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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Pillager fire

This photo was taken on 6-11-17 at a fully involved structure fire located at 9800 block of Ski Gull Lane Southwest, south Lake Shore, MN.

Rainbow

Sunlight and water spray combined to form a rainbow when volunteers from the Guttenberg Fire Department tested pumping equipment in the parking lot at the south marina on May 30.

Training

Roseanne Scurto took this photo during training at Nebraska Fire School in Grand Island in May.         

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