The Quad County Firefighters Association held their annual fire school on April 12 at the Hazardous Materials Training Center in Waterloo. Photo by Larry Klodt.
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Wildland Urban Interface: A Growing Concern

   The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) is a well-known term in the wildland firefighting community as well as in areas where wildfires are common occurrences; however, many communities and fire departments around the nation still do not understand what WUI is nor mitigation strategies to preserve life and proper

Red Oak vehicle fire

On March 26 at 3:57 p.m. the Red Oak Fire Department was dispatched to a vehicle fire in the 900 block of Oakwood Ave.

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   Greetings Fellow Firefighters - I would like to start by saying thank you to everybody that attended the midyear meeting and banquet. It was a great weekend and the attendance was outstanding.

Extrication training

Norfolk Fire and Rescue took part in three days of extrication training at the end of March.

Keystone area Wildland Urban Interface Fire Escalates to Multiple Alarms

   The Battle Creek Fire Department responded to the intersection of Highway 40 and South Rockerville Rd, Unincorporated Pennington County, for a report of a Wildland Fire on Mar. 22, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

The Quad County Firefighters Association held their annual fire school on April 12 at the Hazardous Materials Training Center in Waterloo. Photo by Larry Klodt.

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Vehicle fire

Wed, 07/30/2014 - 11:50 admin

Independence Fire/EMS was dispatched to a vehicle fire on Friday, June 13, shortly before noon. Upon arrival, the Volkswagon bus was fully engulfed.

This photo shows Tanker 463 parked at the Valentine SEAT base in 2013.

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Tue, 07/29/2014 - 16:06 admin

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