The Sidney Fire Department is a combination career/volunteer fire department consisting of 3 career members and approximately 43 volunteer members.

Fire protection, rescue services and backup emergency medical services are provided to the citizens.

The Fire Department operates under the direction of the Fire Chief who is responsible to the Mayor and Council through the Town of Sidney Administrator.

In order to deliver the services needed to accomplish the above stated mission, the Fire Department is organized into two major divisions:

v      Operations: responsible for the delivery of emergency services including fire, rescue and emergency medical responses. This division is also responsible for achieving and maintaining the skills and expertise required by the firefighters to deliver these services. The Sidney Fire Department responds to approximately 600 emergency calls per year.

v      Fire Prevention: responsible for fire inspections, plan reviews, permits, investigation and public education. The fire department conducts approximately 800 property fire safety inspections per year and provides many hours of public education in a variety of areas.