DeWitt Volunteer Fire Department’s January training focused on firefighter movement, task efficiency and air management during interior operations. Members completed a skills course designed to replicate common movements, techniques, and work cycles encountered during structure fires while operating in full turnout gear and SCBA.

   March 13, 2026: Platte Center Fire Department Fish Fry (all you can eat), 5-8 p.m., Platte Center Fire Station. Adults $15, kids 5-12 $5, kids four and under free.

   March 13-15, 2026: NEMSA Super Conference, Younes Conference Center, Kearney, NE.

This article focuses specifically on single-firefighter window bailouts using a personal escape system. While the hardware referenced throughout is the CMC LEVR, the fundamentals discussed are not unique to one manufacturer.

Yarmouth Fire was paged out Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:10 a.m. to a garage fire. Mediapolis and Danville Fire were on auto page to assist. Mutual aid was requested from Morning Sun, Wapello, Winfield, Mt. Union and Olds Fire Departments. The fire was brought under control in five hours.

DeWitt Volunteer Fire Department’s January training focused on firefighter movement, task efficiency and air management during interior operations. Members completed a skills course designed to replicate common movements, techniques, and work cycles encountered during structure fires while operating in full turnout gear and SCBA.

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Structure fire

On Saturday, July 19, at approximately 11:49 p.m., the Bemidji Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire on the 19000 block of Gull Lake Loop Road NE in Port Hope Township,

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