Allamakee County 4-H Citizenship Club visits new Waukon Fire Station

Expanding knowledge of local and state citizenship is the focus in the first year of the two-year 4-H Citizenship Program in Allamakee County. Sunday, January 10 the Allamakee County 4-H Citizenship Club visited the new Waukon Fire Station. Waukon Fire Chief Dave Martin took the club on a tour of the new facility. Youth learned that the Waukon Fire Department consists of 35 active volunteer firemen who provide emergency response, fire prevention and safety training, and public education. For more information about the Allamakee County 4-H Program contact Morgan Bjerke, Allamakee County Youth Coordinator, at mlheim@iastate.edu or 563-568-6345. Pictured here during the fire station tour are: Left to right - Front row: Carly Palmer, Diana Davison, Madalyn Ellingson, Soraya Reyes, Ainsley Lydon. Middle row: Nathan Liddiard, Sean Liddiard, Denzel Decker, Logan Kucera. Back row: Daniel Gruman, Allamakee County Youth Coordinator Morgan Bjerke, Zach Davison, Faith Palmer and Waukon Fire Chief Dave Martin. Not pictured: Derrick Wiemerslage, Kaedan Snitker, Robbie Drew. Submitted photo.