For the month of January 2010

I hope that each of you had a very Merry Christmas and Santa was good to you. Now that the holidays are over we will get back to work with training and normal activities starting January 4. Unfortunately I will be out of town with work but we will still gather at station #1.

The community covered dish and station dedication were a real success and it sure seems a lot of our community is very proud of the progress and hard work we have been doing.

Also a great big thanks to all of those how worked so hard on the ham and turkey sale. Much sleep was lost by many of our station 2 folks but it turned out their efforts were worth it.

Santa did return to the BVFD in the form of a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters grant award. We will be able to purchase some new equipment for the 2 new engines, some turnout gear and training materials.

As a reminder a lot of hard work went into cleaning the station for the Christmas event. It will be each company’s responsibility on a rotating basis to perform a monthly cleaning. January will be Company 1’s turn. You may determine your own day for cleaning, just coordinate with Randy Smitherman on what needs to be done. For now we are scheduling Sat 1/16 @ 9am. Everyone needs to pitch in on a routine basis. If you see the garbage cans full please take steps to make sure they get emptied. We have had a recent bout with ants and other 4- legged creatures and with cold weather here we need to make sure there are no food products left around.
 

Mark your calendars for this year’s recognition banquet. It will be Saturday Feb 6 at Anna Irving Hall. We will have very special guests attending. Chief Langer’s wife, Janet, will be here from Mineola, NY along with Timothy Lohan and his wife from New Hope, PA. Tim is Chief Langer’s nephew who went to bat for us and helped us get the white service truck from PA, the rescue from Glen Cove, NY, and Engine 162 from Mineola. We are also hoping Brian Farrell from the Terry Farrell Foundation who made the actual donation of Rescue 200 will also be here. I recently heard that some of the folks from United Communities FD may also come. They donated the brush truck, turnout gear, some medical equipment and the K-12 saw.

Be Safe,

Spruce McRee, Chief