Township Fire Department Becomes Wisconsin's Largest Volunteer Unit
Public information officer recounts the rise of the Township Fire Department Inc. in Eau Claire County from a single 1955 start to a 215 square mile area serving five townships. It now operates 17 trucks, 200 firefighters, and maintains a two minute response time with full training programs and multiple auxiliaries.
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Wisconsin
Township Fire Department, Inc
Eau Claire County
Jim Onarheim
City of
Eau Claire
Eau Claire City
Dave Olson
Seymour
Union
Washington
Brunswick
Pleasant Valley
Central Fire Station
Marshall Horlacher
Rock Creek
Clear Creek
Altoona
Wood stove baking contest winners named in Rice Lake
Barb DeMarco of New Auburn won first place in the second annual West Central Wisconsin Wood Heating Conference Fair baking contest at Rice Lake for Maryn's Bread and received a Fisher Baby Bear wood stove. Second place went to Mrs Jerry Hinks of Grantsburg for apple cake receiving a cast iron skillet. Nancy Bjork of Solon Springs won third with whole wheat bread and 10 pounds of butter.
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West Central Wisconsin
Barb DeMarco
New Auburn
Maryn
Jerry Hinks
Grantsburg
Nancy Bjork
Solon Springs
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