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The Quad County Firefighters Association held their annual fire school on April 12 at the Hazardous Materials Training Center in Waterloo. Photo by Larry Klodt.

May 1, 2025: Region 3 Arrowhead, 5 p.m. registration, 5-5:30 p.m. Advisory Committee meeting, 6-8 p.m. meeting.

May 3-4, 2025: Kansas State Firefighters Association 2025 Fire School, Augusta Department of Public Safety.

Wildland Urban Interface: A Growing Concern

The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) is a well-known term in the wildland firefighting community as well as in areas where wildfires are common occurrences; however, many communities and fire departments around the nation still do not understand what WUI is nor mitigation strategies to preserve life and proper

Red Oak vehicle fire

On March 26 at 3:57 p.m. the Red Oak Fire Department was dispatched to a vehicle fire in the 900 block of Oakwood Ave.

Convention registration is open!

Greetings Fellow Firefighters - I would like to start by saying thank you to everybody that attended the midyear meeting and banquet. It was a great weekend and the attendance was outstanding.

Extrication training

Norfolk Fire and Rescue took part in three days of extrication training at the end of March.

Keystone area Wildland Urban Interface Fire Escalates to Multiple Alarms

The Battle Creek Fire Department responded to the intersection of Highway 40 and South Rockerville Rd, Unincorporated Pennington County, for a report of a Wildland Fire on Mar. 22, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

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Chili Cookoff

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 14:07 admin

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Hair dresser returned to rins-ing a customer’s hair (top pho-to) as Grinnell Fire Chief Dan Sicard talks with the driver of the vehicle and one employee of 1st Impressions in the back of the salon. Photo courtesy of Dann Hayes.

Hairy situation

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 14:04 admin

By J.O. PARKER

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This photo was taken during a controlled burn of a barn by the Akron Fire Department. A 80 plus year old barn was burned. The photo makes it look like the firefighter is much closer to the fire than he actually was. See more photos inside. Photo by Tami Small, wife of Akron Fire Department Assistant Chief Bruce Small.

Akron controlled burn

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 14:00 admin

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Report from IFA Executive Director

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 13:54 admin

Congratulations to President Al Esch and his Mid Year Committee for putting on a great event at the Hotel Julien in Dubuque.

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Iowa Firefighters Association Mid-Year meeting

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 13:53 admin

While our mid-year meeting is fresh in my mind, I would like to thank all who attended or helped in any way. I sincerely hope that the venue lived up to everyone’s expectations.