Emergency personnel to hold chili cook-off fundraiser

| January 25, 2018 12:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Seven local emergency personnel will hold a firehouse chili cook-off fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 3, to raise funds for a medical mission trip to Bolivia.

The event will be from noon to 5:30 p.m. at Coeur d’Alene Fire Station No. 4, 6564 N. Atlas Road. Tickets are $10.

Those making the trip to teach pre-hospital trauma lifesaving skills include: Tony Black and Pete Holley, Kootenai County Fire and Rescue; Matt Dill, Northern Lakes Fire; Scott Dietrich, Coeur d’Alene Fire; Carolyn Stovall, EMT and Fire Training Inc.; and doctors Gordy Luther and Jamie Karambay, Kootenai Health Emergency Department.

For tickets or other information, contact Dietrich at [email protected] or 208-691-2973. Attendees can buy tickets at the event.

For those who are unable to attend but would still like to make a tax-deductible donation, visit www.mela-mn.org and click on the "Donate to CDA" tab.