TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO firefighters help guide the new fire-rescue boat as it is lowered onto the department's trailer.
Northeast Benton County Fire-EMS Dept.
14639 S. Wimpy Jones Rd.
Garfield AR 72732
479-359-3134
NEBCO covers the area from Beaver Lake on the south to Missouri on the north, from Rogers on the west to the Carroll County line on the east. NEBCO Volunteer Fire Department is comprised of: Five fire stations, 23 pieces of firefighting equipment, 28 volunteer fire fighters, eight Emergency Medical Technicians, 14 Paramedics, two fire boats, the Jaws of Life and rope rescue equipment for high and low angle rescue.
Board members are Kara Funk, Sam Reynolds, Hugh Wagner, Cris Jones, Don Berndt, Wally Ake, Alan Martinkewiz, Jon Testut and Buzz Vitali.
Today’s NEBCO Volunteer Fire Department is comprised of: Five fire stations, 23 pieces of firefighting equipment, 28 volunteer fire fighters, eight Emergency Medical Technicians, 14 Paramedics, two fire boats, the Jaws of Life and rope rescue equipment for high and low angle rescue.
NEBCO VFD covers the largest territory of any volunteer fire department in Arkansas.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO firefighters and command staff look over the department's freshly-acquired fire-rescue boat.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO firefighters and command staff look over the department's freshly-acquired fire-rescue boat.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO firefighters and command staff look over the department's freshly-acquired fire-rescue boat.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO firefighters and command staff lay eyes on the department's new fire-rescue boat shortly after it arrived in the fire station's parking lot.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO firefighters help guide the new fire-rescue boat as it is lowered onto the department's trailer.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO firefighters help guide the new fire-rescue boat as it is lowered onto the department's trailer.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
A crane, volunteered by Nabholz, lowers the new Northeast Benton County fire-rescue boat onto the department's trailer.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
A crane, volunteered by Nabholz, lowers the new Northeast Benton County fire-rescue boat onto the department's trailer.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
A crane, volunteered by Nabholz, lowers the new Northeast Benton County fire-rescue boat onto the department's trailer.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO's old boat was originally a coast guard boat, board chair Kara Funk said, and it is beyond repair.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO's old boat was originally a coast guard boat, board chair Kara Funk said, and it is beyond repair.
TIMES photograph by Keith Bryant
NEBCO's old boat was originally a coast guard boat, board chair Kara Funk said, and it is beyond repair.
Keith Bryant
General News on 08/16/2017