The Glencoe Fire Department started in 1895 as a volunteer department. It remains a volunteer organization with three engine companies made up of forty firefighters responding to over 117 calls a year. The department is proud of its high level of service and maintains an ISO rating of 3. The fire station, completed in 1967, is located at 509 10th St. E. Hanging prominently from the front of the Fire Station is the 400 lb. bronze bell used at the fire station in the late eighteen-hundreds.