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.

     The first weekend in October the MSFDA Board of Directors meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom.  The conference committee is continuing to plan for the 2022 Annual Conference, which will b

     I want to start this drill with a shout out to the awesome fire department in Decorah for the countless hours they have put into their training facility!

     Greetings IFA membership, Last month I went to the capital to get a start on talking to some lawmakers on our agenda for the upcoming session.

     There have been a few changes recently at the Nebraska Firefighters Museum and Education Center. We have a new director, Jennifer Slater.

     The Box Elder Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of fire and smoke visible in a residential structure in the 200 Block of Wilder Ct, Box Elder, SD, on Sept.

     I would like to say Thank You to the department members from Fort Pierre, Pierre, North Haines, and Box Elder for their assistance at the Fallen Firefighters Memorial service in Pierre last mo