Water application drill at the Iowa Firefighters Association Convention in Manchester on Sept. 11.

   Oct. 2-4, 2026: SDFA Fall Conference, Rapid City, featuring Tom Merrill “Forged in Fire.”

   Oct. 3, 2026: Pheasant Country Fire Conference, Yankton.

Oct. 3-4, 2026: Fire School, Coffeyville, KS.

For years, many firefighters were taught a simple rule: don’t open the nozzle until you see fire.

Firefighters were mopping up after a wildfire started east of Chadron Monday, Sept. 7. The Chadron Volunteer Fire Department says lightning sparked the fire.

Water application drill at the Iowa Firefighters Association Convention in Manchester on Sept. 11.

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I've got your back!

     Minnesota Firefighters, Time to wrap it up! As this newspaper hits your mailboxes, I will have about a month left in my fire career. That’s right! I’m calling it quits at the end of the year.

Time to renew!

     2020 membership dues invoices were recently been mailed out. Due date for payment is Feb. 1, 2020. In 2019 we had 591 member departments and in 2018 we had 561.

Annual conference

     Nebraska Firefighters and Rescue Members of the NSVFA: As I sit down to write this article, we are only two days away from the start of our Annual Conference and both Pam and I are looking for

NSVFA officers

     The 2019-20 officers of the Nebraska State Volunteer Firefighters Association present for a photo at the banquet at the Annual Conference in Kearney on Oct.

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