Water application drill at the Iowa Firefighters Association Convention in Manchester on Sept. 11.

   Oct. 2-4, 2026: SDFA Fall Conference, Rapid City, featuring Tom Merrill “Forged in Fire.”

   Oct. 3, 2026: Pheasant Country Fire Conference, Yankton.

Oct. 3-4, 2026: Fire School, Coffeyville, KS.

For years, many firefighters were taught a simple rule: don’t open the nozzle until you see fire.

Firefighters were mopping up after a wildfire started east of Chadron Monday, Sept. 7. The Chadron Volunteer Fire Department says lightning sparked the fire.

Water application drill at the Iowa Firefighters Association Convention in Manchester on Sept. 11.

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Fall conference

   Here we are heading into the last month of summer, and I haven’t gotten in all the golfing I was hoping for by this time. Darn, don’t you feel bad for me? Ok, I know you don’t.

Live burn

The Hinckley Fire Department, in conjunction with Pine Technical and Community College, conducted a training burn on Saturday, June 11.

Safer grants

   Congratulations to all the departments that have been recipients of our SAFER grant! To date, we have paid out almost $400,000 for Health Screenings and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Flames

   Wallace Fire Department responded to a fire east of Wellfleet on March 15. Submitted by Tom Tobiasson.

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