Friday, August 29, 2008

10 Years Ago - A look back

Not many people would remember what was happening at IFD 10 years ago at the end of August but here is a refresher. Chief Hutt was stepping down to pursue a career with a nozzle company, which at the time seemed kind of silly since he was a "truckie", but he has done well with the transition. Chuck Davey was named the acting fire chief and his first duty as chief was to welcome aboard the 6 new full-time staff. Jory, Chuck, and Brent are all that remain of the original six that was hired. Way to go!!

That concludes our history lesson for today. Have a safe Labor Day weekend and for those that are getting ready for convention - remember to have fun, enjoy the activities, and be safe!!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Congratulations!

I would just like to take a moment and congratulate Chief on having a successful term as an IFA officer. While I am not all that active with the IFA doings, I do know that they do a lot for the firefighters. He has put a lot of effort into his term and I hope that as his term comes to an end next month, that he feels like he has gotten much accomplished. If you get a chance, tell him thanks for all that he has done!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Been to the Fair?

So has everyone that has wanted to go the fair had their chance? I personnally don't really care to go, especially with all the crowds. I get enough "fair" just working blocks away from the fairgrounds and the limited runs that we have there.

The poll has closed on the safety vest and we had 7 people say that they had looked over the vests and 1 that had not. If you have not seen it yet, there is an actual SOG out on it now so please review that and be familiar with it.

I heard that we had another fire on Saturday. It sounds like everyone did a good job! Remember to keep yourself hydrated in the warm summer days. My hope is to be able to post some pictures of some of our calls but need to get them and figure out how to post. Work in progress.

Keep up the good work and everyone have a good weekend. Enjoy the fair if you go! There is some cheap parking south of the fairgrounds off of E. 32 and E. 34th streets!!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Just a reminder

Couple things to pass along:
1) If you have not yet RSVPed for Chief's golf outing/dinner on Aug. 16th, you need to contact Mrs. Chief no later than Friday. Talking with Chief this afternoon, it sounds like there is a good number of people already signed up but could always use more.
2) The order forms for the new shirts need to be turned in by Friday the 15th. Please get these filled out and turned into Chief. You can order upto $50.00, anything past that you will have to pay the difference. Forms are hanging on the board in the dayroom.
3) As I am typing this, the printer is going with updated SOG's. A couple of these are just spelling corrections, but SOG 3-7 is a new one and 4-1 has been updated. These will be placed in your mailbox yet tonight so look them over and update your SOG book.

If you have not had a chance to look around the blog yet, please do so. Let me know what you think. You can post comments or send me an email. I am going to be looking for additional content so if you come across anything, pass it along and I will try to use it.

Jamie

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