12/21/24 DD Skipper Young, SW Andy Buechner, and PM Ben Miller presented a replacement FST to SD Fire Chief for the one he recently used at an elderly couples' 150-year-old homestead on Tagge Rd. 

The $1,000 cost of the replacement FST was from gifts of 5 Masons & the Wisconsin. Masonic Foundation.

Normally the replacement costs are covered by the Homeowner Insurance. However, this elderly couple did not have Homeowner's Insurance to cover the cost. 

Most importantly the couple escaped safely  from the burning building.

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