Founded in 1960 as the all-volunteer department as the Denton County Rural Fire Prevention District No. 1, the Little Elm Fire Department (LEFD) is an entirely career organization more than 70 full-time employees and three fire stations.
The LEFD covers approximately 66 miles of shoreline along Lewisville Lake and 19 square miles of land and water within the Town’s incorporated limits. The Little Elm Fire Department also provides operational services to the Town of Lakewood Village, the Frisco Hills and Frisco Ranch water districts, and areas of Denton County including Hilltown, Rocky Point, Town of Cross Roads,380 Corridor, and areas in between.
To ensure the efficiency of service, the Little Elm Fire Department is made up of three major functional areas: Administration, Operations Division, and the Fire Prevention Bureau.