Carbon monoxide responses are easy to treat like routine calls. Most of the time, we are dispatched for an alarm activation, a beeping detector, or a vague report of someone “not feeling well.” There is no smoke showing, no visible hazard, and no obvious emergency from the street.

     Bettendorf Fire Department conducted forcible entry training recently. Photo submitted by Dave Sheffield.

Members of the Pierce Fire Department fought a trailer fire on the Jan. 1. The call came in at the early afternoon.

     Nebraska Fire and Rescue members of the NSVFA,  As I am sitting down to write this article for the February issue, it is 22 degrees outside with a very strong north wind that makes the wind ch

     Here it is, already February. But January did manage to rear its head and show us a typical winter weather cold spell and pile a few inches of snow all around the state.