Hello again form the east side of the state. All I can say for the ones that didn’t attend the 61st Firefighter Association of Missouri Convention is you missed a good one. Thank you to the Lake Area Emergency Service Association for a very fine job. Talking about a fine job, thank you to each and every one that participated with the contest. The ladies axillary, I thank you for the fine job and a very difficult job too, with 77 entries to pick the top three for each grade. I wish we could make everyone a winner.
I want to thank some new districts that entered the contest and I’m challenging each district and department to enter a poster. We had 8 this year enter the contest. This year the winners will be asked to attend the Missouri State Fair as a guest of the Missouri State Fair Volunteer Fire Department. Each winner with get into the fair grounds and receive a pass for the mile long midway and the prize money.
And the winners are: First place, Melia Lawson-Lytton, first grade, sponsored by the Iberia Rural Fire Protection District. Second place, Aynnessa Foster, second grade, sponsored by the Little Dixie Fire Protection District. Third place, Adysan Rains, second grade, sponsored by the Galt Fire Department. First place, Kendra Bliss, third grade, sponsored by the Union Fire Protection District. Second place, Andrew Bush, third grade, sponsored by the Union Fire Protection District. Third place, Mason Edwards, fourth grade, sponsored by the Paris Rural Fire Protection District. First place, Josh Hamilton, fifth grade, sponsored by the Iberia Fire Protection District. Second place, Abigail Mathews, sixth grade, sponsored by the Galt Fire Department. Third place, Cody Vondera, fifth grade, sponsored by the Union Fire Protection District. Congratulation to all the winners and the sponsoring agency . The winning agency please make contact with the winners and advise them more information will follow soon.
Robert B. Brown, Fire Prevention Chair
FFAM
