Midwest Firefighter

     The Chancellor Community Fire Department conducted a live fire training burn along with the Lennox and Parker Fire Departments on September 18.

     Yankton Fire and Rescue responded to a truck roll over at 7:15 a.m. on the Sept. 19. The truck was carrying a fog spray consisting of a solution of water and tac oil.

     It’s that time of year when your department will be getting an invoice from my desk for your 2018 dues in the South Dakota Firefighters Assn.

     I was putting some finishing touches on this article, when I was notified of the unfortunate incident involving the Presho Fire Department, and the Line of Duty Death of Fire Chief Donnie Mang

Iowa   

  Oct.  4-5, 2017: IAPFC Fall Conference, Ankeny.

     Oct. 7, 2017: Live Fire Skills Weekend, Ames.

        Tickets are still available to hear nationally known firefighter and author Richard Picciotto, the highest ranking New York firefighter to survive the collapse of the World Trade Center on

     Nashua and Iowa Falls battle it out during the championship match of the water application drill at the 139th annual convention of the Iowa Firefighters Association in Forest City on S

     Being a member of a volunteer department has a lot of “extra” duties. When I joined I thought it was all about fighting fires and saving lives.