Sioux Falls Fire Rescue

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue to break ground on next station

By Jodi Schwan | May 13, 2026

The 13th fire station in the city of Sioux Falls breaks ground this week, and is tracking under budget for cost.

With new station planned, Fire Rescue begins looking for next round of cadets

By Jill Callison | March 25, 2026

Sioux Falls is adding population and soon will open a new fire station. Today, a call went out for more cadets considering a career with Fire Rescue.

With expanded outreach, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue lands record class of applicants

By Jacqueline Palfy | June 25, 2025

More than 300 people have applied to join the next class of Sioux Falls Fire Rescue — a success story with a lot of elements behind it.

Meet the woman who’s out to convince others to consider Fire Rescue careers

By Jacqueline Palfy | May 14, 2025

Out of 215 uniformed personnel at Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, only eight are women. This firefighter is about to change that.

As floodwaters rose, rescue effort turned firefighters into heroes

By Pigeon605 Staff | March 3, 2025

“Sometimes, you have to risk a lot to save a lot.” They did – and they did. Come with us for this never-before-told story from Sioux Falls Fire Rescue.

How Sioux Falls Fire Rescue keeps up with city’s growth, focuses on future needs

By Jodi Schwan | May 6, 2024

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is about to graduate its most diverse class of cadets yet — one of many ways the department is evolving to meet a growing city’s needs.

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue achieves reaccreditation, ranks in top 1 percent nationally

By Pigeon605 Staff | March 4, 2024

With its fifth reaccreditation, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue remains ranked among the top 1 percent of agencies nationwide.

Inside new public safety campus, ‘it truly is a world-class facility’

By Jodi Schwan | October 30, 2023

“It exceeds my wildest expectations of what this facility was going to be.” Come with us for a look inside the new Sioux Falls Public Safety Campus.

Names of fallen public safety personnel to live on in new training campus

By Pigeon605 Staff | December 28, 2022

“We’re still remembering, and memorializing and honoring these men and their families.” When the new public safety training campus opens next year, the streets will have four powerful stories behind them.

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue finds global audience on TikTok

By Jodi Schwan | November 8, 2021

It all started with a video about a kitten stuck in a tree. In less than 15 seconds, there’s the graphic: Dispatch: Caller says there is a kitten stuck in a tree. It’s followed by […]

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