Blue Grass Volunteer Fire Department
"Proud to Serve. Serve to be Proud."
Blue Grass Volunteer Fire Department
606 W. Mayne Street
Blue Grass, IA 52726
Emergency: 911
Non-emergency: 1-563-381-1234
Fax: 1-563-381-9060Blue Grass Fire Department Roster “2023”
Brian Seamer, Chief – 24 years of serviceBrad Schutte, Assistant Chief – 19 years of serviceJon Grunder, Captain – 27 years of serviceScott Powell, Captain – 24 years of serviceBob Downing, Captain – 19 years of serviceEric Morrison, Captain – 14 years of serviceJason Verschoore, Captain – 18 years of service Chad Lofgren, Lieutenant – 18 years of serviceSpencer Ripperger, Lieutenant – 13 years of service Lee Schmidt, Firefighter – 19 years of serviceJustin Kinzer, Firefighter – 13 years of serviceSean Frantz, Firefighter – 10 years of serviceRuss Johnson, Firefighter – 7 years of serviceNate Cruchelow, Firefighter – 7 years of serviceKyle Davis, Firefighter – 4 years of serviceGrant Baker, Firefighter – 3 years of serviceMegan Jackson, Firefighter – 2 years of serviceJoseph Rymars, Firefighter – 2 years of serviceDomanik Fowler, Firefighter – 2 years of serviceMegan Fee, Firefighter – 1 year of serviceJeremy Imming, Firefighter – 1 year of serviceGrant McCullom, Firefighter – 1 year of serviceZach Schwien, Firefighter – 8 months of serviceBrandon Rheingans, Firefighter – 4 months of serviceBrody Stock, Explorer – 6 months of service
Fire Department Services
BGFD responds to fire, EMS, HAZ MAT and rescue calls. Calls average between 300 per year.
Approximately 65% are EMS calls.
BGFD is now working out of a state of the art building that houses 7 pieces of equipment, 3 pumpers (750 gpm, 1,250 gpm and 1,500 gpm), 2 tankers with 500 gpm pto pumps (1,500 gal. and 3,000 gal. capacity), a brush truck, a rescue truck and a command vehicle. Rescue equipment includes the Jaws of Life, shears, cutting shears, rams, air bags and numerous other items to perform heavy duty rescue. The Department also carries an AED in each truck and all medically qualified personnel are qualified in their operation. All members are certified in CPR.
BGFD serves a 50-square mile area with approximately 1650 residences. This includes a 300+ trailer park and numerous housing additions outside the city limits. If the BGFD responded to a call that required all trucks they could respond with approximately 7,000 gallons of water.
BGFD has one training and one business meeting per month. It conducts most of its training in-house. All new personnel are required to acquire their fire fighter I training within their first year on the Department.
BGFD belongs to the Scott County Fire Chief’s Association, Scott County EMS Association, Iowa Firemen’s Association, Iowa Association of Arson Investigators and the Iowa Chief’s Association.