Positive Fire News

(SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb.) — With the odds stacked against them, including dry and windy conditions, the community put Safety First and required only two calls for service due to fireworks, according to the Scottsbluff Fire Department.

Pretty darn impressive considering it was the full 10 days. Much credit to the fire departments for helping educate public on fire safety. Special thanks to our media partners who shared these safety reminders. It worked!

Thank you to the Scottsbluff fire department for this information and for the hard work that they do keeping our community safe.

SBFD Call Response Report

“We hope everyone had a safe Fourth of July celebration!

While this year proved to have it’s challenges with lack of moisture, you, the community proved that we can all be adults and try and be responsible when it comes to discharging fireworks.

This chart reflects how many calls for service we responded to as the fire department, this does not reflect calls for service from Scottsbluff Police. Within the 10 day period we responded to two firework related calls, a slight increase from last year where we only had one firework related call.

The two firework related calls were:
– Smoldering discharged firework debris
– A complaint about juveniles discharging fireworks into a park.

While the holiday has ended, fire prevention does not. Fire Prevention is a year round activity that everyone is responsible for, and our biggest method for preventing fires, is education, hence why we did several posts regarding fireworks this last week, and we will continue to push out educational material.

Thank you to our firefighters, the Scotts Bluff County Communications Center, Scottsbluff Police Department, EMS, and the community for making this Independence Day a safe and successful holiday!”