The title I have chosen for this article is not really very accurate. The men featured in it had no idea there would ever be an institute for fire and rescue training at the University of Missouri. Actually, there were...
Archive - November 2014
News From District 7 – November 2014
Hello to all from the east side of the state. When this article makes print the weather will have a chill and the leaves will be changing which means fall is here and winter is on its way. Being the season of fall, Fire...
From the 1st Vice President – 10-14
Hope this finds everyone well. I have enjoyed the last couple of weeks traveling across the state watching the transition from summer to fall. It is apparent to me as I get older, how present I find myself in these...
The Museum Project – November 2014
By the time you get this newsletter I will have returned from attending a seminar sponsored by the fire museum network. This is made up of firefighter’s museums all across the United States. We will be meeting in...
Scholarship Update – November 2014
The scholarship committee has some exciting news to tell our members. The committee heard lots of comments from not only our members but also our past recipients to put the applications online and to be able to submit...
States Networking Meeting
Iowa hosted the Midwest Multistate Meeting that included seven state fire service associations on Saturday, October 25 in Des Moines, IA. This meeting has taken place each year since 1996 and involves a full day of...
Meeting Minutes – November 2014
President Kenneth Hoover called the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri to order at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the State Fair Fire Department in Sedalia, Missouri.
Fire Marshal’s Update – November 2014
In late October, I performed a duty no one ever wants to; I attended a line of duty funeral for Fire Chief Eddie Johnson, Jr. in Alton, Missouri. This was my first LODD as the Acting Fire Marshal and hopefully my last...