Tripp County Emergency Management

04/16/2026

Effective immediately, the Tripp County burn ban is back on.

04/14/2026

Reminder siren testing tomorrow in Winner,Colome and Witten.

It’s that time of year again as storm season approaches. 🌪️

Winner Dispatch will be conducting tornado siren testing on April 15 at approximately 10:15 AM in the communities of Winner, Colome, and Witten.

This is a great opportunity to review, practice, or begin putting together your safety plans at home and in the workplace.

04/07/2026

It’s that time of year again as storm season approaches. 🌪️

Winner Dispatch will be conducting tornado siren testing on April 15 at approximately 10:15 AM in the communities of Winner, Colome, and Witten.

This is a great opportunity to review, practice, or begin putting together your safety plans at home and in the workplace.

04/02/2026

The burn ban for Tripp County is temporarily going to be lifted. As a reminder please call Winner Dispatch at 605-842-3324 or the Sheriff’s Office at 605-842-3600 to report any control burns with address and what you are burning.

02/18/2026

Effective immediately, the burn ban is back in place for Tripp County until further notice.

02/02/2026

Tripp County will temporarily be lifting the burn ban. As always, please call in all control burns to the Tripp County Sheriff’s Office(605-842-3600) or Winner Dispatch (605-842-3324) with location of burn and what you are burning.

01/13/2026

12/17/2025

There will be a burn ban in effect for Tripp County effective immediately until further notice.

11/02/2025

Congratulations to Tripp County’s very own Zane Hamiel!

Congratulations to the 2025 SDEMSA EMT of the Year, Zane Hamiel!

09/15/2025

Tripp County First Responders will be taking part in a full scale training exercise at approximately 5pm on Wednesday September 17 at Elevate Agronomics. This is only an exercise. You will see Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS. Again this is only a drill.