For the first time, SPAAMFAA members and delegates headed for the Pacific Northwest, where thePacific Northwest Chapter proudly hosted the Society’s 2007 Winter Convention in Puyallup, short distance south of Seattle. It’s rainy out there this time of year, so the PNW folks kindly arranged a bigindoor fire apparatus display that was open throughout the four-day meet.

The Land O’ Lakes Chapter hosted the 2007 Summer Convention and Muster in the Twin Cities’ suburb of Burnsville, Minnesota. A fun feature of this event was Friday night pumping under the lights followed by a big fireworks display. The educational component of the program included tours of the Waterous pump plant in St. Paul, the fire/rescue stations at the Twin Cities International Airport, the Rosenbauer America fire apparatus plant in Wyoming, Minn. and the Custom Fire apparatus plant across the river in Osceola, Wisconsin. The big parade Saturday morning and the muster which followed were part of the long-established local Burnsville Muster.

After 25 years, Tim Elder stepped down as Editor of the Silver Trumpet. Ken Buohl stepped up to the plate, launching a thoroughly redesigned version of this important supplementary communications publication.

Following the death of Robert N. Potter the previous year, the Society switched its chapter insurance program to the J. C. Taylor Agency. One new chapter – Southern Connecticut – was welcomed into the fold this year.