experience discolored water as a result. We apologize for the inconvenience.

In the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 2, Concord Firefighters were called out to a mulch stockpile fire. Units arriving on scen...
09/03/2026

In the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 2, Concord Firefighters were called out to a mulch stockpile fire. Units arriving on scene observed a large fire encircling the top of a stockpile in a difficult to access location. The fire was not a danger to any structures or at risk of spreading beyond the stockpile itself. After contacting a property rep and coordinating with them, it was determined the best course of action would be to expend onboard tank water to douse the visible flames and allow the pile to continue burning internally until daylight arrived and heavy machinery could be used to dig into the pile to get to the heart of the fire. At this time, all Fire units returned to service.

A few hours later, Fire crews were requested back to the scene to assist with dousing the fire for good. Utilizing multiple pieces of heavy equipment being operated by property staff, the stockpile was broken up and firefighters were able to utilize a master stream from our fire engine to blow apart the pile and douse the whole area with large amounts of water. The scene was finally brought under control shortly before 5pm. Today’s dual incidents at the same fire demonstrate how cooperation with many different resources both inside and outside of the fire department are sometimes necessary to fully rectify a complicated scenario.

Units responding:
Command 70
Engine 72
Tanker 75
Brush 77

Total Manpower: 7

Monday night training involved a couple of tabletop exercises giving our members a look into what our chiefs and officer...
09/01/2026

Monday night training involved a couple of tabletop exercises giving our members a look into what our chiefs and officers deal with on fires and bigger incidents regarding incident command and control. Recreating 2 mock house fire incidents, different members took turns running incident command and assigning other trucks and crews to tasks on the firegrounds while the remainder of our personnel answered on the radio from other parts of the property to give the incident commander the feeling of being in a separate location but still responsible for coordinating the scene.

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, Concord firefighters were called to an address in the 7700 block of SR 8 for the r...
08/29/2026

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, Concord firefighters were called to an address in the 7700 block of SR 8 for the report of a male subject found at a residence with severe injuries from an unknown source.

Firefighters arrived on scene with our Parkview EMS partners to begin treating the male and determined he had been involved in a motor vehicle accident. Personnel located the vehicle a short distance down the road and it was found to have sustained major damage. The sole occupant of the vehicle was ejected during the crash and walked to the location where he was found.

EMS transported the driver to a nearby hospital in stable condition while firefighters remained on scene for a short time assisting with clean up.

Incidents like these are a good reminder to always wear your seatbelt when traveling in a vehicle. Once you lose operational control of a 3000 pound box of steel hurtling through the countryside at faster-than-it-should-be miles per hour, physics takes over and the soft squishy flesh of a human body will be propelled through spaces and openings it was never meant to. Seatbelts save lives.

Units responding:
Brush 78
F71, 72, 75

During the overnight hours, Concord Fire was requested as mutual aid on an industrial fire in Butler. Crews arrived and ...
08/26/2026

During the overnight hours, Concord Fire was requested as mutual aid on an industrial fire in Butler. Crews arrived and were assigned to interior operations and fire attack along with multiple other fire departments from the area. Crews operated for approximately 3.5 hours before being released back to service.

Units responding:
Engine 72
Tanker 75
F-71

We are pleased to share that Concord Fire was a successful recipient of an Assistance to Firefighters Grant that has al...
08/19/2026

We are pleased to share that Concord Fire was a successful recipient of an Assistance to Firefighters Grant that has allowed us to replace all of our 20+ year old SCBAs (the air pack and breathing apparatus we wear into fires and hazardous environments) at no cost to the taxpayer! During this same time, we were also sourcing funding opportunities to purchase a breathing air compressor to fill these new SCBAs, a luxury this department has never had. A local business heard about our efforts and made a generous offer to purchase and have installed a brand new compressor system! They wish to remain unnamed, but they know how incredibly grateful we are for the donation.

With the overwhelming support of this great community we serve, our firefighters are now set for the next decade and beyond with these critical pieces of equipment! We cannot say “thank you” enough, because it feels so underwhelming. But from each of us to all of you, THANK YOU!

No, Mount Pickle isn’t erupting. Yes, we are aware of the smoking mulch piles on the east side of town, unfortunately, w...
08/14/2026

No, Mount Pickle isn’t erupting. Yes, we are aware of the smoking mulch piles on the east side of town, unfortunately, we are not able to do much about it. Employees have been instructed to watching the smoldering pile and call us back if it flares up and gets out of control. In the meantime, the recent rain has made sure the fire won’t spread beyond the pile and we all get the unique privilege of pretending we have a volcano in Dekalb County. Stay safe friends!

This week’s training consisted of a scene debrief of a structure fire we recently worked in Spencerville. Partnering wit...
08/12/2026

This week’s training consisted of a scene debrief of a structure fire we recently worked in Spencerville. Partnering with our neighbors at Spencerville Vol. Fire Dept. we recreated the scene and walked through, step-by-step, and reviewed the actions we all took and discussed alternative options that could have been used. Doing these types of concentrated debriefs allow us to learn from others points of view, share our own experiences and knowledge, and overall grow as a fire service so that we are better prepared for the next one.

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300 Hart Street
Saint Joe, IN
46785

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