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May Meeting/Legal Notice

The regular business meeting of the Stillwater Fire District will be held on 21st of May at 7:30PM at Station 1, the Fire Apparatus Bids for the Rescue Truck will be open at 7:00PM on May 14th at Station 1.

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Recruit New York

Fire Fighting isn't for everyone, but volunteering is.

We have a job for everyone.

The fire department is actively recruiting new members to bolster dwindling ranks.

come talk to us, email us at recruit@arvinhart.org

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Notice to Bidders regarding sealed proposals for a Heavy Rescue Apparatus -- see Legal Notices Tab

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Personal Preparedness

The Stillwater Area Emergency Management Planning Committee is scheduled to meet at 7pm on the 1stTuesday of each month at the Arvin Hart Main Station on Campbell Road. The group is always looking for interested community volunteers and includes liaisons from several community organizations. Our main mission is being prepared for any emergency or disaster which strikes our community or neighboring communities. Meets are normally held to one hour. Join us if you would like to make a contribution.

To sign up to receive Emergency Messages on your cell phone in Communities in Saratoga County go to http://www.hyper-reach.com/comsignup.jsp?id=22342 and fill out the form.

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	Upcoming Events

Jun 14-16	State Chief's Show -- Turning Stone

Jun 6 & 27	Nozzle Training with Rich French

Jun 29	Drive In at the Riverside Pavilion

Jul 4	Saratoga Springs Parade

Jul 27	Drive In at the Riverside Pavilion

Aug 24	Drive In at the Riverside Pavilion

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Notice of Monthly Meeting

Fire District Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:30PM at the Campbell Road Station. Any changes must be posted in a legal ad and will be noted on this website. Public Welcome.

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May Training Focus

Recruitment message to the community. Almost all of the volunteer fire companies in the nation are experiencing staff shortages especially during day. In addition our labor force is aging and we sometimes joke about the senior citizens crew on the trucks, but it’s really not funny. The volunteer fire service has limited staff and is aging out. In addition the fire service is facing a leadership shortage due to work, family and social issues in what comes down to not enough hours in the day to train. We could go on for hours about the reasons but it is basically because times have changed, our commitment to work, family and self have changed. The end result is that at some time, some place we are going to be tested and there just are not going to be enough people to staff an incident, whether it be a fire or a disaster in the community. Again we can discuss or debate the causes for hours but we need new members. We have a slogan, fire fighting isn’t for everyone, but volunteering is. Not everyone is cut out to be an interior firefighter especially for free but there are other support jobs to be done, helping hands are always in short supply. Have people quit, sure you have to be able to get over yourself and work with 30 other people on a daily basis under stressful conditions and you need to follow the rules. There are two minimum training courses required, either a 20+ hour Scene Support Operations for those who will not be interior or the 87 hour basic Fire Fighter 1 course for those who want to go inside to slay the dragon. We will not kid anyone, firefighting takes commitment, a safety attitude, following rules, regulations and standard operating guidelines, training and time. If the volunteer fire service can’t keep up membership there are a number of alternatives and all of them involve costing more money. We have great equipment, great members, and great support, it's more great people we lack.

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Regularly Scheduled Events:

Training -- Wednesday Nights beginning at 6:30 P.M. and Saturdays beginning at 8:00 A.M. with breakfast beginning at 7:30AM

Company Meetings -- 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 P.M.

Board of Fire Commissioner's Meeting -- 2nd Monday of each month at 7:30 P.M.

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Special Committees Planning and Recruitment and Retention

A couple of new committees have been created, the Planning Committee has a twofold task, first, creating activities where members and their families can interact outside of training or fire fighting, second, to interact with the community so that they can get to know us better. The Planning Committee being Chaired by F/F Lisa Laurenzo has come up with some ideas, such as the Friday Night Drive In at the Riverside Pavilion. The public is invited to join us for some very reasonably priced food and fun and just a chance to hang out during the summer months. There is an inexpensive hot dog and hamburger menu that the fire fighters will be cooking up and we want you to “Drive In” and join us. Other activities are to work to support our Troops, a possible 5K run, Friday Family Movie Night and some other activities in the planning. The Recruitment and Retention Committee is being headed up by F/F Chris Stewart “Stewie” to recruit new members and to positively reward existing members. The committee has recently held the Recruit NY open house and is working on new Class B uniforms, reward items and other programs to let our members know we appreciate their efforts and time.

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Application & MV Disclosure

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Attention District Residents: To make sure your county 911 information is correct, call Saratoga County Emergency Services at 884-4769 daily between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M.

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News

News Items

Board of Fire Commissioner's for 2012

Anthony Ponzillo, Chairman; Mike Handerhan, Apparatus Committee; Nick Maciariello, Facilities Committee; Tom Rinaldi, Apparatus Committee; Bill Doughty, Facilities Committee; Dave Waters, Treasurer; Barb Comitale, Secretary

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Line Officers for 2012

Chief -- Bob Wood

Deputy -- Jamie Herrick

Assistant -- Zach Zendran

Captains -- Rick Hopeck

-- Darren Lesson

-- Dave Dunn

Lieut. -- Tom Rinaldi Jr.

-- Brian Sabourin

-- Jeff Nyland

Fire Police Capt.-- Bob Okosky

Fire Police Lt -- Jim Woodruff

Administrative Officers for 2012

President -- John Conlen Jr.

Vice President -- Nick Maciariello

Treasurer -- Bob Carson

Recording Sec. -- Peter Hughes

Business Sec. -- Shelby Goudreu

Sergeant at Arms -- Bill Ritter

Trustees -- Dave Duquette, Chris Stewart, Jeff Nyland, Ed Sabourin, and Louis Kousalonis

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Words to Reflect On

Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

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Personnel

Happy May birthday to Bob Carson, Mike Garland, Bill Ritter and Chris Wright.

We want to welcome Tiffini Scrom to the Arvin Hart family of fire fighters.

Good Luck to Fire Lt. TJ Rinaldi and former member John Bellard, watch your backs and trust no one during your deployment to Afghanistan, we hope you return soon.

Good luck to Tiffini Scrom and Mike Jones at the 87 hour Fire Fighter 1 Course.

RJ, always check the fuel level!

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Arvin Hart Fire Company email the Recruitment and Retention Committee at recruit@arvinhart.org and take a look at the Fireman’s Association web page at http://www.recruitny.org/

Grants

The fire district has applied to DEC for a small grant to cover 50% of the cost of some new solid bore nozzles and new attack hose line.

Facility News

The new meeting room floor has been completed at station 1 and it looks great. Local installer Glenns Flooring worked hard and did a great job.

Apparatus News

The legal notice to solicit bids for the new heavy rescue truck is published and several manufacturer’s have picked up or requested bid specifications. Bids will be opened at the 14 May Commissioner’s meeting. After opened, the Apparatus Committee will spend time reviewing the submissions prior to making a recommendation to the Board for an award to the lowest responsible bidder. The two main items that the committee will look at is compliance with the specifications and price.

Training

All firefighters should be completing the following ICS courses which are available on-line from FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute, IS-100.a, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800.

Junk Cars Wanted for Rescue Drills, must have clean title. Call 664-6711 Wednesday evenings or Saturday Mornings.

The following are training resources:

http://www.fireengineering.com

www.dos.state.ny.us/fire/training.htm http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp www.nfaonline.dhs.gov/browse

The Emergency Response Guidebook Training Video “ERG2008”

www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/library/erg

Hazardous Material Resource:

https://erplan.net/eplan/login.htm

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Mission Statement:

Recruiting, cultivating, and retaining the highest quality diverse membership that remains committed to our mission and values.
Consistently delivering the best possible services to mitigate emergencies within our financial means and training in the safest manner possible.
Focusing on the safety of our members and the community before, during and after emergencies.
Partnering with local community, city, county, state, and federal officials and organizations in support of our vision.
Developing future leaders in the fire protection and emergency management community worldwide.
Encouraging innovative, forward-thinking strategies to reach our vision.

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