Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Clearview Firefighters honored for service


Story by Michael Gennings, Simcoe.com

STAYNER - Members of the Clearview Fire Department were presented with service awards last Monday night.

The awards, which come in the form of a certificate, signed by Chief Dave Carruthers and Mayor Ken Ferguson, were handed out at the start of Clearview Township council’s meeting at the municipal office in Stayner.

Chief Dave Carruthers and Capt. Richard Perry were recognized for 30 years’ service.

Firefighter Garry Stamp was honoured for 25 years’ service and firefighter Clarke Richards for 20 years’ service.

Awards for 15 years’ service went to Deputy Chief Bob McKean and firefighters Douglas Long, John Seney, Trent Campbell, David Culham, Lucy Coates-Goorts and Edward Van Severen.

Awards for 10 years’ service went to firefighters Wayne Balon, Andrew Isaac, Christopher Sampson, Katharine Blohm and Richard Millsap.

Firefighters Heath Blount, David Finnigan, Darren Long, Mark Ruzylo, Kevin Spears, Richard Washer, Dave Dyer, Scott Gallacher, Peter Redpath, Scott Santia, Andrew Stymiest and Shawna Wyant were recognized for five years’ service.

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Firefighter Job Description


I came across this article on http://www.bestjobdescriptions.com/. It just goes to show that the job of a firefighter is truley all encompassing. You never know what you will come across in a day on the job of a firefighter!

The Firefighter job involves the protection of life and property by combating, extinguishing and preventing fires.

The Firefighters primary objectives are:

The Firefighter primary objective is to save the life of a person.
The Firefighter objective is the protection of life and property.
The Firefighter objective is to combat fires by extinguishing or preventing fires.

The Firefighters work consists in constant training for and participating in fire fighting duties. The Firefighter often provides emergency care for sick and injured persons. The Firefighter participates in fire prevention activities on their assigned shifts. Often the Firefighter may go to schools and participate in fire drills. The teaching of children on what to do is very important in saving lives. In past history a Dalmatian dog was saved from a fire and became known as Sparky the “Fire House Dog”. Coloring books with instructions for young children were created to help teach them what to do in case of a fire.

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Firefighter Wellness Program


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FirefighterWellness.com is a web-based interactive fitness and nutrition tool to help every firefighter improve his/her health, fitness and performance.It uses the fitness industry's leading platform, FitnessInsite, the same fitness delivery system used by World Gym, Powerhouse Gym and the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). FitnessInsite has compiled an advisory board made up of some of the top leaders of wellness and fitness in the fire service. Together we have bridged the gap between just having a wellness program and actually providing the tools to help firefighters improve their diet, develop safe workout programs and interact with their peer fitness trainer.

Click here to visit their website for full program details.

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Health Education Benefits Fire Departments' Bottom Line

Protecting the health and safety of firefighters both on and off the job leads to significant cost savings, said Kerry Kuel, a doctor and researcher at the Oregon Health and Science University, during a session at Fire-Rescue International. Kuel spearheaded a multi-year study that showed educating firefighters about healthful eating and exercise habits can reduce both the number of injuries on the job and illnesses, such as diabetes and heart disease.

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Article from www.firechief.com, contributed by Mary Rose Roberts.

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