Hello from the Fire Chief of the Missouri State Fair Volunteer Fire Department. I hope everyone has had a terrific spring and how time is flying by. Firefighters Day at the Capitol was very interesting when talking with...
Archive - May 2023
FFAMWooldridge Devastated
Sixty-three Agencies Responding These are just a few of the pictures that were taken during the Wooldridge fire on October 22-23, 2022. State-wide mutual aid was initiated after several hours of fire fighting by Cooper...
Burns Recovered
District 12 There is always something going on in District 12 and I missed giving you all an update in the last issue, life was happening. Congratulations to Chief Eddie Gilbert of Steele Fire Department for 60 years of...
Join the Contest
Annual FFAM Convention Convention is coming up, June 2-4. The convention contest will be held Saturday, June 3rd at 8 a.m. The contest committee would like to invite all teams to participate. All team members need to be...
A Message From The 2nd VP
Rapid Intervention Teams May is upon us now, the flowers are blooming, and we are planning family vacations like going to the FFAM convention in Springfield in June or attending family graduations or even that wedding...
Scholarships Awarded
Congratulations! We are happy to announce the 2023 FFAM scholarship winners. Here is a brief summary of this years recipients. Ryan CruseRyan Cruse of Salisbury, Missouri attends Salisbury High School. Ryan plans to...
Stop Playing Nice
Effective Leadership is Paramount Getting to know the people you will have to work with before you have to work with them. We have been preaching that for decades in the emergency services in general (and in Emergency...
Cole County FPD Awarded Grant for $500,000
The Cole County Commission awarded a $500,000 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant to the Cole County Fire Protection District to help purchase 80 self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), 160-45 minute air cylinders...
