Sawdust City Fire Expo

Chief Frank Leeb is coming to Wisconsin!

He will be offering four different, 2-hour lectures during the day for ONLY $80.00

Classes:
🔥Operational Considerations for Fires Involving Lithium-ion Batteries

🔥Strategies for High-Risk Low-Frequency Events in Mid-Rise and High-Rise
Residential Fires

🔥Common Occupancy, Uncommon Response: Preparing Firefighters for What's
Not in the SOPs

🔥🇺🇸Cornerstones of Leadership: Why We Are Here and Why It Matters

Registration will open up July 1, 2026!

See you there!

Reminder!

Our friends at the Old-Fashioned Fashioned FOOLs have their meeting in Fond du Lac tonight!

Old Fashioned FOOLS meeting tonight with Adam Yaresh as our guest speaker! Come join us for our meeting and then watch some basketball! 6pm.

See you there!

We at Sawdust City Fire are excited to announce that we will be welcoming Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb, FDNY, to Wisconsin to provide a 1 day, 4 part lecture series on October 27, 2026. Topics discussed will be leadership, lithium ion battery fires, mid rise and high rise tactics and common occupancy uncommon responses.

We will be partnering with the Old Fashioned FOOLs to bring Chief Leebs message to the Wisconsin masses. Get ready for a great day of information and unforced family fun time.

More information on venue and cost will be coming at a future date.

Tune in to listen to some knowledge bombs from one of our board members.

Those who listen might get a preview of tonight’s announcement…

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We’re excited to share that tomorrow night we’ll be announcing one of our speakers for this year — and it’s someone you won’t want to miss.

This individual brings incredible insight, experience, and inspiration, and we can’t wait to officially introduce them to you. Stay tuned tomorrow evening for the full announcement and details.

He has presented at FDIC, CF Tactics Conferences, written many articles and a few books.

We are going to be doing things a little different this year. We will have 3 separate lectures throughout the year and a hands on class in partnership with Old Fashioned FOOLS.

Stay tuned for more information on classes.

Our Brothers in Minnesota are bringing in the one and only Cody Trestrail for a great day of brotherhood and battle readiness! Get your tickets now!

What a great weekend of training and camaraderie!

Thank you to Pierce Mfg Oshkosh Corporation for your continued support!

Thank you to all of the instructors for coming to share your knowledge with us!

Thank you to all of our raffle sponsors!

And THANK YOU to all that attended!

Stay tuned for information about next year!

See your next year!

Nick Peppard kicking off day 2 with Tactics from the Left Front Seat.

The driver is the unsung hero of the fire ground. It should be more than just pulling levers.

Arthur Ashley talking about the Non-Traditional Truck Company to wrap up the day