AUSTIN, Minn., June 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- To honor America’s heroic firefighters and highlight their red-hot cooking talents, the makers of HORMEL® Chili are once again teaming up with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to crown “America’s Best Firehouse Chili Recipe.” The contest, now in its second year, provides firefighters across the country the opportunity to submit their very own chili recipes for the chance to win $10,000 for their station.  

From now until July 16, 2018, firefighters will be encouraged to submit their best chili recipe to www.firehousechili.hormel.com for judging. Hormel Foods will select five finalists, one from each major region of the U.S. including North, South, East, West and Midwest. Those finalists will be flown to New York City to compete in a live chili cook-off for a chance to win the grand prize. Judging of recipes will be based on originality, flavor, and inspiration behind each recipe submission. In addition to contest prizing, the makers of HORMEL® Chili will also be presenting the NFFF with a donation of $20,000.  

"The makers of HORMEL® Chili are proud to once again be working with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to support firefighters and their communities across the country,” said Mark Beierle, HORMEL® Chili brand manager. “The NFFF not only does so much for active firefighters, but also works to honor fallen firefighters and their families on a continued basis. Our company greatly respects the work of firefighters everywhere and the support that the NFFF provides them and their families.”  

For the second year of the contest, the makers of HORMEL® Chili have tapped Jason George, star of ABC’s new hit show, Station 19, to participate as a guest judge. In the new Grey’s Anatomy spinoff, Jason reprises his role as Ben Warren, surgeon turned firefighter. Outside of embodying the spirit of a firefighter on TV, Jason is dedicated to giving back to the firefighter community and helping to highlight the service they provide.  

“I’m thrilled to be a judge for America’s Best Firehouse Chili contest this year,” said Jason George, star of ABC’s Station 19. “The NFFF does incredible work giving back to the firefighter community, and this contest with the makers of HORMEL® Chili is a great way to raise awareness to their cause and showcase the hidden cooking talents of the guys who risk their lives everyday keeping us safe.”  

The brand officially announced this year’s contest at the Fire Department Instructor's Conference (FDIC) April 23 - 28, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The FDIC is a six-day conference, full of workshops, seminars, competitions, networking and more.  

"We are grateful for the continued support from the makers of HORMEL® Chili, as well as their commitment to heightening awareness about our mission to a broader audience and excited to work alongside them again,” said Chief Ron Siarnicki, Executive Director of the NFFF. Last year’s winner will be tough to top, and we look forward to meeting the finalists this year!”  

Last year’s contest saw firefighter, Jeremy Chauvin of Edgard, LA, take home the grand with his “Spencer Way” chili recipe. The recipe, named in honor of his late brother who was also a firefighter, is something that has been passed down through his family along the years.  

“I entered the contest last year in order to share my brother’s story,” said Jeremy Chauvin, winner of the inaugural America’s Best Firehouse Chili Contest. “Spencer was my fire department’s district chief, who died in the line of duty just months before I heard about the contest. After hearing that the makers of HORMEL® Chili were supporting the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, where my brother was being honored

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The Attica Community Foundation has made a donation of $4,000 to the Attica Voluntary Fire Department so that the department is able to purchase a powerful washing machine to help protect the fire fighters from toxins. Captain Chris Beedle first brought up the idea to look into the machine.

 

“The commercial quality (extractor) machine is the most effective way to de-contaminate uniforms by removing chemical carcinogens. Keeping the gear clean is important for fighting different types of cancers that can be absorbed through the skin,” White said. “The new washing machine will not only keep the volunteers safe, but also the families and the community they serve.”

 

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A fire department in Montcalm County that waited 18 months for Etankers to convert a semi truck chassis into a water tanker took its truck back late last week

 

Officials with the Stanton Community Fire Department, which serves three townships and the city of Stanton, drove to Grand Ledge firm Etankers and took their unfinished truck chassis back.

It was retrieved on the same day Etankers' owner Joe Thomas had indicated to its fire board that the vehicle would be completed.

Sidney Township Supervisor Terry Peterman, who also serves on Stanton's fire board, said he was one of  the officials who retrieved the truck. He said three employees were at Etankers' property off West Grand River Highway in Grand Ledge when they arrived.

 

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A former Whatcom County firefighter who died of cancer this week is being listed as a line-of-duty fatality under state law that classifies certain kinds of cancer as job-related. Firefighter John Swobody died Monday night after a years-long battle with lung cancer, said Chief William Pernett of North Whatcom Fire and Rescue.
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LORDS VALLEY - To enhance their training, volunteer firefighters at the Pike County Training Center will now have a new engine with which to train. The Delaware Township Fire Company of Dingmans Ferry donated a 1993 engine, that Jordan Wisniewski, the training and operations manager said is a pumper that supplies water to other apparatuses.

 

The engine can carry 1,000 gallons of water. The Delaware Township Fire Company had two engines. The one they gave to the center had been for sale for awhile, but there were no “serious bids,” said Wisniewski. Consequently, the department was “more than kind to us,” Wisniewski stated.

The pumper has been refurbished. Fire engines can be quite old, as one at the center was from 1983 and was later refurbished in 1991. There are other fire apparatuses 40 years old, that he said some stations actually have in service or use for parades.

The engine that was given to the center, while it is refurbished, Wisniewski said doesn’t have all of the modern day technologies. He said that is okay because a lot of the safety features cause problems and having an older truck for training is just fine.

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