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On Wednesday, July 19, emergency services from around the area were at Forestburg Farmers Elevator for a pre-incident planning session. The purpose of this event was to learn about the business and discuss how to handle emergency events that may occur, like fire, grain engulfment and high angle rescues. While there, a refresher grain engulfment rescue was held.

Sept. 7-10, 2023: Iowa Firefighters Convention, Iowa Falls.

Sept. 9-10, 2023: Fire School, Grainfield, KS.

Sept. 10, 2023: South Dakota 9-11 “Let’s Roll” Memorial Ride to honor the fallen heroes, 8 a.m. starts at Spearfish Station #1.

“Passing The Torch”

Since 2004 I have been honored to write the monthly training drill for the Iowa Firefighter. I began when Iowa passed the 24-hour training requirement to assist departments in meeting these needs. I am often asked where the ideas come from and have I repeated any.

Barn fire

On August 10, about 10:10 pm, Waterloo Fire Rescue was dispatched to the area of Burton Avenue and Airline Hwy for a reported structure fire.

Rapid response by Hill City Volunteer Firefighters Contain Fire to a Single Alarm

Hill City Volunteer Fire Department responded to a reported fire in the 200 block of Railroad Ave, Hill City, Pennington County, SD on Aug. 7, 2023 at 6:07 a.m.

First arriving volunteer firefighters found a fire burning with moderate smoke conditions, in a cement containment pit.

Museum director

My name is Jennifer Slater. If we have not had the opportunity to meet yet, I wanted to take this time to reintroduce myself to you.

Attend NVFC summit

Thirteen Nebraska firefighters attended the National Volunteer Fire Council’s Health & Safety Training Summit and Recruitment & Retention Experience in Oklahoma City on June 23^rd and 24^th.

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Legislative issues

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 14:23 admin

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.

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The Warren County Fire Academy scheduled a house burn as part of the cadets training program during the Firefighter I course, which took place in Indianola. The burn took place at Maffitt Lake, southwest of Des Moines, in October of last year. Departments represented in the academy were Northern Warren, Runnells (Camp Township) and Indianola. The group photo shows the cadets with their training instructors. Photo submitted by Joe Solem.

Warren County house burn

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 14:10 admin

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Chili Cookoff

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 14:07 admin

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Hair dresser returned to rins-ing a customer’s hair (top pho-to) as Grinnell Fire Chief Dan Sicard talks with the driver of the vehicle and one employee of 1st Impressions in the back of the salon. Photo courtesy of Dann Hayes.

Hairy situation

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 14:04 admin

By J.O. PARKER

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This photo was taken during a controlled burn of a barn by the Akron Fire Department. A 80 plus year old barn was burned. The photo makes it look like the firefighter is much closer to the fire than he actually was. See more photos inside. Photo by Tami Small, wife of Akron Fire Department Assistant Chief Bruce Small.

Akron controlled burn

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 14:00 admin

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Report from IFA Executive Director

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 13:54 admin

Congratulations to President Al Esch and his Mid Year Committee for putting on a great event at the Hotel Julien in Dubuque.

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Iowa Firefighters Association Mid-Year meeting

Tue, 05/06/2014 - 13:53 admin

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.