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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Teepee Gulch fire

     The Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department, responded to a reported wildland fire near Teepee Gulch, Road, Rockerville, Un-incorporated Pennington County, South Dakota at 3:20 p.m. on Mar.

Who is next?

     I was going through my list of ideas for articles and past items from over the years when I came upon one of the first articles I wrote as a new District Director on the SDFA Board.

Fire school at Norton

Upcoming Events

     Dec. 1, 2018: South Sioux City Volunteer Firefighter’s Auxiliary Craft/Vendor Fair, Lunch and Bake Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 201 W. 16th St., South Sioux City, NE.

Vehicle fire

     On Oct. 28, the Stanton Volunteer Fire Department and the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle fire near the Hwy 57/32 Junction, about eight miles south of Stanton.

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