St. James Fire Department: Bill Nelson, Seth Bosmoen, Dustin Anderson, Joe Thulien, Jake Beckius, Wayne THomas, Jared Bridges, Seth Hudson, Shawn Gappa, Mason Collier, Danon Anderson, Erik Gratz, Jake Bocock, Danny Rotert, Del Schiller, Isaac Carstensen, Devin Winter, Joshua Moll, David Anderson, Kim Whitehead, Bill Whitehead, Mike Wolner, Destinee Basemoen, Nick Kielas, Austin Friedrich, Bob Moll, Terry Thulien, Seth Reinke, Jose Vidana, Chris Whitehead, Ivan Gandeaga. Not pictured: Travis Moser and William Alexander.Sarah Shelander
Sarah Shelander
Editor
This week is National Fire Prevention Week. The campaign’s purpose is to educate children and adults on how to stay safe in case of a fire. This year’s campaign is “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you”, it strives to educate everyone on the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home.
The fire departments in Watonwan County encourages everyone to to replace batteries in smoke detectors and CO Alarms twice a year (When you change the clock- change the batteries) and to also check the dates on them as they do have different dates they expire on. If your alarms are more than 7-10 years old, it should be replaced.
Watonwan County has eight fire departments serving the towns and communities in the county.
Odin Fire Department Front row (l-r): Phil Bahr, Paul Berg, Annie Applehof, Johannah Holland, Briana Castle, Brandon Doughtery. Back row: Ben Doughtery, Chief Scott Wolle, Jared Wohlford, Leif Peterson, Mitch Rettke. Not pictured: Colter Lenz, Nick Romsdahl, Jason Paplow, and Jason Bolte.Sarah Shelander
St. James Fire Department: Bill Nelson, Seth Bosmoen, Dustin Anderson, Joe Thulien, Jake Beckius, Wayne THomas, Jared Bridges, Seth Hudson, Shawn Gappa, Mason Collier, Danon Anderson, Erik Gratz, Jake Bocock, Danny Rotert, Del Schiller, Isaac Carstensen, Devin Winter, Joshua Moll, David Anderson, Kim Whitehead, Bill Whitehead, Mike Wolner, Destinee Basemoen, Nick Kielas, Austin Friedrich, Bob Moll, Terry Thulien, Seth Reinke, Jose Vidana, Chris Whitehead, Ivan Gandeaga. Not pictured: Travis Moser and William Alexander.Sarah Shelander
Madelia Fire Department: Front row (l-r) – Lana Lopez, Josh Burnham, David Tran, Martin Mendiola, Marcos Aguilar, Capt. Travis Bottelson, Capt. Grant Halverson, Josh Pfeffer, Nick Hruby, Adam Lawrence. Back row (l-r): Chief Ryan Visher, Asst Chief John Tierney, Asst Chief Don Smith, Dustin VanHale, Cody Eager, Brandon Ordorff, Josh Schoener, Mike Denn, Jake Sandbo, Cody Steinbrink, Capt. Mark Slater. Not Pictured: Capt. Jon Gappa, Mark Denn, Dana McCabe, Andy Miller, Dustin Forstner, Ricky Fenske, Caleb Fenske, and Ben Lehman.Madelia Times Messenger
Lewisville Fire Department: Back row (l-r): Jim Poppe, Kerry Dittbenner, Dave Zenk (retired), Katrina Pults, Dillon Shelander, Jen Coult, Tony Schmidt, and Jason Smith. Front row (l-r): Richard Schaefer, Peter Londgren, Wes Jahnz, Mike Pfeil, Dylan Kallemeyn, and Jim Pults. Not pictured: Kel Pults. Lewisville Fire Department
Back row (l-r): Shane Heffele, Shanon Heffele, Nate Mathistad, Wade Meyer, Mike Hall, Jordan Stoesz, Dalton Braaten, Nick Mathistad. Front row (l-r) Angela Hall, Mark Warner, Andy Petty, Kurt Blomgren, Bret Braaten, Tj Harder, Scott Linscheid. Not pictured: Travis Winters, Kent Winters, Jason Lepp, Blane Braaten, Jared Wohlford, Jeff Durheim and Nadeen Durheim.Sarah Shelander
Back row (l-r): Matt Bowman Chief, Justin Bartz, Alex Windschitl, Cody Bak, Travis Brekken Asst. Chief, Dale McMullen. Front row (l-r): Alex Sorenson, Tyler Stamp, Shadrick Hoek, Whitney Windschitl, Danielle Bowman.Sarah Shelander
LaSalle Fire Department: Front row (l-r): Jacob Carr, Dave Dahl, Julie Carr, Erin McDurmont, Ryan Mosser, Bryan Rathman. Back row (l-r): Trevor Berning, Heather Anderson, Brian Hermann, Jason Braaten, Laura Fleming. Not pictured: Harley Branstad, Ashley Marxen, Brian Hagen, Thom Braaten, Dan Peterson, Randi Wellman.Sarah Shelander
