Colfax FD plans open house

Sep 05, 20190

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At left: Jim Krouse sits on Whipmy, the Colfax Fire Department's 100 year old fire engine. The department will honor Whimpy and Krouse, who has served for half of Whimpy's term, at an open house Sept. 15.

Colfax Fire Department will host an open house Sunday, Sept. 15, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Colfax Station, 400 N. Mill Street. Members of the department invite the public to come and check out the station and the equipment and to honor Jim Krouse for his 50 years of dedicated service to the department.

Krouse joined the department in 1969. At age 74, Jim is still one of the most active volunteers on the roster and serves on ambulance calls a month as an EMT. He rarely misses a fire call.

Krouse served as chief of the department for 38 years, from 1972 to 2010. He has mentored countless volunteer...