Three weeks ago, the Ashley Medical Center caught fire.
We were in McIntosh County, where the center is one of two major healthcare facilities in the county.
The Medical Center CEO says the fire was contained quickly, and all patients and hospital staff were evacuated within 30 minutes.
Ashley Medical Center was back up and running after just four days, and it was all thanks to Ashley Rural Fire Department.
The entire volunteer force is on call 24/7, and every single one of them, responded in no time.
Fire Chief Link Golz, like many of the volunteers, spends most of his time working elsewhere.
Chief Golz adds, "I also own the hardware store downtown."
One firefighter shared with us, there are not many people that will work extra for free these days. But community strength really shows in rural North Dakota.
The Fire Chief explains, "It can be hard, but we have a very, very good group of guys that will drop anything that they're doing to go to a fire."