Worley Fire District

MEETINGS AND DRILLS
Aug 03	Tue	Drill, Stations #1 and #2	19:00
Aug 17	Tue	Association Meeting, Station #1	18:00
Aug 17	Tue	Drill, Station #1	19:00
Aug 17	Tue	Officer’s Meeting, Station #1	21:00
Aug 21	Sat	MDA Fill the Boot Campaign, Various Locations, see announcements	10:00 – 14:00
Aug 28	Sat	Summer BBQ and Awards Ceremony, Camp Four Echoes, 22270 Four Echoes Rd	17:00
Aug 31	Tue	Commissioner’s Meeting/Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Hearing, Station #1	19:00

EMERGENCY CALLS FOR JULY 2010

#91      07/02/2010      ALS Medical Assist, Vogel Road area.
#92      07/03/2010      IMVA, US Highway 95, milepost #415 area.
#93      07/05/2010      DUMPSTER FIRE, First Street area.
#94      07/05/2010      MUTUAL AID – MKI Fire District , US Highway 95, milepost #420 area.
#95      07/06/2010      STRUCTURE FIRE – false, Cave Bay Road area.
#96      07/06/2010      MVA – cancelled, Highway 58, milepost #1 area.
#97      07/07/2010      ALS Medical Assist – cancelled. Units #458 and #497.
#98      07/08/2010      GRASS FIRE, Second Street area. Units #497 and #451.
#99      07/09/2010      ALS Medical Assist, South Highway 95 area.
#100    07/11/2010      MVA, Rockford Bay Road area.
#101    07/14/2010      ALS Medical Assist, “F” Street area.
#102    07/15/2010      MEDICAL ASSIST – Lifting, Bald Eagle Lane area.
#103    07/18/2010      DOWN POWER LINE, Second and “G” Street area.
#104    07/20/2010      CITIZEN ASSIST, Westpointe Road area.
#105    07/20/2010      DUMPSTER FIRE, Sun Up Bay Road area.
#106    07/21/2010      ALS Medical Assist, South Highway 95 area.
#107    07/24/2010      ALS Medical Assist, Bloomsburg Bay Road.
#108    07/26/2010      ILLEGAL BURN – false, Carroll Drive area.
#109    07/27/2010      CITIZEN ASSIST, Windy Bay area.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Last month at drill we held an EMS training, worked on relay pumping, reviewed water supply locations, and held a support training. Persons attending drill were Chief Dan Sneve, Division Chief Melissa Howard, Dave Odgers, Kurtis Brouse, Captain Ron Hise, Dan Mooney, Gary Bell, Larry Largent, Glen Stewart, 2nd Lt. Don Cash, Carl Ellison, John Tietz, Lt. Dave VanTrease, Del Blackburn, Deputy Chief Ralph Goodrich, Andy Anderson, Aaron O’Brien, Tim Goodrich, Tom Biondo, Art Hunter, Jeff Ragan, Stan Leinen, Chris Belstler, Lt. Mike Windisch, Merilee Sneve, Sandie and Paul Virga, Lucy Cash, Connie Tietz, and Syndi Ellison.

Worley Fire District, as well as other North Idaho Fire Departments, will participate in the Muscular Dystrophy Association “Fill the Boot” campaign on Saturday, August 21st. WFD will be at Conkling Park Marina, Sun Up Bay Resort, Fighting Creek Smoke Shop, and Shooter’s. Please remember to drop a donation in the boot when you see the Firefighters out and about.

The annual summer barbecue will be held on Saturday, August 28th at Camp Four Echoes (22270 South Four Echoes Road). The District will provide the main course of hamburgers, hot dogs, or sausages and the drinks. Social hour begins at 5:00 p.m. with dinner at approximately 6:00 p.m. The awards ceremony will follow dinner. Please bring a pot luck dish for everyone to enjoy. If your last name begins with a letter between:
A thru E, please bring an appetizer
F thru O, please bring a dessert
P thru Z, please bring a side dish or salad

Smokey Bear is America’s wildfire prevention icon. He has educated generations of Americans about their role in wildfire prevention. Created August 9, 1944, the Smokey Bear Wildfire Prevention campaign is the longest running public service advertising campaign in U. S. History.

The campaign’s original catch phrase was “Smokey Says – Care Will Prevent 9 out of 10 Forest Fires”. In 1947 it was changed to “Remember…Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires”. Most recently, in 2001, it was again modified to “Only You Can Prevent Wildfires” in response to a massive outbreak of wildfires in natural areas other than forests. The term “wildfire” applies to any unwanted, unplanned, uncontrolled outdoor fire.

Despite the campaign’s success over the years, wildfire prevention remains one of the most critical issues affecting our country and Smokey’s message is a relevant today as it was in 1944.