Des Moines Firefighters

09/07/2026

Fun at the Labor Day parade this morning. A little wet, but a great day to celebrate the years of contributions from labor unions throughout history.

09/07/2026

This Labor Day, we honor the generations of International Association of Fire Fighters members who have built our union and those carrying it forward today.

This , we honor the generations of members who have built our union and those carrying it forward today.

09/03/2026

A great moment this afternoon at Blank Children's Hospital.
Thanks, Welcome to Des Moines for capturing the pics! 

09/03/2026

Throughout the entire month of September, many of our members will be wearing these awesome Childhood Cancer awareness month tees. They are wearing these alternative uniforms in an attempt to bring awareness to a disease that has affected several of our own members, as well as so many others out there.

Stronger together as family!

08/28/2026

We are proud to support Nate Boulton for Iowa House. Nate has been a consistent advocate for the working class and organized labor. Nate knows what it takes to be a leader at the State House and will put Iowans first!

Thank you to our Des Moines Firefighters for their support in this campaign. I’m proud to have worked with them to protect the wages and benefits they earn and deserve as they put themselves at risk to keep our residents safe.

08/25/2026

Occasionally firefighters from other communities or states will swing by one of our stations and want to trade shirts, patches, or just see another station in another place.

This time it was a firefighter from another continent, as a German FF stopped by station #1 downtown to visit with DMFD Local 4 members.

It was a ton of fun chatting, and we were able to trade some items, with the patch now being proudly displayed on our wall of patches.

08/24/2026

It was great getting to know him! He was really fun to be around! Already looking forward to next year, after a much needed breather of course.

Dr. Matthew Bentz from Humboldt is chief resident for our Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. But the past ten days he’s had a different title: Assistant Medical Director for the Des Moines Fire Department at the Iowa State Fair. Dr. Bentz volunteered for this role and has spent every day of the fair working alongside paramedics in the heat and crowds treating hundreds of patients for everything from dehydration to falls to allergic reactions to cardiac arrest.

Dr. Bentz says, “I felt immense professional pride in the collaborative efforts of the Des Moines Fire medics, fair administration and local law enforcement. It truly takes a unified, village-like approach to keep our community safe during such high-stress, high-traffic events as large as the Iowa State Fair.”

A spokesman for Des Moines Fire Department says having a UnityPoint Health ER doctor treating medical emergencies at the fair for the first time has greatly reduced the number of patients who had to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
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Image description: A group of firefighters stand in front of a building labeled "Health and First Aid Center" and a red tent with "Des Moines Department" printed on it. They are all smiling and pointing in various directions.

08/24/2026

Thanks for following our journey the last two weeks at the fair, and to everyone that came up and said hello or needed a bandaid!

See ya next year Iowa State Fair!

08/23/2026

Figure 8 races today on the last day of the Iowa State Fair.

Very entertaining to check out. Just making sure everyone is safe out here!

08/23/2026

We really do ❤️ the ISF!

Rounding out tonight and heading into the final day tomorrow. Lots of fun has been had and many emergencies tended to.
It’s been a busy fair so far and we’re almost across the finish line.