May 2016 - Fire Fighters Local 311
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May 2016 - Fire Fighters Local 311
Old Firefighter Times May 2016, 111th Issue G. Michael Fuss, Editor [email protected] Dear Friends: What a short winter. Just the way we like them. The Administration is now timing to see how long it takes to get out of the station on a call. Come on now!!! Really? This poses a safety issue because they now have to be responding in so many seconds. I have a couple of ideas. Lets have all Chiefs spend five days in a station (24 hr. shifts) and have them timed to see how long it takes them to get out the door. The next new station built should be a two story building with poles, so that especially at night it’s a faster response like it used to be. They also have an electronic voice (named Betty) to dispatch some of the calls. What a mistake!!! When we had the old system with humans, it was great. Now you hear “Attention Engine Seven, a fire call 213 West Goofball Avenue.” That’s it. It doesn’t say what the call is and is hard to hear at times. They don’t use it all of the time and I can see why. The stations also have to answer on a portable radio. Get the station consoles back and get rid of Betty!!! Some rigs are getting on location and the dispatch is so far off on the response times it’s ridiculous. One call they were on location in 30 seconds because they were the closest rig and the dispatch recorded 5 minutes. When is the Administration going to wake up. They’ve been sleeping longer than Rip-Van-Winkle. Good morning sleepy heads! It’s Bettys time to sleep!! MFD Retired John Clark Rick Lavold In Memory Bob Burns (Worked at Stations 3, 4, 7, 8 & 9) - April Betty Wilcox (Glen’s wife) - April Carol Gorsuch (Mert’s wife) - April George Joseff (Fire Maintenance Div.) - April Brian Borgrud Get-Togethers 3rd Tuesday of the Month- 11 am Esquire 1st Monday of the month - 8 am Green Lantern Breakfasts Fire Admin & Station 1 Grand Re-opening May 20th, 10 am - Noon Shorts Had a nice visit with John Kammer. He’s doing fine. Saw Billy Conway and he is enjoying retirement already. Saw Butch Butler, Dick & Anne McCann, John & Sandy Kelsey, Scott Hermanson, Jeff Miller, Davey Crockett, Rich Riphon, Greg & Don Knudtson, Neil Rossmaessler, John & Don Bingham, Duane Neitzel, Dick Brown, John & Joann Kammer, Phil Vorlander, Nancy Ryan, Jim & Sibel Gilbert, Lorna Mutch, Barb Reuter, Don Shillinglaw, Lionel Spartz, Laura Augustine, Chick Lillis, Mike Minash, Bill Spohn, Gary & Judy Hahn, Wayne Wolf, and they are all fine. Visited with Rene & Irene Garza. They came to watch our band in Jefferson and they are doing great. News on the MFD The Department purchased a new fire boat in February. No one had been trained on it and they stripped the old one down (Ralph E. Chamberlin) had to put all the equipment back on until they had someone trained to operate it and put the old one back in service. Go figure! Mikey’s History Lesson Station No. 8 “B” Shift 1967 Don Bingham, Terry Olstadt Station 7B Shift - 1969 George Reilly, Dale Ellingson, Marv Kammer, Captain Ed Durkin, Jim McAusland I have a new CD out with 21 Johnny Cash Songs on it. It turned out really nice. $10 gets you a CD with all the songs above. What a deal. MFD Training Center - Smoke Shack 1967 Garvers Seed & Supply Fire (3200 Atwood Ave) Truck 1 & 8 - August 31, 1964 Chief Ralph McGraw (Note: You could distinguish who a chief was then. Not like the present.) Rescue 61 - New Station 1 - 1969 1967 International Accident Involving Engine 8 Corner of North & Johnson St. 1948 American LaFrance - Former Engine 3 November 14, 1964 Station 9 “C” Shift - 1967 1st Row - Dick Lindauer, Captain Ed Bokina, Charlie Dirienzo 2nd Row - Ken Mlsna, Doc Griffin, Jim Ward, Werner Schorr Station 1A - 1975 1st Row - Paul Payas, Bob Johnson, Denny Croft, Bill Custer, Jim Sharpe 2nd Row - Clair Dirienzo, Luther Leatherman, Gil Gonzalas, Craig Herling Know Your Fireman From the Past Nick Graebel Gene Buechner Ron Ruland Andy Langum Kenny Gibbs Mike Goikovich Bob Niebuhr Bob Fleming