National Sprinkler Awareness Contest

Official Rules and Information

Win a one-night hotel stay!

Celebrate National Fire Sprinkler Awareness Day May 19, 2018, and win a one-night hotel stay for your Sprinkler Selfies. Post a selfie of you and your fire sprinkler with “#sprinklerselfie” and comment “I’m protected at [location]” to this post.  On Friday, May 18 at 4:00 PM we will randomly select two Sprinkler Selfies for a stay at Cadillac Jack’s Gaming Resort in Deadwood or Fairfield Inn & Suites in Rapid City.

Each entry must be a unique person and location combination. For example; If you have fire sprinklers at your work, at your two children’s school, and at home, you could submit up to six entries: 1 of you and your work fire sprinkler, 1 of each of your children in their school, and one of you at home, one of the older child at home, and one of the younger child at home. You would need to post each of the six photos with #sprinklerselfie and reply to this post 6 separate times with I’m protected at work, I’m protected at school, I’m protected at school, I’m protected at home, I’m protected at home, and I’m protected at home.

Learn more about the need for home fire sprinklers at bit.ly/b4toast.

A big thank you goes out to LIV Hospitality for the one-night stay Cadillac Jack’s Gaming Resort and the one-night stay at Fairfield Inn & Suites gift certificates. Gift certificates must be used before March 31, 2019, and there are some blackout dates.  

For questions about fire sprinklers or contest rules, please contact Fire and Life Safety Specialist Monica Colby at 605-394-5233.

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An Open "Thank-You" to Our Local Media

Yesterday, multiple emergency services agencies from across Pennington County responded to a particularly dangerous and dynamic incident involving a fire at an ammunition manufacturing facility on the edge of the communities of Box Elder and Rapid City. There was a significant public impact and an abundance of danger for those nearby.

Today, I wish to take the opportunity to thank a group that provided a great deal of assistance with the incident that many times does not get the thanks that is deserved. The group that I'm referring to is our local media.

While some of my counterparts across the nation struggle with their media relationships, I enjoy my relationships with our media. We are all respectful of each other’s positions and responsibilities. I try to be aware of their needs and deadlines. They are almost always respectful of the fact that I may not be able to immediately get them what they need but will do my level best to try.

Yesterday, as the incident continued to unfold, our media did an outstanding job in being flexible. In particular, I was very pleased with their patience as we moved staging locations multiple times. As we worked to evacuate businesses and close roads, local media outlets did a great job of helping to disseminate that information. Today, I have spent considerable time wading through the accumulation of articles, videos and social media pieces covering the incident. I honestly feel as though the local media did great work in finding a balance between telling the story and providing public safety information.

Again, on behalf of myself and the Rapid City Fire Department as well as the agencies involved in yesterday’s response, thank you to our local media for your professionalism and for your hard work. It did not go unnoticed.

-Lt. Jim Bussell

Public Information Officer

Rapid City Fire Department