In December 2024 and January 2025, we examined the four attributes of smoke: velocity, volume, density, and color. Understanding each attribute is important, but firefighters must also know how to combine those observations into a quick, repeatable size-up.

     First of all, I want to thank all of you who supported me during the elections at conference to allow me to be your Secretary/Treasurer of such a great Association!

     Beresford Fire and Rescue along with Beresford Ambulance responded to a vehicle crash below the exit 42 on-ramp to I-29.

     Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas and time spent with family and friends.

     As our world looks for new forms of cleaner energy, our rural departments find themselves responding to calls we would have never considered 25 years ago.

     An aerial view taken on Monday, Nov. 15, of the Buffalo Creek wildfire south of Gering. The fire started on Nov.

     Black Hills District School was held Oct. 30^th at the Central States Fair Grounds.

     The Thanksgiving feast is now in your rearview mirror. We can stop, relax, and say to ourselves, “I’m never going to eat that much turkey again.” Ok, we know that won’t happen.