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The Marion Fire Auxiliary provided a grant to cover the purchase of a compressor designed to safely recharge our firefighters' self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) with purified air! SCBA's protect our firefighters' ability to breathe during dangerous fire and HAZMAT incidents. The compressor is installed and in use. We are grateful to the Auxiliary volunteers and all those who donated money...

Saturday, April 15, 2017 9am — 1pm Marion Community Center (180 Gopher Lane) Given the fun everybody had last year, the District's volunteers are once again teaming up with the Marion School's PTO to host an Easter Egg Hunt and Pancake Breakfast. There is no admission fee, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

Fire Chief Katie Mast is currently a student at Flathead Valley Community College in FVCC's Paramedicine Program. Her hard work earned her a spot on the Dean's List for the Fall Semester of 2016. If your get the chance, we hope you will congratulate her on her dedication to improving her education and life saving skills.

Of potential interest to our current and former volunteers and employees is our new presence on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented social network. Users create profiles that are for all intents and purposes interactive resumes. Some job search websites allow users to apply for jobs by connecting to their LinkedIn profiles to import their profile information. If you...

Driver training may not be glamorous, but it is necessary. Last night's training focused on ensuring our emergency responders could safely operate MFD apparatus. After all, each one has its quirks. [Referring to the apparatus, but applies to each of our volunteers as well :-) ] This photo features a relatively new volunteer, Martin Chandler, who recently passed the Basic...

Please, join us in congratulating firefighters Martin Chandler, Victoria Crampton, Nauni Griffith, Tiffany Hamdan, and Mike Williams for their successful completion of the Basic Wildland Firefighters course. We are proud and grateful to have these latest skilled and dedicated volunteers take on the challenge of protecting and serving our community. This nationally-standardized course addresses the knowledge and skills required of ...

The soup & chowder cook-off fundraiser scheduled for February 25th is cancelled. Its event coordinator, Jim Roets, mentioned that it might be revived in the autumn.

Last night (01/10/2017), many of our firefighters and emergency medical responders and technicians participated in a training event on handling propane-related emergencies. We are grateful to Northwest Energy for its presentation and to the Smith Valley Fire Department for hosting the event. Click on this image to get a downloadable .PDF file of the Propane Education & Research Council's consumer...

Today our Auxiliary announced that the date for the 2017 raffle ticket drawing will be Saturday, June 24th—during the Auxiliary's annual Flea Market & Silent Auction fundraiser. Raffle ticket prizes will be: 1st Place—$1,000 (but it will probably be in the form of a check rather than cash bills)   2nd Place—A Savage Model 93R17 BTVSS .17 HMR bolt-action rifle with...