Student of the Craft

02/13/2026

We at Sawdust City Fire are excited to announce that we will be welcoming Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb, FDNY, to Wisconsin to provide a 1 day, 4 part lecture series on October 27, 2026. Topics discussed will be leadership, lithium ion battery fires, mid rise and high rise tactics and common occupancy uncommon responses.

We will be partnering with the Old Fashioned FOOLs to bring Chief Leebs message to the Wisconsin masses. Get ready for a great day of information and unforced family fun time.

More information on venue and cost will be coming at a future date.

05/16/2025

05/16/2025

🚨 🚨 FALL / WINTER CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS 🚨🚨

Over the new few weeks, we will begin to announce our fall/winter 2025/2026 classes.

The first announcement is going to be HUGE.

Our Commercial Flat Roof class on a massive acquired building ‼️‼️

We are excited to bring in some of the best and most experienced truckman from across the country to deliver this lecture/hands on combo class!

Looking at the end of January to deliver this one!

More details will be available soon!

05/16/2025

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 — on his journey to the IAFF Center of Excellence in Maryland.

𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗦, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗦, 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗦, 𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡.

This request comes from a place of love, and a desire to 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗙 𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 the space to begin the healing process.

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦𝗡’𝗧 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 — 𝗜𝗧’𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 for one of our own as he takes steps toward treatment and recovery. 𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧 - 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗬, and use

We stand with Chief Ike. We stand for mental wellness, peer support, and a fire service culture where 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 — 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 — 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗦.

𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚. 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚. 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘 𝗔 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗨𝗦.

‼️ 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 Preston Lyons 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 ‼️

ғᴏʀ ᴄʟᴀʀɪᴛʏ: ᴄʜɪᴇғ ɪᴋᴇ ɪs ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴏғғʟɪɴᴇ. ᴛʜɪs ᴘᴏsᴛ ɪs ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄғᴛ sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ.

Next Rung IAFF Center of Excellence First Responder Center for Excellence Cornerstones of Leadership 2nd Alarm Project UCF RESTORES-Trauma Therapy Program 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline Florida Professional Firefighters

05/16/2025

05/16/2025

In this episode of Training Minutes, Ian Bennett of West Coast Fire Training is in Midwest City, Oklahoma, to discuss how to calculate fuel packages for

05/16/2025

No registration needed! See you guys there!

05/16/2025

🔥 BIG NAMES. BIG TRAINING. HERE IN NORTH DAKOTA. 🔥

The Prairie Fire Conference is bringing some of the heaviest hitters in the American fire service to Mandan this August and we couldn’t be more excited to see this level of training coming to our home state.

🚒Jeff Bryant – Aurora Fire (IL)
🚨James Nisbet – Clackamas Fire (OR)
👨🏻‍🚒Cody Trestrail – Brothers in Battle

📍 Lecture – August 2nd | Mandan, ND
📍 Hands-On Training – August 3rd | Mandan Fire Training Grounds

Hats off to the Prairie Fire Conference team and Fire Nuggets for making it happen. 🔥

Let’s keep this momentum rolling across the state.

11/07/2024

Robert Valentine

This 8-hour program will examine tactics for fighting fires in modern lightweight “engineered” construction that is heavily insulated and required by code to withstand hurricane-force winds. Learn why floor assemblies supported by lightweight engineered parallel chord floor trusses are considere...

10/12/2024

WE’RE BACK!!! Year four coming back 2025. New historic venue. Dates to be announced soon.