The North Oldham Fire Department is a career department in Oldham County KY.  We operate two stations with a total of 54 employees.  One station covers the Goshen/Prospect area of Oldham County.  The other station covers the Skylight area along US HWY 42.  We provide fire protection 24 hours a day to approximately 47 square miles of Oldham County, along the Ohio River, just north of Louisville KY.   Both stations respond to all fire and medical runs in their respective area.  Employees are state certified firefighters and emergency medical technicians.     


In accordance with KRS-75, the North Oldham Fire Protection District is governed by a 7-member Board of Trustees.

Three are appointed by the County Judge-Executive.  Two are property owners elected “at large” and the remaining two positions are held by Firefighters elected by members of the Department. 
​Board meetings are in person meetings.  These meetings are open to the public.  The next meeting will be Thursday, 
​October 8th at 7pm at the Goshen Fire Station.  

THE BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT UNTIL OCTOBER 1, 2026.  AFTER THAT DATE, OLDHAM COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO BURN "NATURAL VEGETATION" AS LONG AS THE RESIDENT STAYS WITH THE BURN AND HAS A WATER HOSE AT THE SITE.  PALLETS, FENCING, DECKING, TRASH, ETC ARE NOT CONSIDERED NATURAL VEGETATION.  BURNING ITEMS SUCH AS THIS MAY RESULT IN A FINE.   FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON OPEN BURNING, PLEASE CALL 502-222-0111.  
 

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Dr. William Kramer, Fire Service Consultant
Independent Report on the North Oldham Fire Department,
Analysis of Fire Department Operations
Click Here to View Report

​North Oldham Fire Mission Statement

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• Oldham County Address Ordinance

CPR CLASS will be on October 13th at 6:00pm at the Goshen Fire Station located at 1660 HWY 1793, Goshen KY 40026.
If you are interested, please click on this link HERE.  The cost of the class is $20.  Please bring cash or check made out to North Oldham Fire Department to cover the cost of your American Heart Association CPR card.  If you find that you cannot attend after you've signed up, please contact [email protected] or at 502-228-1447 so that we can remove your name from the class and contact someone on the "stand by" list.  

Sign up with Oldham County's new Emergency Notification System - Smart911.  Residents are encouraged to signup, simply click on the Smart 911 logo to sign up. Any resident who does not have access to the Internet can call 225-5115 to sign up manually. 

The new service allows individuals and families to sign up not only to receive emergency notifications, but also to provide key information to call takers that can be used during an emergency call to 911.  All residents are highly encouraged to sign up for emergency notifications, important general notifications and to share information with Emergency Management.  Residents DO NOT have to provide any personal or identifying information to sign up. Please share this information with any Homeowner Associations and social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc…) you have contact with.