Vernon Professional Fire Fighters Association

Vernon Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 1207 is an association comprised of career Fire Fighters. We are separate from Vernon Fire Dept

Always here to help!! No matter how small the problem!
05/29/2026

Always here to help!! No matter how small the problem!

Congratulations toJoshua Ballard from Vernon High School and Carson Lee from Northside High School on getting the VPFFA...
05/25/2026

Congratulations toJoshua Ballard from Vernon High School and Carson Lee from Northside High School on getting the VPFFA. Scholarships this year! Good work guys!!

05/19/2026

The incident at the the high school is a training scenario only!!! There is no actual incident!!

Did you know that the Vernon Fire Department has been in operation since 1889? Today we got to celebrate some history a...
05/13/2026

Did you know that the Vernon Fire Department has been in operation since 1889? Today we got to celebrate some history and tradition with both current and retired members. Also pictured amongst the Retirees is Paul Miller. Also excuse my misspelling in the engine 1 picture. I got in a hurry and now can't edit picture captions.

05/09/2026

Make sure yall watch the channel 6 news at 10pm to see the local 1207 interview!!

04/28/2026

We're going to try and start putting out run reports for the week since its been popular in the past so here goes last week

Vernon Fire/EMS Run Data (4/19-4/26)

53 calls for Service
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46 EMS calls 🚑
- General EMS calls (31)
- Motor Vehicle Collisions (3)
- Transfers out of Wilbarger General Hospital (11)
- Cancelled en Route (1)

Fire Calls 🔥
- 3 Grassfires
- 1 Vehicle Fire
- 1 other
- 1 Smell of gas
- 1 cancelled en route

04/28/2026

Due to the amount of community engagement on our recent post, we wanted to take a minute to further clarify the situation regarding EMS transfers.

Right now, our department is responsible for handling transfers out of Wilbarger General on top of our normal 911 response. These transfers are important, and we understand they’re needed—but with our current staffing, they’re putting us in a tough position.

We are supposed to be staffed with 7 personnel per shift. In reality, we’re usually operating with about 5 due to retention issues . Vernon Fire/EMS has not been fully staffed at 7 personnel a shift in 5 years.

When a transfer comes in, 2 people are assigned to it—whether that’s an hour away or several hours away. That leaves just 3 personnel at the station to cover roughly 978 square miles and around 14,000 residents.

This isn’t something that happens once in a while—it’s a regular, daily occurrence.

To try and make up for it, callbacks are used to bring people in on their days off. But over time, that leads to burnout. Our crews are being asked to handle full shifts, frequent transfers, and then come back in on their off days. That’s not sustainable.

On top of that, our county is about to see significant growth due to an incoming data center project that will bring thousands of additional people into the area over the next few years. The demand for emergency services is only going to increase.

We want the community to know that conversations are currently happening about possible solutions—whether that’s changes to how transfers are handled or increasing staffing.

At the end of the day, our goal is simple:
To make sure when you call 911, there are enough people here to answer.

We appreciate the support and engagement from the community and will continue to keep you updated.

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PO Box 1712
Vernon, TX
76384

Telephone

+19405522584

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