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North Vernon Fire Department

Operations, staffing, compensation, contacts and the public records already captured for NVFD, organized in one place instead of scattered across city pages and file folders.

1 ACTIVE STATION19 CITY-LISTED PERSONNEL8 CITY-LISTED VEHICLES14 CAPTURED RECORDS
Department snapshot

North Vernon fire service at a glance.

The city's current department page describes a career department supported by volunteers, serving North Vernon plus Center and Sandcreek Townships.

Service profile

One station. City and township coverage.

The city lists nine full-time firefighters, seven volunteers, one full-time emergency vehicle technician, a paid Deputy Chief and a paid Chief.

1Active station
19Personnel listed
8Vehicles listed
~46Square miles served
Station2000 N. Madison Ave.
North Vernon, IN 47265
Non-emergency812-346-3300
Emergency: 911
Leadership record

The current website and the 2025 payroll file do not say the same thing.

City website
Chief name blank
Chief email and 812-346-3300 are still published.
2025 payroll
Michael W. Cole
Fire Chief · $63,660.30 reported compensation.
Why the distinction matters: the payroll establishes the 2025 record. It does not automatically fill in a blank current-directory field.
City website navigation note

Several related Fire Department links currently resolve to duplicated /departments/departments/ paths. This page links the working department overview and employee directory instead.

Programs + capabilities

What the city says NVFD provides.

These are services and capabilities described on the city's current Fire Department page.

01Training academyRequired training for new employees and volunteers, according to the city.
02Smoke detectorsNVFD installs detectors for qualifying owner-occupied homes inside its response area.
03Safe Haven Baby BoxThe station hosts a Safe Haven Baby Box, described by the city as the sixth installed in Indiana.
04Rescue + Haz-MatThe station hosts county Haz-Mat equipment, and the city says staff are certified Rope Rescue Technicians.
Public money

2025 compensation, pulled from the city payroll file.

Compensation rows are pay records, not a guaranteed headcount or a complete current staffing roster.

2025 fire department total$704,701.00Reported compensation in the current North Vernon dataset.
2025 entries16Fire Department compensation rows.
Fire Chief row$63,660.30Michael W. Cole · 2025.
Public records

14 captured records, sorted by what they actually are.

The source vault keeps the original collected paths. This page gives the files plain-English labels so visitors can tell what they are before opening them.

Archive note: fourteen captured files means fourteen records currently saved in this project, not every Fire Department record that exists. The Records Vault remains the provenance layer and preserves the original collected folder and path.