Members from Hartford and Carlisle Fire Department participated in high angle rope rescue training on July 25. This training was made possible with the help of Professional Rescue Innovations and Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau.

   Sept. 6, 2026: Tactics on Tap, Watertown.

   Sept. 8, 2026: Region 12-Minnesota Valley, St. Clair, meal served at 7 p.m., meeting starts at 7:30 p.m.

   Sept. 9-13, 2026: IFA Convention, Manchester, IA.

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.

A fire that destroyed most of the Agri Star Meat and Poultry processing plant has left more than 600 workers without jobs as community members are organizing relief efforts.

Members from Hartford and Carlisle Fire Department participated in high angle rope rescue training on July 25. This training was made possible with the help of Professional Rescue Innovations and Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau.

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Thank you Grinnell

     Greetings IFA Membership, The 143rd IFA Convention is in the books. Thank you to the Grinnell Fire Department and the city of Grinnell, your hospitality will not be forgotten.

Time to step back

     Nebraska Fire and Rescue members of the NSVFA: As I write this, I have been noticing shorter days so I feel I can welcome all of you hopefully to fall and the start of cooler weather.

Walk A Mile

     Yankton firefighters participated in the annual River City Domestic Violence Walk A Mile in Their Shoes event held at Riverside Park.

Enjoying history

     Greetings Minnesota firefighters and families! September is here, with it comes cooler weather, school, harvest time, fall sports and getting ready for our long winters.

Fire Prevention Month

     Hello Kansas Fire Service. I hope this edition of the FIREWIRE finds you and yours doing well. Time flies and I get a reminder from our publisher that another article is due before I know it.

Knox Box Planning

When teaching forcible entry, we stress the “try before you pry” concept. In today’s society the majority of the homes and businesses we respond to will be locked.

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