BURN BAN IS OFF
SAY HELLO TO OUR NEW FRIEND
As reported in the Q2 2021 newsletter, our ladder engine #2506 was totaled due to the freeze-pocalypse we had in February.
We are happy to announce that we were able to acquire a suitable replacement for “Ol’ 17"!
The new #2506 is now in service and is located at Station 2 on LCR 750 to serve the northeast part of the district. It carries 1000 gallons of water and is capable of pumping 1250 gallons of water per minute! It is a 1997 International that can carry 5 firefighters and is equipped with the full complement of firefighting gear and equipment.
The next addition to the fleet will be a 3000-gallon tanker/tender to carry more water to the incidents where we need it. We expect it to arrive sometime in November.
FALL FISH FRY FUNDRAISER
Saturday, October 9th we are holding our annual fish fry fundraiser. This year's event will again be a "drive through".
Come on by Station 1 at 6614 FM 937 from 4:00-7:00 pm and we will load you up for only $10 per plate.
Come early, we ran out of food after only two hours last year!!
EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER TRAINING UPDATE
In our Q2 newsletter from last year, we announced that our own Steve Hicks had completed training to become an instructor for Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) training.
An EMR is certified to provide more invasive medical intervention that normally must wait until the ambulance arrives. This will buy precious minutes to give patients a better chance of survival if they are in a life-threatening situation.
Due to Covid restrictions, we have only recently been able to have the first training class. It takes several weeks to complete the training as much of it is hands-on. The class finals were on September 27th and if all of the trainees successfully complete the National Registry Test we will have eight new certified EMR’s at WLLVFD!
