Dry in northwest Nebraska
The time of year is upon us! The Eastern part of the state has been blessed with rain, and not so blessed with severe storms. The middle and southern parts of the state have also been blessed with rain. As for the northwestern part of the state, we are hot and dry, extremely dry! A few weeks ago, Crawford (Dawes County Station 2) had 8 fires in 24 hrs... While we are glad that the SEAT has been acquired, we wish it could have been here sooner. As part of my full-time job is at the Chadron Airport, seeing that crew work its tail off this last week is a key that it was needed in our area badly, between South Dakota and Nebraska it has been busy. We keep our fingers crossed for good rain and not severe storms and especially not dry lightning!
We are getting ready to head to Kearney for the Firefighters Memorial service on Sept. 21st @ 2 p.m. at the Museum. I know that the committee worked very hard again this year to provide a great experience for all of us. The NSVFA has purchased a new sound system for us to use at this event or others like it, it will be stored at the museum as it is centrally located. We were informed at the meeting in Chadron that there were no LODD’s and that is a great thing, as none of us want to go through that. A firefighter was lost close to us last month up in Murdo, South Dakota, and when that happens it makes us all realize that we need to check and double check everything, as our main mission is to take care of us first!! Please always be safe and be careful on every call. A death is a horrible way to fix something that should not have happened, but it seems that we are always training on how not to get in those situations because of a death that occurred. Again, please be safe.
Don’t forget that our annual conference is just around the corner on Oct. 17-19, it also will be in Kearney and registration is open and there is a discount if you do so before Sept. 15th. Please check out the website for all the details. For all of you reading this please make sure your departments have received the new code on the back of your membership card to enter the newsletter. Hopefully next year it will be a little smoother of a transition of the new password. The board will be trying to delay the change until you all have your cards in your hands,
Well, only three responses to my trivia question last month, I hoped there would have been more as my time as president of the NSFVA is coming to an end. Ok last one, what is the leading cause of house fires?
As always, stay safe and God bless the Volunteer.
Scott Schremmer,
NSVFA President