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The 20th Annual Memorial Service will be held Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Firefighters Memorial in Coralville (Exit 242 off Interstate 80).
I mentioned last month that Al Esch, Brad Yeager and I would be traveling to Washington, DC to meet with our legislators. The trip went well and we had good meetings with each office.
Spring has been filled with a variety of IFA activities. Wendy, Brad and I traveled to Washington DC to meet with our Iowa senators and representatives at the end of April.
More than 200 firefighters took part in a training burn hosted by the Larabee Fire Department and coordinated by Fire Training Consultants as they burned an old grain bin.
NOTE: In the June issue of the Iowa Firefighter, part of this column was inadvertantly left off. The column appears in its entirety here.
May 31, 2014: Steamboat Rock Fire Department Pancake Breakfast, 7-11 a.m.
At press time, only one day remained in the 2014 legislative session. The final days of the session, leading up to the 60th and final day, brought about a whirlwind of activities.
Congratulations to President Al Esch and his Mid Year Committee for putting on a great event at the Hotel Julien in Dubuque.
While our mid-year meeting is fresh in my mind, I would like to thank all who attended or helped in any way. I sincerely hope that the venue lived up to everyone’s expectations.
The Board of Directors of the South Dakota Firefighters Association is pictured at Fire School in Aberdeen on April 4.
Jeff Gargano - Editor
P.O. Box 122
Humboldt, IA 50548
jeff@blazepublicationsinc.com
