To our firefighters: THANK YOU
Members of the Coeur d'Alene Firefighters Pipes and Drums play bagpipes while marching down Sherman Avenue during the 2016 St. Patrick's Day Parade.
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Worley Firefighter Dan Mooney pulls up a firehose as his engine moves locations to fight a wildfire near Fighting Creek in October 2014.
Coeur d'Alene Fire Capt. Nate Hyder hoses students with 500 gallons of water in July 2023 during a fire engine visit to Fernan STEM Academy on the final day of the CDA Reads program.
Northern Lakes Battalion Chief Kevin Croffoot, right, lends a hand to fight a fire at Merrit Bros. Lumber Company in Athol in this 2017 photo.
Coeur d'Alene Fire Capt. Nate Hyder hoses students with 500 gallons of water in July 2023 during a fire engine visit to Fernan STEM Academy on the final day of the CDA Reads program.
Troy Carr smiles at the crowd as his dad, firefighter and EMT Taylor Carr, drives a Kootenai County Fire and Rescue truck in the 2022 Post Falls Festival Parade.
Hauser Lake Fire Protection District firefighter Kyle Andrews walks by a burning house in April 2023 at a training site at Highway 53 and Pleasant View Road.
Firefighters begin to clean up following a house fire in the 1500 block of Seventh Street in Coeur d'Alene in January 2023.
Timberlake Fire Protection District Lt. Ryan Shuck sprays water toward the crowd in the 2022 Bayview Daze Parade.
On the first day as Mica Kidd Island Fire Protection District fire chief July 21, 2011, Jason Blubaum orchestrates a fire scene during a structure fire near Kidd Island Bay. Blubaum later left to accept a position at the local Idaho State Fire Marshal's Office.
From left, Ryan Jaderquist, Sam LaPresta and Colter Smart of Kootenai County Fire and Rescue remind drivers near Ponderosa Elementary School in Post Falls to slow down at the start of the 2022 school year.
Firefighters spray water on the Wolf Lodge Steakhouse, while Idaho Department of Lands crews dig a fire line on the hillside to the east of the restaurant in September 2024.
Several of the women who volunteer at East Side Fire District show off their guns at the Arrow Point Station in Harrison in June 2023. Back row, from left: Birgid Niedenzu and Lori Ador. Front row, from left: Carlene Cada, Robin Sand, Laurie Lamont, Tina Botai, Amber Loewe and Jo Moncrief.
Coeur d'Alene Press reporters have had the privilege of working with North Idaho's firefighters on countless stories throughout the years.
Here is a look back at our firefighters in action through the camera's lens.
To all of our firefighter friends and family members, please know we are thinking of you all.
You are our heroes.
Worley Firefighter Dan Mooney pulls up a firehose as his engine moves locations to fight a wildfire near Fighting Creek in October 2014.
Northern Lakes Battalion Chief Kevin Croffoot, right, lends a hand to fight a fire at Merrit Bros. Lumber Company in Athol in this 2017 photo.
Coeur d'Alene Fire Capt. Nate Hyder hoses students with 500 gallons of water in July 2023 during a fire engine visit to Fernan STEM Academy on the final day of the CDA Reads program.
Troy Carr smiles at the crowd as his dad, firefighter and EMT Taylor Carr, drives a Kootenai County Fire and Rescue truck in the 2022 Post Falls Festival Parade.
Hauser Lake Fire Protection District firefighter Kyle Andrews walks by a burning house in April 2023 at a training site at Highway 53 and Pleasant View Road.
Firefighters begin to clean up following a house fire in the 1500 block of Seventh Street in Coeur d'Alene in January 2023.
Timberlake Fire Protection District Lt. Ryan Shuck sprays water toward the crowd in the 2022 Bayview Daze Parade.
On the first day as Mica Kidd Island Fire Protection District fire chief July 21, 2011, Jason Blubaum orchestrates a fire scene during a structure fire near Kidd Island Bay. Blubaum later left to accept a position at the local Idaho State Fire Marshal's Office.
From left, Ryan Jaderquist, Sam LaPresta and Colter Smart of Kootenai County Fire and Rescue remind drivers near Ponderosa Elementary School in Post Falls to slow down at the start of the 2022 school year.
Firefighters spray water on the Wolf Lodge Steakhouse, while Idaho Department of Lands crews dig a fire line on the hillside to the east of the restaurant in September 2024.
Several of the women who volunteer at East Side Fire District show off their guns at the Arrow Point Station in Harrison in June 2023. Back row, from left: Birgid Niedenzu and Lori Ador. Front row, from left: Carlene Cada, Robin Sand, Laurie Lamont, Tina Botai, Amber Loewe and Jo Moncrief.