Firefighters are real life superheroes. They have a secret base filled with top of the line technology, they wear special uniforms and they do battle with all kinds of elements and use water to tame fire’s destructive nature. And, most importantly, they save lives.

So what happens when then the superheroes need help? They turn to their community. March 9 at 5 p.m., the Colfax Fire Department will host its 20th Annual Soup Supper. The supper has been used to raise funds for the Fire Department and has turned the Colfax department into one of the most well equipped small stations around and has become a big social event in town.

“Several years ago we thought we were pretty well stocked, it wasn’t anything we really thought we needed,” Dennis Lester, Colfax Fire Chief said. “So we were going to take a break from Soup Supper. We didn’t want to have a Soup Supper and ask people for money if we didn’t have any place to put it. We actually had several people call our chief, at the time, to make sure that we were still having a Soup Supper.”