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Nevada County Fire & Rescue Reorganization Information

SERVING NEVADA COUNTY BETTER, TOGETHER

NCFR Information Flyer

 HOW DOES THIS AFFECT ME?

This reorganization affects you based on where you reside in Nevada County. 

  • Current NCC Fire residents: This reorganization provides an improved medical response (advanced life support)  which was not previously available.
  • Current Penn Valley residents: Fire & Rescue crews will have improved critical medical response. 
  • Current Rough & Ready residents: Your station (Station #59) will remain open 24/7 and  fully-staffed.
  • Current Ophir Hill Fire residents: This reorganization provides a fully staffed station with additional fire personnel and improved medical response not previously available. 
A map showing the reorganization of Western Nevada County Fire and Rescue with district boundaries and station locations.
Nevada County Fire & Rescue Boundary Map

 

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

In 2022, the Rough & Ready Fire Protection District determined that the operational revenue within its district fell short of the threshold to sustain their services and collaborated with Penn Valley Fire Protection District and Nevada County Consolidated Fire District to address the realities of their circumstances. Exercising mutual aid agreements between these and Grass Valley Fire Districts, emergency services have been uninterrupted.

In May 2023, an Ad Hoc Committee comprising two representatives of the Nevada County Board of Supervisors (Sue Hoek, District 4 and Lisa Swarthout, District 2) and representatives of each fire district was established to address and develop solutions to local emergency service needs.

In June 2023, Rough & Ready Fire Protection District had proposed dissolution and worked with Penn Valley Fire Protection District, Nevada County Board of Supervisors and Local Agency Formation Committee (LAFCO) to annex their district and reorganize these with that of Nevada County Consolidated Fire.

To support the reorganization of the three districts, the Ad Hoc Committee developed an agreement with the three fire districts to support the reorganization and provide one-time supplemental County funds for operating the Rough & Ready Fire Station (Station #59) until the larger reorganization is complete.

In June of 2024, Ophir Hill Fire Protection District expresses interest and enters into the reorganization process.

The reorganization has a start date of July 1, 2025. The four districts of Penn Valley Fire Protection District, Nevada County Consolidated Fire District, Ophir Hill Fire Protection District and Rough & Ready.