Be a Firefighter -- or Just Look Like One!
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St. Maries Fire Protection District
Contact: Tim Kraack, SMFPD Captain Cell/Txt: 208-661-0547 |
Harrison Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Contact: Sherry Skarda, Osprey Inn B&B Landline: 208-689-9502 |
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HARRISON, IDAHO -- On May 27, 2017, at 10 a.m., the 100 Year Fire Commemoration kicks off at Harrison City Park overlooking south Lake Coeur d'Alene. Volunteers from St. Maries Fire Protective District will be on hand with firefighting demonstrations and activities for kids and adults. They will bring their trucks and equipment, and turnouts for the public to try on so they can experience what it feels like to walk in a firefighter's shoes. Firemen will set a large custom doll house ablaze to demonstrate how opening doors and windows during a fire can have shocking unintended consequences. Also, people can compete in the bucket brigade, pose on a fire engine dressed like a firefighter, and cheer on the teams of the firefighter hose demo competition. The district will provide information about volunteer fire fighting opportunities, including the Junior Firefighter program.
The Harrison Chamber of Commerce is honoring volunteer firefighters from the St. Maries Fire Protection District this year to coincide with the fire district's 30th anniversary and the City of Harrison's 100 year commemoration of the inferno that destroyed most of the bustling mill town in 1917. There will be a ceremony on the city park stage at 10:30 a.m.
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (Saturday, May, 2017)
100 Year Fire Commemoration Kick-Off / 30th Anniversary of The St. Maries Fire Protection District. Harrison City Park area. Lead is SMFPD Captain Tim Kraack.
10 a.m. Kid Activities in the Park by Marcella Reed of SMFPD
Fire Truck & Equipment Display
Try on Turnouts / Photo Ops
Fire Hose Demo Competition
Sign Up for Bucket Brigade Competition
10:30 a.m. Firefighter Honoring Ceremony, MC - John Thiele, Harrison Chamber of Commerce President
Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker: Wanda Irish, Mayor, City of Harrison
Speaker: Larry Nacarrato, Chief, St. Maries Fire Protection District
11:15 a.m. Burning of the Doll House
11:45 a.m. Bucket Brigade Competition
Through the
Afternoon Activities & Displays in the city park area.
Other activities in town that day:
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The Harrison Chamber of Commerce is honoring volunteer firefighters from the St. Maries Fire Protection District this year to coincide with the fire district's 30th anniversary and the City of Harrison's 100 year commemoration of the inferno that destroyed most of the bustling mill town in 1917. There will be a ceremony on the city park stage at 10:30 a.m.
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (Saturday, May, 2017)
100 Year Fire Commemoration Kick-Off / 30th Anniversary of The St. Maries Fire Protection District. Harrison City Park area. Lead is SMFPD Captain Tim Kraack.
10 a.m. Kid Activities in the Park by Marcella Reed of SMFPD
Fire Truck & Equipment Display
Try on Turnouts / Photo Ops
Fire Hose Demo Competition
Sign Up for Bucket Brigade Competition
10:30 a.m. Firefighter Honoring Ceremony, MC - John Thiele, Harrison Chamber of Commerce President
Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker: Wanda Irish, Mayor, City of Harrison
Speaker: Larry Nacarrato, Chief, St. Maries Fire Protection District
11:15 a.m. Burning of the Doll House
11:45 a.m. Bucket Brigade Competition
Through the
Afternoon Activities & Displays in the city park area.
Other activities in town that day:
- 10 a.m. - Opening of the Crane Historical Museum for the summer season & plant sale.
- 1 p.m. - Official debut of student fire art at the Harrison Library and Harrison Building.
- 2 - 5 p.m. - Free concert in Harrison City Park by Joe Winters.
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