Fire / Ambulance

Hiawatha Fire and Rescue provides the following services to the city of Hiawatha and the southern half of Monroe Township as well as supplemental response to the surrounding communities:

  • Fire Suppression
  • Ambulance Service
  • Operations Level Hazardous Material Response
  • Fire and Life Safety Education
  • Automobile Extrication
  • Natural Disaster Response

Our Mission

The mission of the Hiawatha Volunteer Fire Department is to enhance our community by providing services and programs to protect lives, property, and the environment.

We will accomplish this by being pro-active in providing fire and life safety education and fire prevention programs to reduce the incidence of injury and fire, and by providing emergency response services to reduce losses to life and fire when an event occurs.