Yep you heard it the breakfast is getting closer…. It’s definitely that time of the year again, soon you will be having one of the Ely Fire Department’s finest knocking on your door.  Offering tickets to the most sot after breakfasts around!!!   Yep It’s the 4th of July Breakfast Again. As you all know it’s an...
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We have now added a permanent link to Linn Co. for their burn permits. If you are interested in a burn permit please look to the bottom left of this page under LINKS OF INTEREST and it’s the second from the bottom.  Click on this link and it will take you to the Linn County...
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On this edition of Newbie News I am going to talk about an exellent training opportunity that I had recently with the Ely Fire Department. On May 9th, the Ely Fire Department held a large scale training exercise at Vavra Lumber Co. in Ely, Iowa.  We invited fire departments from, Solon, Swisher, Fairfax, Mount Vernon...
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I have a lot to learn. I’ve been on the Ely volunteer fire department for about half a year and definitely know enough to realize that there is a lot to learn to become a firefighter and emergency medical services (EMS) provider. Even though I’ve been with the fire department for a very short time,...
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