Venture II Safety Glasses
Over at Northern Plains Fire, we now offer Venture II safety glasses from Pyramex. Check 'em out.
Informed Field Guides
Take a minute and look over our new addition to the NPF website - Informed Field Guides. From fire to EMS to law enforcement, we've got them all.
These guides are pocket sized, waterproof, and alcohol-fast. They are a great way to refresh your memory. I keep one in the glove box so that while I'm waiting to pick up my kids at one of their activities, I can study a little.
New Product Line - Chieftain PPE
Check out our new product line over at Northern Plains Fire - Chieftain PPE.
We are carrying all of the products that Chieftain Safety offers including turnout gear, wildland PPE, helmets, and EMS PPE.
We've even got a special going right now on wildland PPE.
Brush Truck Must Go!
This truck must go! REDUCED - $35,995 or best offer.
Call us now at 800-505-3044.
Check out the specs on this truck.
More pictures here.
Grand Opening of our Online Store
Check out our new online store.
We offer firefighter kits - bundles of fire equipment - at a discount. We also offer each individual item so that you can build your own kits.
During the month of March, send an e-mail to a friend with a link back to our store and you earn twenty-five cents off of your order. Send it to 10 friends at twenty-five cents each to earn a maximum of $2.50!
See details here.
10,000 Visitors
Last night, just after supper, I checked the Site Meter to see how many visitors have come to Firewhirl and Northern Plains Fire. We have now officially had 10,000 visitors!
Thanks for stopping by, sending emails, and leaving comments. We hope you'll return again soon.
Winter Grass Fire Special
Check out our Winter Grass Fire Special on skid units over at Northern Plains Fire.
5,000 Visitors
Another internet landmark has been reached here at Firewhirl and Northern Plains Fire. We've had 5,000 visitors come to our website.
Thanks so much. We hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have.
Huron Plainsman Covers NPF
The Huron Plainsman, the newspaper for a town about 42 miles from Miller, has covered Northern Plains Fire.
“One of the things I’ve seen is there are many small fire departments who can’t afford to buy a brush fire truck,” he said. “So I’m trying to build one they can afford.”...
In addition, Northern Plains Fire offers a wide array of training classes for firefighters. This includes structural and wild land firefighting, the incident command system, vehicle extrication, and hazardous materials.
He also provides grant-writing services to other fire departments.
And, the company carries a full line of fire equipment including PPE, tools, hose, nozzles, rescue equipment, slip-on units, emergency lighting and other items.
It is a nice article, but they didn't include the picture that they took on the website.
Thanks to the Plainsman for the coverage.
1998 Chevrolet K3500 Brush Truck
Check out our recently completed 1998 Chevrolet K3500 Brush Truck. This is a nice rig and it's ready to go to work.
NPF and Firewhirl Reach 1,000 Visitors
We have reached our first internet landmark this afternoon. Officially, 1,000 visitors have come to the Northern Plains Fire and Firewhirl sites. Woo hoo!
Thanks for visiting and we hope you return again to read about the newest developments in the firefighting community.
Miller Press Covers NPF
The local newspaper, the Miller Press, has put together an article covering my new business, Northern Plains Fire.
Fiala said he will specialize in purchasing heavy-duty, good used pickups, refurbish them, and outfit them with new brush truck equipment. He hopes to complete a couple of trucks a month.Each pickup will be completely overhauled, and must pass his 156-point inspection. It will be outfitted with a 200-gallon water tank, a 10-gallon foam tank, a 20 horsepower motor, and a 200-foot hose. The truck will pump 120 gallons of water per minute, and can be used on grass, brush and forest fires.
"It will be good equipment, but it will cost substantially less than a brand-new brush truck," Fiala said. "Volunteer fire departments need affordable equipment." He estimates his brush trucks will cost approximately $20,000 less than a new model.
The company's motto is, "Good used trucks, great new fire equipment."
This is the first press coverage we have had and it is in conjunction with out open house that will be held on Thursday, October 20, from 1 PM to 6 PM. I'd like to thank the Miller Press for printing the article.
If you are in the area, stop by and have some coffee and cookies, and check out our brush truck.
I'll have more details on the brush truck posted on the NPF website soon.
