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2025 Banquet
Thank you Senator Ben Hansen, personnel from the Blair ER, members of the Blair Fire and Rescue, and for the current and past members for attending our Annual Awards Banquet. Number of Fire calls for 2024 was 35 and the top 10 were recognized: Kim Snow made 30 fire calls, Dan Allison made 27 fire calls, Tom Beck made 27 fire calls, Jeff Pickell made 23 fire calls, Aaron Snow made 17 fire calls, John Manson and Garrett Noel made 15 calls, Tim Braniff, Darren Lytle, and Jason Smith made 13 fire calls. Number of Rescue calls for 2024 was 245 and the top 10 were recognized: Kim Snow made 112, Jeff Pickell made 98 calls, Aaron Snow made 97 calls, Leo Oligmueller made 89 calls, Darren Lytle made 87 calls, John Manson made 74 calls, Deb Ward made 57 calls, Leslie Lytle made 56 calls, Jason Smith made 54, and Kristen Sumey and Garrett Noel each made 53 calls. Tim Braniff and Mike Bank each celebrated 30 years of service in 2024 and both have retired from the department. Brad Hawkins was recognized for 25 years and Aaron Snow for 10 years. |
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2024 Christmas Party |
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4th of July Parade Thank you to Blair Volunteer Fire & Rescue, Herman Fire Department, Decatur Fire Department, and Craig fire Department for supporting Tekamah's Freedom Fest. #welovetekamah |
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2024 July 4th Water Fights |
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2024 Banquet Thank you to everyone who attended our annual banquet. We had a great turnout. Members recognized for their years of service: Randy Rager- 55 years, Leo Oligmueller- 50 years, John Wilson- 40 years, George Ackerman- 35 years, Jason Smith- 5 years, Deb Ward- 5 years, Richard Barton- 5 years. Darren Lytle was recognized during our regular months meeting for 5 years of service. During our tradition of passing the hat and donating the money to a local organization. This year we collected $590 dollar and the money went to the backpack program. Members recognized for the number for calls made throughout 2023. There were 28 Fire Calls: Kim Snow made 27 calls, Dan Allison- 20 calls, Tom Beck- 20 calls, Wyatt Sumey- 20 calls, John Manson- 17 calls, Jeff Pickell- 16 calls, Jason Smith- 14 calls, Matt Deemer- 12 calls, Kyle Walton- 11 calls, and Leo Oligmueller- 10 calls. There were 230 Rescue Calls: Wyatt Sumey made 147 calls, John Manson- 133 calls, Leo Oligmueller- 93 calls, Kim Snow- 86 calls, Jason Smith- 84 calls, Darren Lytle- 77 calls, Kristen Sumey- 68 calls, Aaron Snow- 67 calls, Kyle Walton- 65 calls, and Jeff Pickell- 61 calls. Also, a big thanks to Tekamah-Herman Youth Wrestling Club for the delicious meal. |
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Pancake Feed with Santa 2023 A big thank you to those who came out and supported our pancake feed with Santa and Mrs. Claus. We are truly blessed by the support of this community. |
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Christmas Party 2023 Our department Christmas party was December 2nd. Department members and spouses gathered together for a fun filled evening. Scott and Angela from Savemore made a delicious prime rib dinner. Members opened gifts from the fire department and the secret Santa exchange. Santa was busy so sparky the dog filled in to hand out gifts. Fun was had by all involved. |
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Elle Olson, Kenzie and Bryghem Walton, and Colt Snow had a lemonade and brownie stand during the summer and donated the money to the fire department. Elle and Kenzie pictured with board meeting members. |
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Control House Burn Drill 2023 |
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Control House Burn March 24, 2023 |
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Lucas Device Training |
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2023 Annual Banquet Thank you to Senator Ben Hansen, personnel from the Blair ER, and members of the Blair Fire and Rescue for attending our Annual Awards Banquet. Members recognized for year of service: Jeff Pickell 25 years, Josh Olson 10 years, Kyle Walton 10 years, and Tom Beck 5 years. Recognized at our monthly meeting were Matt Deemer 15 years and Greg Shada 35 years. Also, a big thanks to Tekamah-Herman Youth Wrestling Club for the delicious meal. |
Nancy TeSelle wife of the late Gene TeSelle gave Tekamah Fire and Rescue a 1959 Cadaillac Superior Crown Royale Ambulance.