Midwest Firefighter

     Good afternoon, evening or whatever time of day you are reading this. It is that time of year when the weather changes, it seems like every few minutes and it’s not changing for the better.

     Good day Kansas Fire Service. As I write this, we are moving into the cooler weather of winter. We started with some early snow in late October in many areas of the state.

     On Nov. 3rd it was my privilege to swear in Zach Golemboski as the new Secretary of the Kansas State Firefighters Association.

     On Saturday, Sept.  28^th about 75 firefighters from St. Croix Valley Region 7, gathered at Stacy-Lent Fire Department for a region-wide training event.

     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.

     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.

Oct. 31, 2019: 2019 Hazardous Materials Symposium, Iowa State University Scheman Building, Ames.

      Last month held fire prevention week. As firefighters we often look at this as a time of additional responsibilities.