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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Teepee Gulch fire

     The Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department, responded to a reported wildland fire near Teepee Gulch, Road, Rockerville, Un-incorporated Pennington County, South Dakota at 3:20 p.m. on Mar.

Who is next?

     I was going through my list of ideas for articles and past items from over the years when I came upon one of the first articles I wrote as a new District Director on the SDFA Board.

Fire school at Norton

Upcoming Events

     Dec. 1, 2018: South Sioux City Volunteer Firefighter’s Auxiliary Craft/Vendor Fair, Lunch and Bake Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 201 W. 16th St., South Sioux City, NE.

Vehicle fire

     On Oct. 28, the Stanton Volunteer Fire Department and the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle fire near the Hwy 57/32 Junction, about eight miles south of Stanton.

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