Midwest Firefighter

     As always I hope this article finds everyone safe and warm. I realize this will reach many of you after the holidays.

On Dec. 6, members of the Avon Fire Department responded to a car fire at a farm southwest of Avon. The fire was quickly extinguished and nearby structures were not damaged.

Yankton firefighters, along with the retired firefighters, gave the department’s two antique trucks a little push to their new home at station #2 on Oct. 3 during the Old Timers Banquet.

Pierre Fire Department crews were busy the last couple weeks of November. A deck fire call came in about 6 a.m. on Nov. 19 at the Edgewater Apartments.

On Nov. 30, Pierre Fire Department received a call of a garage on fire in the Northstar area of town.

Darlene Sand took this photo of the Hill City prescribed burn on Nov. 2 as they were coming out of Custer on Highway 16 heading towards Rapid City.

Hello SD Firefighters,

     It is 2017 and the typical South Dakota winter weather is upon.