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It seems like I am constantly reading about some new technique a department is now using to fight fire. If it’s not a new technique it is some new tool that will revolutionize our profession.
On Apr. 8, 2018 an estimated 1,500 people packed four Des Moines skyscrapers for the 15th anniversary of the Fight For Air Climb in Downtown Des Moines.
The Board of Directors of the Iowa Firefighters Association is pictured at the Mid-Year meeting held March 24 in Coralville.
Milo Fire Department conducted a training burn on March 31. Submitted by Chaplin Keith Smith.
By the time this article is published the legislative session will probably be over. We had a roller coaster ride again this year.
The Lexington Volunteer Fire Department fought a detached garage fire on Friday, March 16.
Often times, the difference between life and death at an accident or whether a fire is controlled or not comes back to how well prepared the responders are for the particular emergency.
Greetings Fellow First Responders.
As I start my article I look outside and it looks more like January than April.
Nebraska Fire and Rescue personnel, where were you during the blizzard of April 2018?
The Battle Creek Fire Department responded to a structure fire in Hermosa on April 7. First arriving firefighters found a fire burning in an attached porch.
Investigators are suspicious of the fire that burned out a trailer home on the north side of Pierre just off Euclid Avenue on Tuesday evening.
With temperatures hovering around 15 degrees, 45 firefighters descended on the Ivan Pierce Fire Training Facility in Vermillion as the 2nd annual April FOOLS Hands On Training got underway.
The Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department responded to a wildfire Sunday, Apr. 8, 2018 at 11:20 a.m. in the Neck Yoke Road/Pine Grove Road area in Pennington County (southwest of Rapid City).
I would like to introduce and welcome Adam Kuenkel from Box Elder Fire Department as the new SDFA Black Hills District Director.
Jeff Gargano - Editor
P.O. Box 122
Humboldt, IA 50548
jeff@blazepublicationsinc.com
