Prizes must be picked
up at Whites Crossing Sport
Shop. Guns subject to availability.
Call 570-785-1343 or
email
us for tickets
Pre-game
warmups Sunday morning's drill involved
two man advances of the 400' and 250' preconnected 2" lines. Yes, it was
chilly but that kept everyone moving!
Once everyone had their "chance",
some chaueffer training was completed. Now we can warmup, eat and get ready
for the game!
"New"
U-truck placed
in service With the help of a state
grant, a "new" utility truck was place in service this week. the F-250
Ford club cab pickup was purchased locally.
It was outfitted with emergency
warning devices, radio and a graphics package last week.
Command
for Company Officers program conpleted Nearly 40 fire officers
or fire officer candidates attended a two day training program on January
30 and 31, 2010, presented by Task
Force 1, Inc. entitled, Command For Company Officers. The program's
lead instructor will be Michael "Mick" Mayers. The
lead instructor was : Mick Mayers, Battalion Chief, Hilton Head Island
FD , SC.
Mick is also one of the founders
and past Vice-Chairman of the State Urban Search and Rescue Alliance (SUSAR).
Mick holds a degree in Fire Science Technology from Savannah Technical
Institute and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire
Officer program. He is an author of many articles on emergency service
leadership; his articles and posts can be found on his site at
www.FirehouseZen.com
In addition to personnel
from Station 43, participating fire departments included:
Wayne County, PA Lake Ariel Fire Company
Honesdale Fire Department
Gouldsboro Fire Company
Susquehanna County,
Pa Hop Bottom Fire Company
Thompson Hose Company
Luzerne County, PA Plymouth Fire Department
Lackawanna County, PA Dickson City Fire
Department
Newton Ransom Fire
Company
Blakely Hose Company
Broome County, NY Choconut Center Volunteer
Fire Company
Connecticut West Haven IAFF Local
1198
West Shore Fire Department
Training
SOG issued A new SOG related to the
training process at Station was recently issed. Read
the SOG.
BC Schellenberg
visits 43 On Tuesday evening,
Station 43 was paid a visit by retired District of Columbia Battalion Chief
Steve "Shelly" Schellenberg. Chief "Shelly", who was enroute to a training
seminar, spent a few hours at the station, reviewing our operation and
sharing some of his experiences with crew. We'd like to thank him for taking
the time to stop by and share his insights with us. (In
photo: Chief Richards, Battalion Chjef Schellenberg and Assistant Chief
Ellsworth)
Former
Engine 43 sold On Friday, January 8th,
Justus Volunteer Fire Company, Station 28 in Lackawanna County, took delivery
of our former Engine 43. The 1990 Spartan/FMC may get a new color
and look in the near future. Best of luck to the new owners!
Helping
neighbors For the foreseeable future,
Cottage
Hose Company Ambulance's Mass Casualty Incident Response Unit
will have a new home. Recently the trailer was relocationed to Station
43 at the request of Station 51.
Cottage's substation located
on Belmont and Canaan Streets cannot be utilized due to some on going
structural problems. We are glad could help.
IAMRESPONDING
on line, SOG issued, training conducted
Training was held
Monday, January 4, 2010, to insure all response personnel are familar with
the operational features of the IamResponding.com
program.
A box assignment was sent
to Flat Rock Road Sunday morning just before 09:00 hours for the possible
structure fire. With less than desirable road conditions for responding
apparatus, Chief 43 arrived on scene establishing the Flat Rock Road Command
reporting a 2 1/2 story wood frame structure with nothing evident.
Ladder 43 took position
on the A/B side of the structure reporting a smoke condition in the structure
with the owner claiming the a fire in the chimney was the culprit.
First arriving engine company,
Engine 41, stretched a 1 3/4" attack line to side Alpha. E-43, the second
arriving engine, backed up E-41. Truck Captain Ellsworth took the
interior confirming the smoke condition while the exterior truck crew confirmed
the fire was contained to the chimney. With low thermal imaging temperatures
throughout the structure, command held the assignment to 2 engines and
the truck with EMS, returning the rest of the box. Companies operated for
about 30 minutes before returning to service.
On the box: E41, 43,
94, Rescues 75 and 59, Tanker 75, 94, 12 and 60, Ladders 43 and 58
Craft
fair, Santa visit: Good time had by all Santa's visit to Station
43, bake sale and craft fair turned out to be a great time for everyone!
Those who attended the event were treated to some great food while others
took the opportunity to purchase special gifts from the many
vendors at the affair.
Finally, for those who did
not have a chance to see Santa before today, they were able to tell the
jolly old man what was on their Christmas list. Thanks to all who supported
the event.
Back to
back crashes early Saturday morning
An ice covered roadway
sent a car over an embankment into wooded area Saturday morning at 00:35
hours. The crash occurred on Little Keen Road, about 1000 feet off Elk
Lake Drive in Clinton Township.
A car overturned resulting
in the two occupants being confined to the auto. Rescue 75, Engines
94 and 43, Car 43, Waymart EMS and Mobile 9 were on the assignment. Companies
returned to service in about 30 minutes.
After returning to quarters
a second crash sent the same companies to Route 170 near White Oak Drive
for the car reported in a stream. Wayne County Communications added Dive
36 to the assignment. The car was precariously positioned in a creek
bed facing a large sluice pipe that carries water under Route 170. The
driver was treated by Waymart EMS and Mobile 9. Both incidents are under
investigation by PSP. Company returned to service in 20 minutes.
Deputy
Chief Billy G stops by 43 Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder,
one of the most recognizable names in the fire service, spent some time
Friday morning at Station 43. Billy was in Hazleton Thursday
evening presenting a Firefighter Survival Seminar, "Injury and LODD's
at Single Family Dwelling Fires" .
Chief Richards, long time
friend of Chief Goldfeder, and Assistant Chief Obelenus were his
guests for dinner before Thursday evening's event. Enroute to his next
program in Albany, NY on Saturday, Billy stopped by to check out Station
43 Friday morning.
Billy commented on our commitment
to safety and operations, in particular, the automatic 4 engines, 2 ladders,
1 rescue squad and 4 tanker response on EACH alarm assignment.
Ironicially, during his
lecture the night before, he emphasized the need to have adequate
resources at all working fires. Billy has written several articles
on the topic, showing that over 20 firefighters are needed to SAFELY
conduct interior operations, hence the need for automatic mutual
aid.
Billy also had a twinkle
in his eye when he climbed in and on Tower Ladder 43 which originally
saw service on Long Island, where Billy grew up.
Billy said, "You have
a great station. I'm really impressed. Riding assignments, good box assignments
and a good proby program. It's clear you guys have your sh%@ together."
We hope to have Billy back
soon for another visit!
About
Deputy Chief Goldfeder: Chief Billy
Goldfeder, EFO, a firefighter since 1973, serves as Deputy
Fire Chief of the Loveland-Symmes FD in S.W. Ohio. LSFD is an ISO Class
2, full service ALS department providing a full range of traditional and
non-traditional emergency & community services. A Chief Officer since
1982, he has served as a Fire Chief in Ohio, Virginia and Florida.
Chief Goldfeder
also served as a Public Protection representative covering southern New
York, for I.S.O. as well as a Company Officer, starting with the Manhasset-Lakeville
F.D., in Long Island, N.Y.
In 1993
graduate of the National Fire Academy's
Executive Fire Officer Program, he is the former Chair of the International
Association of Fire Chiefs VCOS Section. In 2001, Chief Goldfeder was honored
with an appointment of Hon. Battalion Chief of F.D.N.Y. and is a member
of the Board of Directors of the September
11th Families Association, the Board of Directors of the National
Fallen Firefighters Foundation and provides assistance to the NIOSH
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program . Additionally,
he is the recipient of numerous operational and administrative awards and
recognitions and received the Loveland-Symmes FD Departmental Award of
Excellence in 2003, the ISFSI Fire Instructor of The Year Award for 2004,
the Dana Hannon Fire Training Award for 2004, the I.A.F.C’s Presidential
Award for 2005, the 2007 IFSTA
Everett E. Hudiburg Memorial Award for firefighter training excellence
and the 2007 Nassau County (N.Y.) Frances X. Pendl Fire Service Humanitarian
Award.
Chief Goldfeder
recently completed his 6th year as a Commissioner
on the Commission of Fire Accreditation International. He serves as
an Associate/Contributing Editor for FIRE ENGINEERING, FIRE RESCUE, WITHTHECOMMAND.COM,
FIREHOUSE as well as Firehouse.Com and is a member of the F.E.T.N. (Fire
and Emergency Television Network) Advisory Board. He has spoken on, as
well as published, numerous articles on subjects such as combination FD's,
fire command and tactics, firefighter/fireground safety, apparatus design
and deployment and fireground staffing. His monthly column "Close Calls"
appears in FIREHOUSE Magazine and his bi-weekly radio show “Through The
Smoke” is hosted on Firehouse.com.
Above:
Deputy Chief Goldfeder accepts Station 43 shirt from Assistant Chief Obelenus
Chief Goldfeder
has served on several NFPA
and IAFC Committees, is the Chair of
the IAFC’s Safety, Health and Survival Section, serves on the National
Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting
Task Force (IAFC) and has been an Instructor at the Fire Department Instructors
Conference (F.D.I.C.) for the past 25 years as well as a member of the
FDIC
Advisory Board for the past 15 years. He has and does provide consulting
services for municipal and private corporations with a clear focus on firefighter
safety and survival. Chief Goldfeder, along with Captain Gordon Graham,
police/fire service risk management expert, attorney and California Highway
Patrol Captain, hosts and sponsors the website: www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com
, a 100% non-commercial, independent and free site with only 1 focus: Firefighter
Safety, Survival and Getting
Everyone Home.
Web
draws lots of visitors
Whether you like us, hate
us, are curious or landed here by mistake, for some reason there are lots
of visitors at the the 43Fire.com website. In 2009 there were 45,074 vistiors
to the site. 16,719 were first time vistors and 28,355 returned to
the site more than once. For whatever
your reason, thanks for stopping by! The best part is we know who
you are!
Feline
gets tower ladder ride
After spending over 24
hours in a tree, a cat got a tower ladder ride to the ground early
Sunday evening. Despite the lousy weather condition, the feline was perched
up a tree about 30 feet above the ground.The residents at 74 White
Rock Drive, fearing the worst, called 911, prompting the response.
Congratulations to Captain
Ellsworth on his second cat rescue the year. In the
photo: Captain Ellsworth, Kitty and a happy cat owner.
Fire rips
through mobile home
Smoke detectors
credited with early warning
The lone occupant of a
mobile home located at 258 Burns Road in Clinton Township narrowly escaped
for a fire just before 3 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4. The
fire resulted in heavy fire damage to the trailer. Wayne County Communications
Center dispatched the box assignment at 02:41 hours.
he occupant reportedly
was awakened by alarming smoke detectors and escaped the fire
through a bedroom window. He successfully self evacuated himself out a
bedroom window and was outside the structure when the first due engine
company, Engine 94, arrived. The injured man was treated on scene
and was transported to Marion Community Hospital by Waymart EMS.
The fire was brought under
control in about fifteen minutes. The fire was declared out at 05:05 hours
with command (Chief 43) releasing all companies.
The fire is under investigation
by the PSP Fire Marshal.Photos
PA
Home Page On the box: Engines
94, 12, 43, and 41, Rescues 75 and 59, Ladder 43 and 13-4, Tankers 94,
12 and 75, Car 43 and Waymart EMS.
Two
days of training completed: "Save Yourself, Save Others" Task
Force 1, Inc., presented its new training program, "Save,
Yourself, Save Others", on Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18th at
Station 43. Lead instructor and friend of Station 43, retired Captain
Tony Tricarico from FDNY's Squad 252 teamed up with Captain Greg
Barnas from Jersey City's Ladder 6 to show firefighters how to save themselves
in life threatening situations.
Both days started at
Station 43 with an interactive lecture. Intense practical exercises were
conducted at the Kartri Sales Company building on Susquehanna Street in
Forest City. Seventeen Browndale firefighters were joined by fellow firefighters
from as far away as Colorado, traveling to see this program's debut.
Departments participating
included:
Choconut
Center FD, Broome County, NY Wallington
Fire Department, Bergen County, NY Pittston
Fire Department, Luzerne County, PA Duryea
Fire Department, Luzerne County. PA Avoca
Fire Department, Luzerne County PA Lake Ariel
Fire Company, Wayne County, PA
Blakely
Hose Company, Lackawanna County, PA Old Forge
Fire Department, Lackawanna County, PA Greenwood
Fire Department, Lackawanna County, PA Vandergift
Fire Department, Westmoreland County, PA Burning
Mtns. Fire Protection District, Garfield County, CO
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