In a town that is 106-years old, it is not surprising that the formation of a fire department was high on the list of priorities for the city’s founding fathers. In the fall of 1902, a group of citizens organized the city’s first Volunteer Fire Department. One year later, the city established its first paid Fire Department and a formal charter was approved in July of 1905.

The current Fire Department is operated under Chief Robert "Mike" Renner and provides full fire rescue services.  The City's Emergency Operations Plan is the responsibility of the fire department and Assistant Fire Chief Jon Laird serves as the City's Emergency Management Coordinator.  In addition to the Chief and Assistant Chief, the department includes 18 unionized part-time firefighters and 9 volunteers. For a city of its size, Farrell has some of the best - and most modern - equipment to battle fires of all sizes, both in the city and in surrounding communities.

In addition to their fire fighting duties, the department provides these valuable services to the community:

• Provides fire safety education programs
• Enforces the Fire Safety Code
• Engages in Hazardous Materials activities/services
• Conducts fire incident investigation
• Involved in on-going training

• Remember to check your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors on a regular basis and to change batteries when you change the time on your clocks.
• In case of an emergency have a meeting place outside, preferably near the road, and make sure all household members know of this location.
• The weather siren is tested the first Thursday of every month; reminders are advertised in the Sharon Herald.