2024 Training The Fire Fighters Association of Missouri and Missouri Propane Education and Research Council partnered to host a training with the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia on March 23 and 24. The University of...
Archive - May 2024
Propane Training at the Fair
Hello from the desk of the Missouri State Fair Fire Department Chairman. I hope that everyone is doing well. As I’m writing this article it is the last day of the propane emergency conference. I have the coffee made and...
A Message From The 2nd VP – May 2024
Spring has arrived, school is about out, and people want to start planning vacations, it’s a crazy time of the year. My article this month is about firefighter training and the challenges we face in the fire service...
FEMA AFG Grant Awarded
Marthasville Fire Protection District The Marthasville Fire Protection District (MFPD) was recently awarded a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount of $150,000 for the purpose of replacing all hoses for...
AFG & SAFER Sunset Scheduled
National Volunteer Fire Council The most immediate and important comment in this edition of your FFAM magazine is to PLEASE READ THE PROPOSED OSHA’s New “Emergency Response Rule” Update. A close second in importance if...
The Fire Officer Speaking Trumpet
A Part of Fire Service History© Beginning in the early days of the volunteer fire companies in Colonial America, there was a simple but effective tool used by the fire officer (Foreman, Engineer) to direct his assigned...
FFAM Scholarships 2024
2024 Winners! The following have been selected as the winners of the 2024 Fire Fighters Association of Missouri Scholarship. Jonathan Thomas Jonathan Thomas, from Madison, Missouri, attended Madison C-3 High School...
Meeting Minutes – May 2024
President Larry Jennings called the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri to order at 9:00 a.m., Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Kingdom City City Hall in Kingdom City, Missouri. The...