There are eighteen fire stations that serve the local units of government in Oneida County. The Rhinelander Fire Department is a paid full-time department, while the remainder of the departments relies on volunteers. Three municipalities rely completely on contracted fire service, and two additional for partial contracted services for a portion of their municipality. The following municipalities have volunteer fire departments: Cassian, Crescent, Hazelhurst, Lake Tomahawk, Little Rice, Minocqua, Monico, Newbold, Nokomis, Pine Lake, Pelican, Pelican Lake Fire Dist., Sugar Camp, Stella, Three Lakes, and Woodruff.

Oneida County Public Safety Association

Mission Statement

The Mission of the Oneida County Public Safety Association is to bring the fire and emergency service agencies of Oneida County together to build a better working relationship with each other. Through ongoing dialogue, public education, training, and sharing of knowledge of emergency operations, we can and will create stronger Emergency Services to better serve the public.

Current Officers

MABAS 114

What is MABAS?

MABAS is a mutual aid organization that has been in existence since the late 1960s. Heavily rooted throughout northern Illinois, MABAS includes over 550 member fire departments organized within 46 divisions. MABAS divisions geographically span an area from Lake Michigan to west of Rockford and south through Champaign-Urbana, Douglas County, St. Clair County, and St. Louis. Four Wisconsin divisions also share MABAS with their Illinois counterparts. Interest is also becoming evident from the Iowa, Indiana, and Missouri bordering communities.

Municipal Participation

The following Oneida County Municipalities participate in Oneida County MABAS Division 114:

• Three Lakes
• Lake Tomahawk
• Sugar Camp
• Pelican
• Nokomis
• Little Rice
• Cassian
• City of Rhinelander
• Schoepke
• Crescent
• Enterprise
• Newbold
• Pine Lake
• Woodruff
• Stella
• Piehl
• Hazelhurst
• Woodboro
• Minocqua
• Monico

MABAS Wisconsin

ESN zones for planning MABAS response can be found on the Oneida County GIS mapping website (link below).   Under the layer list please choose Public Safety and then ESN zones.

https://gis.co.oneida.wi.us/gismapping/#