There was an informational meeting held on December 6^th 1948 between the Argenta Fire Department and the Oreana Fire Department to talk about the possibility of becoming one Fire Protection District.

The Argenta-Oreana Fire Protection District was voted in, in the spring on 1951.  The organization meeting was held June 28^th 1951 with the following officers and trustees: Lawrence Bennett, president; Hugh Martin, secretary; Lynn McConkey, treasurer; Charles Gorenflo, trustee.

The Volunteer firemen organized December 10^th 1951 with the following officers: Harvey Myers, president; LeRoy Carroll, vice president; Glenn Schall, secretary; and Charles Long, treasure.

Rena Wallace’s Garage was rented for a fire house.  The first new piece of equipment was a 1951 ford truck with a john Bean high pressure outfit at Argenta with a 1937 Chevrolet truck on standby.  At Oreana, a 1951 ford truck with a Howe volume pump outfit.  This truck was stored in a new building erected on A & O Grain Co. ground in Oreana.