DeTour Volunteer Fire Department

06/10/2026

Last night we trained with our new turbodraft.
After a couple attempts we were able to get water moving.

A few adjustments to the water lines made a great improvement.
We were able to supply water to our other pumper and run our deck gun.

We have more training planned at different locations to make sure we get the results needed.
Great job by the team!

06/05/2026

***Update 6/5/26 @ 2100 hrs***

Telephone carriers have reported that services for calling 911 have been restored. Preliminary testing has confirmed this. 911 operations have returned to normal.

If you continue to experience problems with normal telecommunication issues aside from calling 911, please contact your service provide for additional information.

Thank you to our EMS and Fire Fighters for staffing their halls during this outage.

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Chippewa County Central Dispatch is aware of an intermittent and widespread phone outage affecting the South and East sides of the county.

Due to this outage, some citizens may experience degraded service or no service at all.

Out of an abundance of caution, we have communicated with the first responder agencies in those locations to assist with emergency notifications and emergency service requests. Should you find yourself unable to access 911, you may go to your nearest Fire/EMS Hall. These locations will be staffed 24/7, and responders will be able to relay your emergency to the dispatch center by radio.

The communications carrier has advised that additional resources are en route to troubleshoot and repair. There has been no ETA provided.

We will update as we receive additional information.

05/15/2026

Township Name Burning Permits Issued Guidelines and Restrictions
BAY MILLS No No Burning
BRUCE No No Burning
CHIPPEWA No No Burning
DAFTER No No Burning
DETOUR No No Burning
DRUMMOND No No Burning
HULBERT No No Burning
KINROSS No No Burning
PICKFORD No No Burning
RABER No No Burning
RUDYARD No No Burning
SAULT STE MARIE No No Burning
SOO No No Burning
SUGAR ISLAND No No Burning
SUPERIOR No No Burning
TROUT LAKE No No Burning
WHITEFISH No

05/03/2026

financing programs to meet the needs of local units of government including: Cities, Villages, Townships, Counties, and various special purpose units.

04/16/2026

The snowmobile is on the ground!
The winner that picked the right day is Amy Welling.( she donated the winnings back to the dept.)
Thank you Amy!

04/15/2026

We recently received our new turbo draft appliance and hose.
This will allow us to have options to get water from more sources.

This is just the first of many items we will be getting with the monies from our snowmobile poker run and raffles and great donations!
Thank you!

04/15/2026

Last Friday we lent a hand ( and a firetruck) to the St. Mary's Marine service to help move ice out so they could put the pilot boat in for the season. Now the Western Great Lakes Pilot association can transfer pilots on the ships here in DeTour.

03/16/2026

03/05/2026

Thank you !
The pokerrun and chili cookoff were great and the support you show us at these fund raisers is beyond words!