The North Oakland County Fire Authority (aka: NOCFA) was formed in 1984. Our department is located in Holly, Michigan. Our primary response area is 69 square miles consisting of Holly and Rose Township. Our area is rural and zoned primarily residential and agricultural. Our current population is 10,112. On average we respond to about 700 calls including mutual aid calls to other departments. We provide 24/7-Fire Suppression, Rescue Services, Hazmat Operations/Technical services; and ALS Medical Transporting. Our department has a full-time Fire Chief and Training Officer, along with 49 active paid-on-call members, including medical only personnel and scene support members.
Beyond the residential population, services are delivered to nonprofit day/overnight camps, several state parks and recreation areas, 3 schools and the Great Lakes National Cemetery. Significant exposures within our township include 15 miles of CSX Railroad and 10 miles of Canadian National Railroad that run the complete length of our area as well as a 60,000 gallon LPG storage facility, a central distribution natural gas routing hub and a large diameter high pressure natural gas transmission pipeline. Our service area also covers over 5 miles of Interstate 75 and a full service truck stop.
Our county company and radio designation is station 8.
N.O.C.F.A. Current Events
NOCFA receives a generous donation from a resident.
The men & women of the North Oakland County Fire Authority are ready to respond to their resident’s emergencies 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. From time to time residents will stop by to thank the department or write a nice letter thanking the crew for helping them during their emergency. Sometimes they will even drop by with gifts, such as baked goods or fruit baskets.
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Posted on 09 Apr 2013
The men & women of the North Oakland County Fire Authority are ready to respond to their resident’s emergencies 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. From time to time residents will stop by to thank the department or write a nice letter thanking the crew for helping them during their emergency. Sometimes they will even drop by with gifts, such as baked goods or fruit baskets.
Winter Fire Prevention Tips
Posted on 07 Jan 2013
No single device has the potential to save more lives in homes than smoke alarms, especially when you are sleeping. Every single household should have at least one functioning smoke alarm. Test your smoke alarms monthly and change the batteries twice a year (a good rule of thumb is to change the batteries when you adjust your clocks for daylight savings time). The North Oakland County Fire Authority does offer free smoke detectors to its residents & will even install them if requested,
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