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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Accident on Hwy 81

Norfolk Fire and Rescue along with Nebraska State Patrol, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Pierce Fire and Rescue, Hadar Fire and Rescue and Hoskins/Woodland Park Rescue work a two-vehicle

Cancer reduction

     Fort Pierre Fire conducted upholstery cleaning of one of our engines, as well as our ladder truck recently.  This is in hopes of reducing the risk of spreading cancer causing particulates, as

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