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.

     Hill City Volunteer Fire Department, responded to a reported fire in a residential structure, in the 100 block of Minor Lake Circle, Hill City SD, Pennington County SD on June 23, 2020 at 8:18

A fire burned two barns on June 6 northeast of Kimball. Kimball and South Haven Fire Departments responded to extinguish the fire.

     Minnesota Firefighters, I hope this finds you staying healthy, taking care of yourselves, taking care of your families, and when possible, helping to take care of those in your communities. 

   Good day Kansas Fire Service. Well, 2020 has been a wild ride has it not? Who would of thought that when we left last year’s annual conference, that things would have turned out how they have?

     There has been a lot of information in the news lately about firefighter cancer. Most of the recent publicity on this topic has focused on the link between foam and health.

Members of Norfolk Fire and Rescue repelled down off of a railroad bridge to a stranded kayaker Sunday afternoon, June 13.