SOUTH SIOUX RESIDENTS WILL LIKELY SEE A CLOUD OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD AREA SATURDAY MORNING AFTER 9AM.
CITY FIRE CHIEF DOUG KOOPMAN SAYS HIS FIREFIGHTERS ARE CONDUCTING A CONTROLLED BURN OF THE OLD CONCESSION STAND;
CONTROLLED1 OC…….A TRAINING CENTER. :25
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREED, ALLOWING SOUTH SIOUX FIREFIGHTERS A CHANCE FOR VALUABLE, REAL-WORLD TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE.
CHIEF KOOPMAN SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN USING THE BUILDING FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS:
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HE SAYS THERE’S OTHER PRACTICAL TRAINING THAT’S BEEN UNDERWAY:
CONTROLLED3 OC……HOW THEY FAIL. ;14
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE SMOKE RISING FROM NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD, THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL ALREADY BE THERE:
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FOLLOWING THE DEMOLITION, THE SOUTH SIOUX SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW PAVILION ON THE SITE.
CHIEF KOOPMAN SAYS THE DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES THE COOPERATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS THEY CONDUCT THIS ESSENTIAL TRAINING.
