Nebraska Fire School. Photo by Taylor Anderson.

   July 9, 2026: Scotts Bluff County Mutual Aid Association Meeting, Banner County.

July 11-12, 2026: Fire School, Harper, KS.

Carbon monoxide responses are easy to treat like routine calls. Most of the time, we are dispatched for an alarm activation, a beeping detector, or a vague report of someone “not feeling well.” There is no smoke showing, no visible hazard, and no obvious emergency from the street.

The 31st Annual Iowa Firefighters Memorial Service was held in Coralville, IA on June 14, 2026.

 

Nebraska Fire School. Photo by Taylor Anderson.

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Jim Horn tells a story about firefighter Bob Tichota during a roast honoring Tichota for his 50 years of service to the Blair Volunteer Fire Department at the Blair Volunteer Fire and Rescue awards banquet on Nov. 4. Photo by Joe Burns of the Blair Pilot-Tribune.

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     Greetings to all. Hope that you all had a great holiday this year and last.

     This is a letter on dead bolt locks that we all will see from time to time.

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     Baby its cold outside, as I set down to write this month’s news article it is 1 degree and a wind chill of -16 degrees and this is the second bout of super cold weather we have had since Chris

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