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Our First Awards Banquet in Two Years
May 15, 2022
On Sunday, May 15, current and former members of the Hauser Lake FPD / Hauser Lake Volunteer Fire Department gathered together to celebrate and recognize achievements from 2020 and 2021. There were many people to be honored, given that it had been two years since our last “annual” banquet.
The following awards and accomplishments were celebrated, with the Officers and Commissioner Maddalone speaking at various times.
- Leadership Award: Gary Mobbs
- Camaraderie Awards: Kyle Andrews and Dave Strohte
- Challenge Pin was awarded by Gary Mobbs to Shane Kamps
- Rookie of the Year: Jared C…
- EMT of the Year: Larry Shervanick
- Most Improved Award: Vickie Shervanick
- Instructors recognized by their EMS students: Gary Mobbs and Shane Kamps
- Dedication and Devotion Award: Joan Rodman
- Retirements of Lisa Wendle with 24 and Nick Lundt with 21 years of service
Click here to see banquet photos taken by Joan and Paul Rodman (Google Photo Album). (Please contact Joan if you have images to share!)
The event was made possible by the friendly and talented folks at Embers at the Lake (shown here), an extraordinary pizza restaurant on Hauser Lake. The weather was beautiful; the food was delicious; the service impeccable. Fun was had by all.
For more fun news about deserving awards recipients, see our Honors page.
Page created 5/19/2022. Updated 5/22/22.
Paying for Growth
How to maintain fire services for Hauser Lake residents
This informative flyer was created and provided by Galena Consulting on behalf of the Hauser Lake Fire Protection District. Click here for a PDF file.
Posted 2-22-2022
Breakfast with Santa Flyers
Historical: Breakfast with Santa, 2004-2024
Breakfast with Santa did not occur in 2020 due to COVID-19. Breakfast in 2023 will be the 37th annual event.
Page originally posted October 24, 2018. Last updated October 29, 2025
Historic engine E720
May 17, 2021
The old-but-new-again Engine 720, which was owned several decades ago by the Hauser Lake Volunteer Fire Department, is back home again after the buyers/restorers became donors. The engine was donated back to the HLVFD this year by Marc and Marguerite Kaufman of California.
The engine’s journey home was made possible by volunteer Jody Mask and his cousin, who experienced some traffic problems on their way due to the eye-catching load they were hauling from California to Idaho!
Click any photo below to view it and flip through all of them. Photos courtesy of Jody Mask.
For all photos, see https://photos.app.goo.gl/UwAhBfhAeRsjqeJg6
E720 returns to Hauser 4-17-21
April 20, 2021
Drivers in Hauser Lake did a few double-takes this weekend when passing by the fire station. Many stopped to take photos as a piece of Hauser history was returned to our community, thanks to donors Marc and Marguerite Kauffman of California.
This historic engine, “E720,” was the first apparatus our current fire chief, James Neils, drove as a volunteer back in the 1990s. According to the few records found so far, it is a 1953 American LaFrance engine which was in service in Hauser Lake and fighting fires from 1974 to 1994. In approximately 1995, it was sold to the Kauffmans. Marc restored most of the mechanical portions of the truck over the twenty-five or so years he had it. This year, the Kauffmans donated the truck BACK to us!
Several volunteer firefighters and their families helped transport the engine from California to Hauser Lake last week. Watch for more news in the coming weeks. For now, it’s home again in Hauser and safely tucked away inside a back bay of the station. ~JR
Chief Larry Simms’ Retirement Ceremony
On September 20, 2020, we celebrated the career of Larry Simms. He retired after 34 years of service to the Hauser Lake community and surrounding area.
A video of the ceremony, taken by Joan Rodman, has been posted on the District’s public Facebook page here (a new window should open). The video includes several very moving moments, including Chief Simms thanking his wife Elaine (also a 30+-year volunteer), shaking hands with the fire fighters, and listening to the final sign off from Captain Mobbs which was broadcast over the Kootenai County emergency dispatch system.
A few photos of the event are below. For more, please see our public Facebook page (@HauserLakeFire). You can also try this link: https://www.facebook.com/HauserLakeFire/photos/pcb.3523762351002251/3523761441002342/?type=3&theater
Posted September 20, 2020
Hauser Lake Fire Chief Transition in the News
The following article appeared in the Coeur d’Alene Press on Friday, August 14, 2020. We are grateful to reporter Madison Hardy for attending our ceremony and covering this noteworthy event in Hauser Lake history.
Coeur d’Alene Press
By Madison Hardy, Staff Writer
Click here to open the PDF file of page 1 and here for page 2.
Published September 21, 2020
Hauser Welcomes New Fire Chief and Other News for Hauser Lake Residents
A newsletter for Hauser Lake residents by Fire Chief Larry Simms has been completed. It will not be mailed but call the station for a printed version. Click the link below to read it online.
Posted July 24, 2020
Hauser Fire Rescues Doe From Lake
The Hauser Lake volunteer first responders recently saved a deer which had fallen through the ice. The story was covered by the Spokesman Review and KHQ. We shared the story from S-R on the Hauser Lake Fire Protection District’s Facebook page and elicited some very nice responses:
Here is a link to the story on the Spokesman Review: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jan/16/oh-deer-rescuers-on-thin-ice-at-hauser-lake/
Here is the story on KHQ.com, including a video by Captain Mobbs during the rescue. Click image to open new window.
Page added January 21, 2020.
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