Not Just for the Fun and Glory Firefighting is often romanticized in popular culture, where images of heroic firefighters racing into blazing structures and rescuing victims dominate the screen. The camaraderie and...
Archive - January 2025
FFAM$60,000 in Grants Awarded
2024 CHEMTREC Winners Announced CHEMTREC® and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 CHEMTREC Hazmat Emergencies Local Preparedness (HELP) Award. Six volunteer fire...
2025 Firefighter Challenge
Contest Committee The contest committee would like to report that on Saturday, May 3rd we will be holding our annual Firefighter Challenge. It will kick off at 8:00 am on the grounds of the Chateau on the Lake. The...
Updates for the New Year
NVFC Report Public hearing testimony for the proposed OSHA Emergency Response Standard started in mid-November and concluded on December 4th. They are now back to requesting follow-up public comments until January 17...
A Message From The 2nd VP – January 2025
Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Speaking of the new year, we always have goals we want to meet, eating right, losing weight, and exercising to name a few. The topic I want to...
Meeting Minutes – January 2025
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, December 1, 2024, at the Missouri State Fair Fire Department, Sedalia, MO...
Fire Marshal’s Update – January 2025
Christmas Greetings from the 13th Floor and Happy New Year JOY TO THE WORLD Verse 1: Joy to the World the Lord is come, let earth receive her king, Let every heart prepare Him room, and heaven and nature sing, and...
President’s Remarks – January 2025
I remember while growing up hearing the “old” people say that time seemed to speed up as they aged. Apparently, I may have reached “old” people status because I am not sure where 2024 has gone and how 2025 has already...
