Peer Support In your community when someone can’t breathe, they call an ambulance and EMS service. In my neighborhood when someone is breaking into a home and threatening to injure or kill innocent life, we call the...
Archive - November 2023
FFAMInaugural Missouri Women of Fire Leadership Conference
I n late October, Jefferson City played host to the second gathering of women firefighters as the newly formed Missouri Women of Fire (MO WoF) partnered with the Division of Fire Safety to host the first annual Missouri...
Honoring Former Fire Chief Jerry Thomas
Jerry Thomas has been a member of the La Plata Volunteer Fire Department for 56 years. On October 10th members of the fire service throughout Northeast Missouri and beyond paid tribute to Jerry at a surprise event at...
Handtubs and Hand Pumped Fire Engines
A Part of Fire Service History Between the time of the bucket brigades in early colonial America and the coming of the “Era of Steam” fire engines along with the beginnings of full-time fire departments, the volunteer...
Meeting Minutes – November 2023
President Larry Jennings called the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri to order at 9:00 am, Sunday, October 1, 2023, at the Missouri State Fair Fire Department in Sedalia, MO...
Fire Marshal’s Update – November 2023
I’ve never done this in the six and half years as your state fire marshal. I want to talk about my parents. On September 15th my sweet Mother turned 89, and Wednesday, October 25th my Daddy turned 90. Together, they...
President’s Remarks – November 2023
Greetings to each of you! What a year this has been. The weather in some parts of the state has been overly hot and dry and other areas have seen rain and milder overall temperatures. Who says Missouri doesn’t offer a...
