Sorry

Ok, I said in the last post that I would try and keep this up to date better and I have failed. So here I go again and I will try to do better. First of all, let me back up several weeks and congratulate Captain Ted Neller and Lieutenant Jody Miller to the officer ranks. You both are welcome additions to the command staff and I look forward to working with you both. I would also like to take a moment and thank Dean Hutt for his 34 years of service, about half of that as IFD Chief. I have learned a lot from Dean from when I first got started as a volunteer and as I have worked up through the ranks. He has been a great mentor and a great friend whom I could turn to ask ask questions, get feedback, and just some direction when I felt lost. Thank you Dean.

The city hall updates are almost complete, the only thing really remaining is working on completing the lockers in the shower room. A new phone system has been installed throughout city hall and we are getting use to working with something different and up to date.

We have formed a truck committee and Chuck, Tom, Devon, and Travis have been appointed to this committee. Their purpose is to go through the apparatus and look at ways of improving our equipment location and trying to make things better and more useful. They will be moving things around on the trucks to see how it looks and fits, but they will return it back to the original spot. Once they come upon a decision for placement, a presentation will be done for the officers for them to review and modify, delete, or approve the idea. Some of the trucks have gotten new tool boxes and we have gone back to color coding tools and equipment for the apparatus they came off of.

Remember, it is still winter out there. So please drive safely, dress for the weather, and if you see a hydrant that needs to be dugout, either dig it out or notify an officer so it can be passed along. Thanks!

Been awhile!

For those of you who actually check this from time to time, you probably noticed that I have not updated for some time. Sorry!! But here is some fresh updated material!

The big news so far is that are starting to launder our bunker gear. This is your responsibility to get this done and when done have Chief Seymour or DC McCurdy inspect it. This includes your helmet!! If they determine that you need new gear, it will be documented and we are waiting to hear if we get grant money. If we do, we will be able to purchase several sets of gear. If not, maybe about 5 sets of gear. Time will tell but keep hoping for the grant!!

November is almost half way gone and the end of the year is quickly approaching. Remember to check your training hours and start attending drills or find ways to make up some time to meet our requirements. Also, there is a notice on the board with names of people who have not completed their skills maintenance.

The officers have been reviewing the current set of SOG's and have made some revisions. Those have been passed along to Chief who has been reviewing the revisions and with any luck we should have a revised copy for everyone at the start of next year. We will then review these and try and resolve some of the issues that were brought forth from your one on one chats with the Chief earlier this year.

Well, that is the most current information. I will try and make a better effort to keep this upto date.