NEWS ARCHIVES

Southern Stone Purchases New Fire Boat

The Southern Stone County Fire Protection District has taken delivery of a new fire boat that will serve Table Rock Lake. The 2008 SVI Fire Boat purchased from Max Fire is 26 feet in length, 8 ½ feet wide. 
Some features of this fire boat include; 2 outboard 150 horsepower 4 stroke Honda engines that will allow quick response times to remote parts of the lake for water rescues and boats in distress. One unique feature of this boat is an in-board Mercury M2 jet drive motor, The jet drive can be used for two purposes one is for flowing large volumes of water to supply fire fighting operations on land where fire hydrants are not available. The other purpose is for propulsion in shallow water or near victims in the water. This reduces the possibility of any victim or rescuer being injured by the propellers. The outboard motors can be raised to allow for shallow water navigation

The front of the boat has a power lowering bow gate that lowers 70 degrees below plane allowing for rescue and recovery in open water. The pump on the boat has 3 water discharge outlets, all electrically controlled from the operator’s console. The deck gun, for fire attacks on the water and master 2.5” discharge and the 5” for supplying water to fire fighting on land all three discharges can all be controlled from the operator’s console. Boat is stationed in the Indian point area.

Fireburst 2009 – July 4, 2009

Ladder truck 6012 was used to fly a large American flag over State Highway 13 in Kimberling City to welcome visitors to Fireburst 2009.  The Southern Stone County Fire Protection District Honor Guard was invited to open the festivities, which included a free bluegrass concert, vendor fair and spectacular fireworks display.  Hundreds of people traveled to the area to attend the annual event.

SOUTHERN STONE AWARDED 2009 FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR

During the Banquet on Saturday night the Southern Stone County Fire Protection District members were pleasantly surprised when Southern Stone County Fire Protection District was honored by receiving the Fire Department of the Year award from the Fire Fighters Association of Missouri.  This award is given annually to the fire department who best exemplifies leadership in the community; the department that is involved in all the right activities for all the right reasons; to protect and serve the public. 

Visit our newly designed photo gallery for photos from this event!