Organizers rate local fire convention a 'huge success'

The four-day convention featured a number of workshops, including this one on how to recruit and keep firefighters.

The Idaho Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services Association convention in Mountain Home last week was termed a "huge success" by both organizers and participants.

The annual convention drew at least 75 representatives from volunteer fire and ambulance service districts across Idaho to the four-day event. Several representatives who were expected to attend were unable to make it because they were fighting fires in their districts, said Mountain Home Fire Chief Phil Gridley.

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