Perham Fire Department

The Perham Fire and Rescue Department serves 164 square miles throughout our region including the cities of Perham and Richville, Corliss, Gorman, and Perham townships and parts of Pine Lake and Rush Lake Townships. Within the city limits of Perham the Department has an ISO rating of 5. Within five road miles of the fire station the ISO rating is 7 and any place beyond these limits the rating is 10.

Fire Department Equipment:

-2010 Smeal 75' Ladder 2000 GPM Pump
-2004 Crimson 1500 GPM Pumper
-2007 Chevy 5500 Rescue Rig
-1994 Ford 1 ton Pick-up (Grass rig)
-1997 Freightliner 1250 GPM Rescue Pumper
-1998 Ford 1 ton Pick-up (Grass rig)
-1995 Ford 2000 Gallon Tanker
-2005 Dodge 3/4 Ton Grass Rig
-1924 Int’l Fire Truck (Parade truck)
-2010 Kubota Wildland UTV
-2014 Pierce 2200 Gallon 1000 GPM --Tanker/Pumper
2005 Dodge 3/4 Ton Crew Cab Pickup (Grass Rig)

Perham Fire Department Members (sorted by year joined):

Don Foltz 1975
Rich Fresonke 1983
Duane Alstadt 1993
Mark Ebeling 1993
Larry Peckrul 1993
Nathan Rooney 1993
Tony Andreen 1995
Tim Meehl 1995
Tracy Schmidt 1995
Mike Jones 1999
Jon Ebeling 2000
Jeremie Schossow 2000
Tom Tweeton 2000
Mark Schmidt 2002
Clayton Trautman 2003
Vance Bachmann 2006
Matt Hendrickx 2006
Kelly Melgaard 2006
John Merkins 2006
Matthew R. Johnson 2007
John Kostynick 2007
Steve Felt 2008
Craig Stokke 2008
Nathan Adams 2009
Melissa McCleary 2009
Nick Torgerson 2012
Laura Nyhus 2012
Keaton Krueger 2014
Chris Sim 2014
Dustin Vickmark 2014