The Division Chief of Operations directs the division's day-to-day operations, reporting directly to the Fire Chief. The Operation Division is responsible for responding to a wide range of critical emergencies such as structure/grass/vehicle fires, medical, vehicle accidents, and other emergent calls. The division is broken down into three shifts supervised by Battalion Chiefs assigned to each shift. Each shift works 48 hours and is off 96 hours. Every station, Central Station on Industrial Park Road, Station No. 2 on South Spring Street, and Station No. 3 on Airport Road are always staffed. The department is equipped with four engines, a ladder truck, two rescue units, a brush truck, an Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting truck, an ambulance, and a rescue boat.

The Harrison Fire Department is a progressive, all-hazard emergency response service; every firefighter receives specialized training in areas such as swift water rescue, high-angle rescue, patient extrication, and medical care. Every firefighter within the operations division is a Nationally Registered EMT who provides critical medical care to patients until a higher level of care arrives. Our department works closely with our local emergency medical service (EMS) to better serve our community. As of November 2022, the Operations Division has added an ambulance to the fleet, which will respond to medical calls. The Harrison Fire Department is the only paid department in Boone County that is staffed and ready to respond to a call 24 hours a day. The department routinely assists other agencies in Boone County and surrounding counties in emergency response. All of our firefighters are required to have continuous training and education. When firefighters are not responding to calls, they are continuously training in fire suppression and rescue techniques for retrieving a patient from confined spaces, multistory buildings or cliffs, patients entrapped in vehicles, or patients entrapped in structure fires. Education leads to knowledgeable and skilled firefighters, and repetition of that knowledge and of those skills leads to a proficient firefighter.

 The department strives to serve the community with the highest level of care possible. With hard work, training, and the best equipment in the area, we not only help our community with those who experience emergencies but also help by lowering insurance costs (ISO) for residential and business owners. We at the Harrison Fire Department are dedicated and privileged to serve our community.