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Jefferson College Career DayB crew attended the Jefferson College Go Jeffco Career Day this morning. They spoke to approximately 700 students about how to become a firefighter and what a day in the life of a firefighter is like. We had some great questions and hope to see some of the faces again in the fire service one day.
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9/11 Memorial Clayton Stair Climb5 of your Hillsboro Firefighterd, completed the annual Clayton Memorial Stair Climb to honor the 343 Firefighters killed on 9/11/2001. Pictured from left to right in the front row are Firefighter John Safron, Firefighter Shawn Hahl, Firefighter Zach Koeller, Firefighter Beveridge, and Firefighter Stephanie Jackson. In the back are some Festus Firefighters and Desoto Rural Firefighters. They climbed 110 flights of stairs in their full firefighting ensembles. Congrats to all!!
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Community Movie NightJoin us on Oct. 26th at the Hillsboro Community Civic Club for a Community Movie Night. We are encouraging the children to wear their Halloween costumes. We are inviting our local businesses to sponsor the event and pass out candy to the children. For more information on sponsoring the event, please click here.
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Live Fire TrainingA big THANK YOU to DeSoto Rural Fire for inviting us to join them in their live fire training at the Festus training tower. Our firefighters were able to train under realistic conditions with live fire to study fire behavior, how to cool the super heated enviroment, extinguishment, and much more! We look forward to joining them in the trainings to come.
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Desoto 4th of July Water FightStrong work Hillsboro Fire crew! We brought home the 2nd place trophy from the Desoto 4th of July Water Fight.
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Battle of the Badges Blood DriveBIG NEWS FLASH!! All the results are in and tallied! The Hillsboro Fire Protection District, with the support of our citizens collected 60 units of Blood. Not only is this just a local challenge between Cedar Hill Fire and Hillsboro Fire, departments are ranked and a leaderboard is kept from across the country for most units collected at a Battle of the Badges Blood Drive! Among all the Battle of the Badges Blood Drives across the country, the Hillsboro Fire Protection District has moved into 14th place!! That is not a typo! The Hillsboro Fire Protection District has moved in to 14th place in the nationwide standings! AWESOME JOB ALL!!!
The Hillsboro Fire Protection District would like to send a huge THANKS to all of this year's people and businesses who made the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive a HUGE success! Please support your local small businesses!! |
Firefighter for a DayWe were very excited to have Lex and Henry join us to be a Firefighter For a Day. They were a great help today with checking trucks, washing trucks, doing gear race drills, flowing water, and training with the thermal imaging camera playing hide and seek. We ended the day with a wonderful grilled lunch by Chief Dave Scott!
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Good Shepard Water DayIt was a beautiful day for fun in the sun and to cool off in the water! Thank you Good Shepherd Catholic School for inviting us to join you!
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Field Day at the Intermediate SchoolWe had a great time at the Hillsboro Intermediate School today!! It was a wonderful day to cool off in some water!
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Primary's Field DayWe were excited to be part of Hillsboro Primary's Field Day today. We had a great time and look forward to next year!
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Fire Safety with Child Development ClassC crew visited the Child Development class at Hillsboro Highschool to share fire safety tips on Thursday. Capt. Darian and Firefighter Husky taught the children how to Stop, Drop, and Roll, how to feel a door to see if it is safe, and showed them our gear that we wear to protect us in fires.
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#LikeAGirlWe would like to thank the Hillsboro Intermediate school for inviting one of our firefighters, Stephanie, as the guest speaker for their #LikeAGirl program. This program is dedicated to creating capable, confident, and respectable young ladies that will be a great asset to society. They were a wonderful group and we hope to be a part of the program again next year.
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Dr. Seuss NightC crew was honored to attend the Dr. Seuss night at Hillsboro's Primary school to read. Kyle read Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You? to the children. We had a great time and hope to attend again next year.
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Congratulations Class 17-1Yesterday evening, Chief Scott, A/C Gaudet and multiple other firefighters from the Hillsboro Fire District had the honor of attending the Jefferson County Fire and Rescue Training Academy's Firefighter One and Two graduation ceremony! Hillsboro Firefighters, Shawn Hahl and Zach Koeller were among the graduates! Zach and Shawn completed an intensive 4 month training class to obtain Missouri State Certification as a firefighter! Congratulations to them both we are proud!
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2017 Awards BanquetTogether we celebrated another great year at Hillsboro Fire Protection District. We would like to congratulate Chief Dave Scott, Capt. Mitch Nelson, Lt. Mike Garner, Firefighter Ron Belcher, Firefighter Shawn Hahl, Firefighter Shawn Armstrong, and Firefighter of The Year Nathan Bieser for their achievements this year.
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Today, Mcdonald's of Hillsboro and the Hillsboro Firefighters Association were able to present the Backstoppers of Jefferson County 2 checks totaling almost $1000.00 to support families of fallen Firefighters, EMS Personnel, and Law Enforcement Officers! Thank you to all of our citizens who donated and a very special thanks to Hillsboro Mcdonald's for their great support of our community and emergency workers!
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Today our B crew spoke with 290+ students about careers as firefighters and what we do on the job. The kids took a tour of the truck and learned about the tools we carry.
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Clayton 9/11 Memorial Stair ClimbSix of our HFPD firefighters were honored to participate in the Clayton 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. Each climber represented one of the 343 firefighters who gave the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11. The funds raised during this event benefit the families of the fallen firefighters of 9/11.
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Hillsboro Summer School It was a hot sunny day in Hillsboro. The 5th and 6th graders enjoyed a nice, cool break and played in the water from 6524's deck gun. We hope everyone has a cool and fun summer! |
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Hillsboro Homecoming & Festival After attending the parade, Hillsboro Fire presented a demonstration of extraction in the case of a victim trapped in a vehicle. There are many different tools and approaches to take to freeing a trapped victim. The goal is to remove the vehicle from around the victim instead of the victim from around the vehicle. This is to avoid further injury. In this demonstration we used cutters, spreaders (Jaws of Life), an axe, and halligan. |
Station 2 Now Open!
Station 2 officially has a paid staff at it Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. After hours, our dedicated staff of volunteers and off duty paid staff will be in if there is a call! Hillsboro Station One is manned 24/7. Meet your station 2 crew Firefighter Stephanie Jackson and Firefighter Nathan Bieser! This is all thanks to the passing of a 2015 Sales Tax initiative that was overwhelmingly supported by our residents. The following was promised with the sales tax:
1. Provide paid staff at station 2 Monday through Friday.
2. Pay off existing debt! We are proud to announce that the Hillsboro Fire District has officially paid off all outstanding debt which resulted from the building of station 2 and purchase of 2 pumpers.
3. Provide a means for capital improvements. We have already purchased a new tanker (2016) and paid cash for the apparatus. We recently put a new brush truck in service which was paid for by 95% grant money. All apparatus have been placed on a replacement schedule moving forward, with replacement plans going as far out as 2030!
All promises from the 2015 sales tax have been met and we thank all of our residents for their continuing support! We strive to provide the best services possible with our limited budget!
Station 2 officially has a paid staff at it Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. After hours, our dedicated staff of volunteers and off duty paid staff will be in if there is a call! Hillsboro Station One is manned 24/7. Meet your station 2 crew Firefighter Stephanie Jackson and Firefighter Nathan Bieser! This is all thanks to the passing of a 2015 Sales Tax initiative that was overwhelmingly supported by our residents. The following was promised with the sales tax:
1. Provide paid staff at station 2 Monday through Friday.
2. Pay off existing debt! We are proud to announce that the Hillsboro Fire District has officially paid off all outstanding debt which resulted from the building of station 2 and purchase of 2 pumpers.
3. Provide a means for capital improvements. We have already purchased a new tanker (2016) and paid cash for the apparatus. We recently put a new brush truck in service which was paid for by 95% grant money. All apparatus have been placed on a replacement schedule moving forward, with replacement plans going as far out as 2030!
All promises from the 2015 sales tax have been met and we thank all of our residents for their continuing support! We strive to provide the best services possible with our limited budget!