Welcome to the Indiana Fire Service Hot Shots website.


Our mission is to create an opportunity for Indiana photographers to display their photos that highlight any Fire Department's activity, but especially those in INDIANA. There is no charge for posting but some simple rules must be followed for posting. All pictures must have the following information submitted:

If possible reduce the size of images to 550-600 pixels on longest side.
Send your pictures via email to: infs_hotshots@insightbb.com


VCOS held its 2008 meeting at the FRI in Denver.

Swearing in ceremonies

Posted 8/21/08

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And again, Roger is there at a smokey fire in Columbus,IN Krool Plant.

Krool fire

Posted 8/19/08

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Fire Rescue International 2008 opens in Denver.
Meeting

Posted 8/14/08

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Mike Cornman, Deputy Chief Ellettsville Fire Dept, sent these pictures of District 8 doing Survive/Rescue Training.

no hands!

Posted 8/3/08

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Roger Johnson sends in an early picture of residential fire in east Columbus, IN.

House fire in east Columbus

Posted 7/20/08

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Biohazard Exercise at Bloomington Mail Handling Center.

Cleanup coming from hot zone 

Posted 7/16/08

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Indianapolis Water Rescue recover truck from White River.

truck pulled from Whiten River

Posted 6/22/08

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Columbus engine 5 responds to flooding at SR 46 & I65.

Engine 5 in flood waters

Posted 6/22/08

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Governor Daniels views flooding in Posey county.

Governor Daniels in New Harmony

Posted 6/18/08

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Hendricks County Technical Rescue Task Force search pond for possible victim.

Firefighters on lake

Posted 6/14/08

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District 8 holds planning session at Bloomington Twp. Fire Dept.

District 8 planning session

Posted 5/16/08

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Terre Haute Fire and Police Departments hold grand opening of new Training Academy.

Cutting ribbon at Terre Haute safety academy

Posted 5/2/08

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Greencastle and Clovedale do live burn training at Greencastle Training Center.

firefighters prepare for live burn

Posted 4/26/08

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FDIC 2008 Opening Ceromonies

Gov. Daniels speaks at opening of FDIC

Posted 4/22/08

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National Honor Guard Competition at FDIC 2008.

Honor Guard competition

Posted 4/22/08

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Anderson Training Center for District 6 breaks ground for new training center.

Officials at ground breaking at Anderson

Posted 4/21/08

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National Fire Academy Alumni Association holds meeting.

Banner for NFAAA displayed

Posted 4/20/08

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District 7 has live burn exercise at Vermillion training facilities.

Firefighters enter live burn prop

Posted 4/4/08

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Week of intense training at Emergency Management Institute.

Training session

Posted 3/18/08

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Pictures from a refinery fire at Big Spring, TX on 2/18/08.

fire at refinery

Posted 3/18/08

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Chief Bill Newgent honored with award at Leadership/Development Seminar.

Chief Bill receives award from Director Dietz 

Posted 3/3/08

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District 10 Training Center Opens at Jasper Fire Department.

Posted 2/24/08

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Bloomington Township hosts Firefighter I/II training practicals.

Firefighters wait to enter live burn trainer

Posted 2/22/08

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Indianapolis firefighters fight fire on N. Ruckle with exposures on both sides.

Fire scene N. Ruckle Indianapolis

Posted 2/13/08

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Captain David Sherfick funeral is held on Feb. 9.

funeral procession for Capt. Sherfick

Posted 2/12/08

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Northeast Indiana Public Safety complex held their grand opening event this past weekend.

 Michael Israel salutes audience  

Posted 2/12/08

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Indiana Fire Service Institute held its 17th annual dinner.

Color guard presents flags at Indiana Fire service Institute Dinner

Posted 2/5/08

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State Fire Marshal Roger Johnson gets stuck in snow at chiefs' meeting.

Roger gets a push

Posted 2/2/08

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Indianapolis firefighters work fire in rear bedroom.

firefighters work on fire in rear bedroom 

Posted 1/28/08

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Wayne Township firefighters make short work of house fire.

Fire scene in Wayne Township

Posted 1/25/08

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Governor Daniels met with fire chiefs before his State of State speech.

Governor with chiefs

Posted 1/21/08

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IDHS presents training grant to South Bend Fire Department.

Check presented to South Bend Fire Department

Posted 12/22/07

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Fred Windisch sent in these pictures of some construction at Ponderosa Fire, where they are building a new prop area.

Construction at Ponderosa Fire Dept

Posted 12/20/07

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Indiana Department of Homeland Security holds year end briefing.

New number being called

Posted 12/20/07
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House fire destroys house in Columbus, Indiana. Firefighters protect exposures.

Fire scene

Posted 12/19/07

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District 10 receives a new burn container to be stationed at the Petersburg Fire Department. Hope to see some action pictures of training soon.

burn container for District 10

Posted 12/13/07

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John Shafer also sent in these pictures showing District 7 doing extrication training during a Firefighter I/II class.

Training on cutting auto apart

Posted 11/26/07

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Bloomington Fire Department shows off new training prop.

Burn tower

Posted 11/21/07

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Columbus firefighters fight fire in basement.

cellar fire

Posted 11/19/07

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House fire at Lemon Lake Bloomington Township fought by four departments.

Fire scene

Posted 11/18/07

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Missouri Firefighters Monument on I-70 west of St. Louis, MO.

firefighter monument

Posted 11/18/07

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Carpet warehouse fire fought by 80 firefighters near Indianapolis airport.

Fire scene

Posted 11/17/07

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40 firefighters train at Camp Atterbury on new props.

firefighters training

Posted 11/11/07

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Indiana's First Lady Cheri Daniels and State Fire Marshal Roger Johnson attend IU game.

Scene at tailgating prior to game

Posted 10/21/07

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Governor Daniels greets recruit class in his office at the Capitol.

Group shot of recruits, chiefs & Governor

Posted 10/16/07

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Bloomington Twp. Fire trains at new fire tower.

FF enter training tower

Posted 10/16/07

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Enrico Aquino Garcia Jr., of Terre Haute, died at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, in St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil He died Sunday afternoon of a sudden heart attack while training with Task Force 7.

Funeral

Posted 9/28+30/07

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Dover Delaware Firefighters attend VCOS Beyond Hoses & Helmets Class.

class at Dover seminar

Posted 9/22/07

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600 attend Indiana's first Emergency Services Conference in Indianapolis.

 Color guard as National Anthem is played

Posted 9/17/07

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Firefighters from Districts 7 and 10 gather at German Twp for training on Survival and Rescue.

training trainers

Posted 9/11/07

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Bloomington Township Fire Department shows off its training facilities.

Bloomington Twp Training

Posted 8/20/07

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High cost of fuel have you down? Roger has a solution.

steamer fire apparatus

Postd 8/21/08 

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Indianapolis firefighters respond to an early morning fire in double residence.

house fire

posted 8/21/08

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Two sets of pictures from District 3 using the new burn trailer.

burn trailer training

Posted 8/19/08

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Roger strikes again- want a front seat??

front seats

Posted 8/19/08

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Knight Township Fire responds to second fatal MVA in 24 hours.

Motorcycle accident claims passanger's life

Posted 8/13/08

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District 3 visits Byran, OH for tour of their training props.

car fire training prop

Posted 7/26/08

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The Indiana Fallen Firefighters  Memorial 2008 was held at the Fallen Heroes Monument in Indianapolis on July 17, 2008.

View of ceremony

Posted 7/18/08

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A fire on N. Grant St, Indianapolis is contained to original building.

Hard part reloading hoase

Posted 7/6/08

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 House being renovated suffers damage before Indianapolis Fire arrived.

Fire scene

Posted 6/22/08

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Residential fire on E. Minnesota St. Indianapolis on June 18.

Reload hose time!

Posted 6/18/08

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Governor Daniels and staff survey storm damages.

Governor Daniels, General Umbarger, Director Wainscott

Posted 6/18/08

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Pictures from Daviess county showing flooding in area after torrental rains in June.

Flood waters cross highway

Posted 6/17/08

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Bluffton Fire fights fire caused by lightning strike.

Farm Credit Service on fire from lightning

 Posted 6/14/08

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German Fire honors Junior Fire Wardens  for services at their schools.

Group picture of Jr. Fire Wardens

Posted 5/7/08

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District 8 training committee introduces 4 fire department to new training prop.

Firefighter goes head first down ladder

Posted 4/27/08

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Gov. Daniels addresses Professional Firefighters Union of Indiana at Bloomington meeting.

Gov. receives the axe

Posted 4/24/08

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FDIC2008 photos of apparatus and live burn trainers.

Flames inside live burn trainer

Posted 4/23/08

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Fort Branch Firefighters do live burn exercise for Firefighter I/II at Petersburg.

Firefighters enter burn chamber

Posted 4/22/08

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2008FDIC Indianapolis runs Hot Evolutions.


			firefighters during an evolution

Posted 4/22/08

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ISFSI swear in new officers at FDIC2008

 

New ISFSI new officers

Posted 4/21/08

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District 10 Firefighter I/II practices live burn skills In Marrs Twp new burn trainer.

live burn exercise 

Posted 4/14/08

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District 6 held a Training Expo to show off their new props.

working in tight quarters

Posted 3/18/08

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On March 7,8, and 9- 119 Inidiana Firefighters attended a training conference at the National Fire Academy.

Training session for Indiana FF

Posted 3/18/08

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On March 6, Auburn Fire Department held joint WMD training with the 53rd Civil Support Team.

 

Set up with decom sector

Posted 3/10/08

 

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Evansville firefighters fought a fire on near north side of Evansville.

Fire vents through roof and windows 

Posted 3/3/08

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Is this a new accident or just a vehicle that the busy towing company could get? A good way to cut down on false reports!

mva accident is snowy weather

Posted 2/26/08

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Harrison Twp Fights fire in residence on Feb. 24.

fire from window

Posted 2/24/08


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Lake St. Louis Fire department forwarded this near miss from a typical auto fire.

 

Car fire scene

Posted 2/21/08

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Near Miss Report Summit held at San Diego.

President at San Diego Summit

Posted 2/12/08

 

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District 7 holds class on search and rescue at Marshal Twp. Fire Department.


ff practice search and rescue


Posted 2/12/08

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Indianapolis Firefighters battle stubborn fire in the cold.

Flames vent through roof of house

Posted 2/9/08

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Auburn Training Site Receives grant for training tower.

 

Auburn receives check for training tower

 

Posted 2/5/08

 

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UnionTownship fight cold windy fire in large residence.

Fire whips flames

 

Posted 2/3/08

 

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Indian Chiefs hold their annual meeting at snow covered Syracuse, Indiana.

Meeting of Fire Chiefs


Posted 2/2/08


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Millsboro,Delaware Fire Department ambulance involved in accident.


Ambulanve vs Jeep accindent

Posted 1/29/08


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Nappanee firefighters fight winter weather and fire in Nappanee.

Fire scene at Nappanee

Posted 1/28/08

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Wayne Township firefighters fight a fire in abandoned resident on cold night.

firefighter on porch of burning residence

Posted 1/28/08

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Hartsville firefighters fight early morning fire on Tuesday January 22.

Structure fire fought by Marysville firefighters

Posted 1/23/08

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Indianapolis Firefighters respond to a fire in an abandon duplex.

 Firefighters fight fire in duplex

Posted 1/1/08

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Indianapolis Fire respond to fire and quickly get it in control.


Fire scene Indianapolis December 2007

Posted 12/20/07

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A cold December morning fire at Ponte on Monroe Lake gets quick response from multiple departments.

Fire scene at Pointe Condo

Posted 12/19/07

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John Shafer sent in more pictures from Greencastle/Putnam Cty. Training Site.

Greencastle Putnam Co Training site

Posted 12/5/07

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John Shafer sent in these pictures from a fire in Cloverdale.

fire scene at Cloverdale

Posted 11/26/07

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McCutchanville Fire department builds new maze training prop.

training prop

Posted 11/22/07

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Ellettsville hosts District 8 Meeting

 

helmet

Posted 11/21/07

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Firefighters from three departments fight house fire in Bartholomew County.

 

House fire

Posted 11/18/07

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Lexington, KY firefighter injured in fighting fire in room over garage.

fire scene on Parson Lane Oct 8, 2007

Posted 10/23/07

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District 10 holds an exercise to see what would happen during a cyber incident.

Group does exercise after cyber incidence

Posted 10/19/07

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President George W. Bush speaks at   National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.

Pres.Bush greets families

Posted 10/8/07

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Canadian Fire Chiefs hold their 99th Annual Meeting at Niagara Falls.

Helmet

Posted 9/26/07

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Steve Austin, member of Delaware Fire Service and Fire Police Association, has his own museum at his house.

entrance 

Posted 9/22/07

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City of Anderson and District 6 break ground for new training center.

 

breaking ground for training center

posted 9/20/07

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A wreath was placed at the NFF Memorial on 9/11.

 

Wreath at NNF Memorial

Posted 9/17/07

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Indiana Ambulance Crews compete in competition at Wayne Township Emergency Service Education Center.

ambulance crews compete

Posted 9/11/07

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Clay County Command Center holds Open House for new center.

Clay County Open House

posted 9/7/07

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Evansville Firefighters fight August temperatures and smoke in pallet warehouse fire.

Firefighter just out of fire scene

Posted 8/19/07

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Clay Firefighters do mandatory survival training.

 

training

Posted 8/17/07

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Governor Mitch Daniels signs SEA 472

that funds training for two years.

 

Gov. signs bill