Oklahoma Firefighter Dec 2018 / Jan 2019 by Oklahoma State Firefighters Assoc

Official publication of the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association

December 2018 / January 2019 Volume 35, Issue 10

Have a Holly, Jolly Caucus And In Case You Didn't Hear ... The 17th Annual OSFA Volunteer Fire Caucus Jan. 26 at Canadian Valley Vo-Tech in El Reno (More Details on Pages 16-17) I N S I D E

OSFA Executive Board Members’ Comments............................................................. 5-6 OSFA Executive Director’s Report - Steve Lumry ...........................................................7 Chaplain’s Corner - Tim Dorsch ........................................................................................9 Firefighter Near-Miss Report - Greg Lindsay ............................................................... 10 ORFA Report - President Juan Rodriguez .................................................................... 11 OSFA Women’s Auxiliary Report -Marti Carpenter .................................................... 21 Museum News - Gene Brown ......................................................................................... 21 Oklahoma Firefighters Memorial Panel 41 ................................................................ 22 Dear Probie: Advice & Guidance for Our Younger Selves ........................................ 27 Executive Board Meeting Highlights ............................................................................. 28 Oklahoma Fire Spotlight -- Lindsay FD ......................................................................... 30

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December 2018 / January 2019 Volume 35 — Issue 10

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Dereck Cassady

Ponca City FD

IAFFLocal2479@ yahoo.com • 580-761-5338 Some committee work has begun and we are looking forward to another great year at OSFA. Serving on a committee is a great way to get involved and learn more about the OSFA. Our fundraising campaign for the museum expansion is in full swing, and we have received word that a couple of big donations are going to be coming in soon. Remember, if you don’t have an Oklahoma Firefighter tag, you need to get one. This is one way you can help raise money for the museum and memorial. Administrative Director Sheri Nickel, Paddy Metcalf from OSU-FST as well others have been busy with online Firefighter 1 classes for volunteers. These have been a huge success. If you have questions concerning the online program or would like to get in the next program, feel free to call the OSFA office or OSU-FST. The OSFA Volunteer Caucus is coming up Jan. 26 in El Reno. Make plans to attend, as this is a great way for volunteers to get together and network with other departments, as well as draft resolutions to take to the annual OSFA Convention. A couple of upcoming events to be thinking about: n OFCA Winter Workshop Jan. 30 through Feb. 1 in Stillwater n OFCA Conference April 3-5 in Claremore n OSFA State Fire School May 2-5 in Tulsa Please make plans to attend one or all of them. As I told you last month, the dates have been set for the 125th Annual OSFA Convention in Ponca City. The OSFA Convention is June 5-8, while the ORFA Convention is June 4. Make plans to attend now. Host hotels will be the La Quinta Inn and the Fairfield Inn, so make your reservations now. There will be a rodeo in town that same week, so rooms will fill up fast. Happy Holidays!

Past PREsident I want to start by thanking all who made the Statewide Firefighters Memorial Service an incredibly moving and meaningful event. It is always humbling to come together to honor those that have given the last full measure of devotion in service to others. We will always remember.

Tulsa Fire: On Nov. 1, there were 30 new Tulsa Firefighters that walked across the stage – raising their right hands in a solemn oath to protect each other and our communities in times of need. Congratulations and welcome … to the greatest family on earth. May none of us ever forget the way that felt when we donned the uniform, pinned a badge, or jumped on the rig for the very first time!

Fire Marshal, DC: Many thanks to Marshal Robert Doke and the staff of the State Fire Marshal’s Office for another successful visit to the nation’s capitol. Representatives of the fire service from all over the state were able to meet with our congressional delegation and hear an update on the status of the nation’s fire

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Politics: For Oklahoma, 2018 was a landmark election year. There were open seats at every level of government from local city council races, to the state legislature and executive offices, to congressional districts. Politics is a lot like the fire service in that: “decisions are made by those who show up.“ Right or wrong, what we chose to influence by our voice or our vote will be a living legacy to our engagement or failure to act. On that note, I want to congratulate an Oklahoma Firefighter from Tulsa, Stan May (inset a right), on his election and getting sworn into the State House of Representatives! To all those who contributed and supported the efforts of a brother seeking to serve, you have my thanks. We also have a new Governor-Elect, Kevin Stitt. Since election night, he has renewed the promise he made at our last OSFA Convention (see photo at left) to support a COLA for our Retirees, as well as diversify revenue streams for our local departments.

Much more to come, stay tuned! Until next time … Take Care and God Bless.

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OKC FD

mkelley@local157.org • 405-623-4338 The hustle and bustle of the holidays is upon us. As this year comes to a close, it is easy to lose sight of the strides we’ve made individually and as an association. Your OSFA has once again had a busy year hosting several successful events and promoting two of our amazing staff to new positions. In June Steve Lumry was named our new Executive Director, replacing Phil Ostrander upon his retirement. Steve has served our association for years excelling in any endeavor in which he commits. In September, Sheri Nickel accepted the position of Administrative Director. Sheri has been a tremendous asset since she joined our team as the Volunteer Grant coordinator. We are fortunate to have a great staff that works hard on your behalf to administer the programs and coordinate your membership benefits. Speaking of benefits, have you visited the app or website and checked out the list of membership benefits? The board and staff have continued to seek ways to expand the value of membership. One of the areas of concern that has been shared is the lack of insurance benefits. Over the last several months the Board has vetted several offerings and we are proud to announce a partnership with Manhatten Life through our friends at Custom Benefits. We will be introducing plans that will be eligible for all our members: volunteers, retirees and paid. The new year will be here before you know it, so it’s time to make plans for the events we have scheduled for next year. Jan. 30 through Feb. 1 will be the OFCA’s Winter Workshop which will be held at the Stillwater Community Center. The Volunteer Caucus will be held Jan. 26 in El Reno at the Canadian Valley Vo-Tech. The OSFA State Fire School will held May 2-5 at the Tulsa Community Center. Finally, our annual OSFA Convention will be June 5-8 in Ponca City. This is the time of year where we count our blessings. So, as this year comes to a close, I just want to say it is an honor to serve your OSFA. I would also like to thank my fellow board members and the OSFA staff, as it’s a privilege to serve with such dedicated professionals! Thanks to the OKC Fire Department and my family and friends for their support. And thanks to each of you my fire service family for all that you do in your communities each and every day! May you and yours have a happy and blessed holiday season!

Help support your Oklahoma Firefighters Museum Expansion and the Oklahoma Fallen and Living Firefighters Memorial by purchasing an Oklahoma Firefighter license tag. Money received from the purchase of each tag goes directly to financing upkeep on the Oklahoma Fallen and Living Firefighters Memorial and Oklahoma Firefighters Museum. Oklahoma Firefighter tags cost $35 a year (on top of regular tag fees) and $20 goes directly to the Museum/Memorial. Tags can be purchased from local tag agents any time during the year -- not just with your regular plate. And they can be customized to 6 letters as approved by the Tax Commission.

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Eric Harlow

Guthrie FD

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405-520-2893

Greetings Oklahoma Firefighters! The holiday season is upon us and before you know it, we will be starting the new year. The elections are over and all of the newly elected politicians are preparing to start in their new positions. This year could prove to be very interesting in Oklahoma with several new incoming legislators and a new governor. One thing is for sure: the Legislative Committee, Executive Board and OSFA staff will be working hard to monitor, support and fight legislation that affects the Oklahoma fire service. We will also continue working on a cost of living raise for our firefighters, who have not seen a COLA in over a decade now. Do you know your legislators? Now is the time to get acquainted with them. Your OSFA may need you to call on them for support during this upcoming legislative session. I hope everyone has cleaned their chimneys for this winter season. I’d hate for Santa’s outfit to get all dirty from sliding down a nasty chimney! On that subject, home fires always increase during this time of year. Many times, fires are caused by people heating their homes in non-traditional manners, such as using a stove or oven to heat their home or combustible items left too close to space heaters. Please use every opportunity to educate your citizens on the dangers of home fires during the winter months. Fire prevention can be delivered year-round and it’s cheap and easy for departments to present! I know the school-aged children especially enjoy the firefighters visiting their schools. Take every chance you can to connect with your young ones. You may make a life-changing impact on them or even foster a future firefighting career! I’ll keep it brief this month. I hope all of you, your families and your departments have a holiday full of happiness and fellowship. I look forward to a great 2019 with our organization and the Oklahoma Fire Service. Stay safe and have a Very Merry Christmas!

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Cliff Davidson

davidsoncliff@yahoo.com

Ringwood FD •

580-554-1886

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is staying warm. One day, you need all your winter clothes, and the next day you’re sweating in a T-shirt. Isn’t it fun! With the cold weather upon us, I hope everyone has their rigs setup for the cold weather. I would like to encourage all my fellow Volunteers to attend the Volunteer Caucus on Jan. 26. This is where you get to voice your concerns or whatever issue may be affecting your department. So put the date down on your calendar and come to join many of your fellow Volunteers. It’s a great chance to maybe meet up with brothers and sisters that you met on a task force run on the other side of the state or a couple counties over. You will get a chance to hear some great speakers and eat a nice lunch. I would also like to congratulate all the firefighters who have completed their Firefighter 1 in the online classes and completed their live burn. Also had several complete their structural firefighter and live burn. Congratulations to all of you for your accomplishments. It’s always good to see people getting training to advance their knowledge and skills to better serve those in their communities. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Steve Lumry

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy New Year, and Happy Holidays in whatever your tradition may be! As is always the case, the OSFA has been working extremely hard for you recently. Our committees are roaring back to work to address the issues facing each and every one of you and your departments. We currently have over 230 members serving on OSFA Committees. We are also pleased to be announcing new benefits for our membership. Through the efforts of Chairman David Thompson and all the members on the Membership Committee, we are able to bring you access to the FireRescue GPO buying group that provides discounts on numerous items. They offer everything from office and cleaning supplies to Fire Trucks. It is available to you as an individual and to your department. All items on their site are competitively bid and meet the government requirements for purchasing. We provide you with discounts on Air Evac annual memberships. We also now have hotel discounts at the aloft Hotel in downtown Tulsa. So, if you need a room at any time of the year in downtown Tulsa, you can use the code on our website to ensure an $84/night rate that includes parking. More information on each of these benefits can be found on our website at www. osfa.info/osfa/joinosfa/benefits/. Finally … you asked for it and now we have it … Insurance benefits! The OSFA is sponsoring programs in which you can take advantage of affordable insurance benefits. To start out, it is mainly a supplemental plan and a “mini-medical” plan that pay benefits directly to you. In some sense, it is similar to an AFLAC type plan.

stevel@osfa.info • 405-424-1452

It will be offered through Manhattan Life. You will be hearing more from Candice and Lisa regarding the products available and how they can benefit you. The products and premiums are based on what coverage you select and what you decide you can afford. This is a no-pressure opportunity because we just want you to have the availability for coverage, not to force it on you. It’s entirely up to you what you want to do. The OSFA Board thoroughly researched these products and compared them to many other products out there. After much debate and consideration, they ended up selecting Manhattan Life from a large field of hopefuls. We hope that it is something that you see as valuable to you and your family and that you take advantage of if it is in your best interest. And to answer that thought floating around in your head, NO, we are not receiving any kind of payments or “kickbacks” to provide this offer to you. It is strictly arranged to ensure that you can benefit from the best service, best products, and best premiums all equaling the best value for you the member. Last but not least, we would like to welcome the Quapah Tribe Fire Department and the Iowa Tribe Fire Department as two of the newest full members into the family of the OSFA. This is possible due to Constitutional Resolution 18-1 that was brought forth from the Membership Committee and Executive Board and passed by the membership at the 2018 convention in Tulsa last June. These are all examples of how you are the center of OSFA and the committees are the spokes that connect us all to the organization as a whole. Until next time, encourage your brother and sister firefighters to participate, take care of each other, and stay safe!

OSFA Staff

Museum Staff

Executive Director Steve Lumry • stevel@osfa.info

Museum Director Gene Brown • geneb@osfa.info

Administrative Director Sheri Nickel • sherin@osfa.info

Special Projects Tim Bartram • timb@osfa.info

Museum Assistant Quintin James • quintinj@osfa.info

Administrative Assistant Trisha Chain • trishac@osfa.info

Publications P. Soldan • penelopes@osfa.info

Museum Assistant Robert Noll • bobn@osfa.info

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The brotherhood of firefighters is dead On the first day of my fire academy, I learned a phrase that is all too familiar in the fire service: “I’m number one, my partner is number two, and everyone else is number three.” The idea is, by being number one, I’m going to do whatever it takes to get out of a situation that’s gone terribly awry. I also know that my partner is telling himself the same thing, so I shouldn’t worry about him too much. Person number three… Sorry about your bad luck. Our academy giggled when we heard this novel concept, but we understood the implication and continued training. Lately, I’m noticing a trend within the fire service that is becoming more and more popular: “I’m number one. Everyone else… sorry about your bad luck.” I’ve witnessed a firefighter threaten to sue his city, because of an interpretation in contract language, if he wasn’t allowed to take a promotional test that he wasn’t eligible for. Because of one individual, nine of his “brothers” who previously had been eligible, suddenly weren’t allowed to take their test. A rumor that keeps popping up involves firefighters who exploit their “brother’s” faults to make themselves appear better during promotions. Finally, the current word on the street is that there is a group of retirees who are upsetting the pension system by attempting to milk out a few extra dollars. These “brothers” could potentially draw the attention of politicians, who we know won’t have any problem helping themselves to what we’ve all worked so hard for. What would cause individuals to act this way? Entitlement? Greed? Selfishness? They could justify that they’ve earned every cent in the pension because they survived their career and managed to live two years past their retirement. I mentioned two years because that used to be the life expectancy of the average firefighter. What happened? We changed our tactics, gear, and equipment. While our equipment and training were changing, so had the fire service. Our forefathers used to only fight fire. Now, we’re involved in hazmat mitigation, paramedicine, urban search and rescue, etc. Just as the roles of our profession required changes, so has our retirement. Why do we take on these additional responsibilities? We do this because of the ever-changing nature of the fire service and because we care. At least we used to. Why do we not care about our “brothers” anymore? When did the fire service become so “selfserving?” I chose this profession because I was looking for something. I was looking for a way to help others, a family, a brotherhood. From what I’m starting to see, this is not that family anymore. The elders in the fire service are confirming this, too. One of the key points I learned in a leadership class was, “Don’t come to me with problems, come to me with solutions to problems.” This selfish epidemic in the fire service has me stumped. The only solution I can come up with that it’s going to take everyone working together to cure it, yet I fear that we’re too far gone. I have no doubt that there are similar stories in your department, too. Earlier, I mentioned that these examples were rumors, but with any rumor, there’s usually some truth to be found. If things don’t change soon, the title to this article may prove true sooner than expected. -- David Fincher, Lawton FD

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SAFER Grant Sheri Nickel SAFER Grant Coordinator

This last month alone, dozens of training classes were delivered to fire departments all over the state. I love it whenever I log on to Facebook and see another Fire Department highlighting the fact that they were hosting training and it isn’t limited to a few people in their own department. Thank you to the OSU-FST regional specialists for getting those classes set up and for the many instructors who are spending the weekends away from home to train our volunteers. There have been Firefighter-1 classes finishing up in the past few weeks, as well. Tulsa Community College, Tiawah Fire Department and Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center are a few that I know of that we had grant recipients in. The two “pilot” online Firefighter classes that we partnered with OSU-FST on have now finished. We are awaiting the results of the IFSAC test, but the attendance proved to be more successful than we first anticipated and we have decided to move forward with planning 8 more classes across the state for Grant Year No. 3. At this time, these are TENATIVE DATES ONLY! We are working on details and locations, but we have identified these areas as those with the most demand: Jan. 15 -- Jan. 21 -- April 1 -- April 8 -- June 17 -- June 24 -- Sept. 3 -- Sept. 9 --

Drumright Ardmore Altus Enid Stroud Afton NW Oklahoma (i.e.: Woodward, Alva, Elk City) Poteau

These classes will be limited to the first 30 people that enroll. Enrollment will open two weeks before the start day and will be through the OSU-FST website/Pistol Pete App. Your fire department will be responsible for the tuition and will be reimbursed once the IFSAC certification is obtained by the student. This is no longer limited to new recruits only. ALL volunteer firefighters are now eligible for tuition reimbursement. However, new recruits that are approved for the SAFER Grant will be required to obtain the Firefighter’s Pension Physical in Oklahoma City and the first 75 who pass the IFSAC test will receive a set of custom-built bunker gear. The concept of online training is intimidating to many. But it has proven successful in western Oklahoma, where 46 firefighters from 23 different fire departments received Firefighter-1 training in about a 12-week period. The areas of the state that we were able to touch by doing this have not considered getting their firefighters trained to this level in decades. If you have cellphone or internet service, you can do it too. Congratulations to everyone who has received their Firefighter-1 certification this year, and kudos to everyone who has done any kind of training. Let’s keep up the good work. You all are the best! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The following volunteer firefighters are considered new recruits under the guidelines set forth by the SAFER Grant have received tuition reimbursement, a pension physical and bunker gear in Year 2 of this grant: Jack Alexander, Mustang FD Michael Ashlock, Buffalo FD David Averill, Fairview FD Mike Baker, Elmwood FD Paden Bailey, Verdigris FD Randall Baker, Chicken Creek FD Sketchley Baker, Butler FD Miriam Boewe, Westport FD Wyatt Bradbury, Deer Creek FPD Chance Bunch, Perkins FD Connor Bunch, Perkins FD Kyle Burkes, Verdigris FD CJ Burrow, Velma FD Tyler Calvert, Clinton FD John Carathers, Kellyville FD Christopher Cates, Bethel Acres FD Chris Chamberlain, Richland FD Aaron Chandler, Gage FD Devon Comstock, Sharon FD Justin Copeland, Lakewood FD Thomas Couch, Corum FD

Conner Crittenden, Chicken Creek Zachary Crow, Verdigris FD Jamie DuBose, Deer Creek FPD Caleb Field, Addington FD Hunter Garrison, Forest Park FD Gregory Gilley, Peninsula FD Cody Gregory, Beaver FD Garrett Hagle, Healdton FD Kale Haney, Hogeye FD Kevin Haney, Kellyville FD Marty Trent Hans, Goodwell FD Dylan Harbour, Illinois River FD Ashley Hillman, Collinsville FD Koeby House, Seiling FD Mitch Inman, Mannford FD Daniel Jensen, Perkins FD Randy Jones, Clinton FD Calvin Jordan, Buffalo FD Thomas Mercer, Buffalo FD Nick Mueller, Perkins FD Chelsey Oglesby, Konawa FD

Jay Patton, Newalla FD Austin Payne, Deer Creek FPD Korbin Polston, Forest Park FD Darren Price, Fargo FD Brianna Pruitt, Perkins FD Earl Reed, Newcastle FD Derek Richmond, Mooreland FD Mason Rickner, Chandler FD Chris Sorrels, Healdton FD Eric Spurlock, Marlow FD LaTina Strong-Good, Olive FD Cooper Sullivan, Eufaula FD Joni Swiontek, Hogeye FD Michael Swonger, Fairview FD Kevin Tennison, Velma FD Charles Thex, Gate FD Austin Thomas, Fargo FD Gavyn Wheeler, Addington FD Colby Williams, Dewey FD Colton Wood, Hammon FD

The following FDs have provided training for firefighters as part of the retention benefits provided by Year-2 of the SAFER Grant (See Photos from a few of these classes on Page 14): Addington, Wildland Fundamentals Alex, Emergency Vehicle Drivers Training Bethel Acres, Wildland Skills Berryhill, Emergency Vehicle Drivers Training Blackdog, Structural Firefighter Chandler, Pump Ops Comanche, Pump Ops Coweta, Wildland Fundamentals Crescent, Vehicle Extrications Tech 1A Deer Creek FPD, Calling the Mayday Dickson, Leadership for Small Departments Fair Oaks FPD, Vehicle Extrication Tech 1A Geary, Water Shuttle Grove, Vehicle Rescue Tech I Hinton, Vehicle Extrication Tech 1A Hominy, Responding to the Mayday Hydro, Wildland Fundamentals Laverne, Vehicle Rescue Tech I Longdale, Structural Firefighter Madill, Wildland Skills

Marlow, Vehicle Rescue Tech I McCloud, Structural Firefighter McCurtain County Firefighters, Responding to Mayday Meno, Wildland Fundamentals Meridian, Wildland Skills Oak Cliff, Calling the Mayday Olive, Structural Firefighter Orlando, Water Shuttle Pawhuska, Pump Ops Pawnee, Emergency Vehicle Drivers Training Pecan Creek, Emergency Vehicle Drivers Training Pink, Pump Ops Red Bird, Vehicle Rescue Tech I Red River Tech, Emergency Vehicle Drivers Training Rock Township, Wildland Fundamentals Roland, Vehicle Rescue Tech I Rolling Hills, Leadership for Small Departments Thomas, Emergency Vehicle Drivers Training Tri-City, Wildland Fundamentals

Additionally, many of the classes offered at the OSU-FST regional fire schools, the McAlester Classic, Weatherford’s Summer Fire School and the OSFA’s State Fire School have been paid for from the proceeds of the grant. The training portion of the grant for Year-2 has saved Oklahoma Volunteer FDs approximately $200,000 in training. Thank you to our partners at OSU-FST, Tulsa Community College, Eastern Oklahoma Technology Center, all of the Career Technology Centers that allow classes to be held at their facilities and to the Fire Chiefs, Training Officers, and firefighters who take the time to train their people. If you are interested in training opportunities for your Fire Department in the upcoming year, please contact Sheri at OSFA at 580-554-7123.

SAFER GRANT Recruitment & Retention First Time Firefighters - Firefighter 1 - Bunker Gear

Year-3 Opens Nov. 23, 2018

OKLAHOMA STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION

Funds dispersed on a first-come first-served basis

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Sheri Nickel - Grant Coordinator

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Question & Answers Oklahoma Firefighter asked last issue’s readers this question: “What have you always wanted (and did you ever get it)?” Here is what they said: w Marti Carpenter, OSFA Women’s Auxiliary: At this point in my life, all I want is a grandbaby! And I’m patiently waiting! w Jesse Bain, Broken Arrow: Growing up around the firehouse with my Grandpa Wes, father David, Uncle Chris and older brother Joel was always my dream. My dad always said he looked forward to work every shift because you never knew what to expect. My dream came true in September 2007 when I hired on with Broken Arrow Fire and became the 2nd third-generation Bain firefighter! w Aaron Burns, Broken Arrow Retired: I have always wanted a boat, and nope, I never got one. w Rick Chisum, Okmulgee: To live long in good health, sharing time and experiences with my family. It appears it’s attainable, one day at a time. I’m blessed. w Craig Hannan, Perkins: The opportunity to be a firefighter ... and YES! w Bert Norton, Midwest City: A motorcycle ... no, I never did. I was going to get one the night Melody and I found out we were expecting our 1st kid. I figured with all the wrecks I have seen that I didn’t want to risk it with having a family. Maybe later. w Jeremy Goodrich, Yukon: To hit the lottery, and no I have not done that yet ... keeping my fingers crossed! w Bre Horn, Marshall: I think what I have always wanted is to make a positive difference in the world during my time here. In my heart I think that I am starting to achieve that, and becoming a firefighter has truly helped me with this. I not only get to become a better person myself, but I get to help others and be there for them in their worst moments, letting them know that they are not alone. w Greg Lindsay, Oklahoma City: I have always wanted to know how to answer difficult questions. Never got there. w Tippy Pierce, Moore Retired: I wanted to drive and pump the BRT (Big Red Truck) when I was a child. Yes, I did get to in 1978 as a volunteer in Texhoma and then again in 1989 as a Paid firefighter in Moore. w Juan Rodriguez, Lawton Retired: Well, I was wanting to be Steve McQueen or a stuntman. So no on the first one, and I exceeded the second one.

Next Month’s Question -How would you complete the following: “You know you’re in Oklahoma when ...”

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Chaplain’s Corner Tim Dorsch

Fairmont Fire Department Chaplain

A Good Christmas If you were asked, “Did you have a good Christmas?” what would your criteria be for answering that question? Whether you had a good Christmas may depend, in part, on the weather and whether or not you had to work a shift that day or whether or not your department was called out for one or more fires, wrecks, or medical emergencies. Often, a person will answer according to the gifts that they receive or that they were able to give to their family, or if they received a significant Christmas bonus, or if the whole family is together (especially if some live a long distance away), or if no one had to go into work, or if the meal was delicious, or if the kids (and the grownups) all got along and there were no arguments or fights. Others may define a good Christmas as when the family goes to a Christmas Service together and the church is full or when they go to the Children’s Christmas Program/Service and their children or grandchildren know their parts and their songs. Each of these options are great to experience at Christmas time. There are many wonderful, loving and generous actions that have been labeled as the “true” meaning of Christmas over the years. And they are examples of good things that are done at Christmas and that really could or should be done throughout the year to make the world a better place. But to me, a good Christmas is when I and my family and others remember and rejoice in the words of the angel to the shepherds on the first Christmas: “And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” -- Luke 2:10-11. Jesus, the perfect Son of God, took on human nature, so that He could live a perfect life and be the perfect sacrifice for our sins on the cross. He then rose to life on Easter so that all who believe and trust in him have forgiveness for their sins and eternal life in heaven. Christmas, when Jesus was born, makes Easter possible. It is that understanding and faith which enables a person to make it through the stresses of firefighting, EMS, and rescue work, as well as their own personal life and problems. If you are not familiar with that true meaning of Christmas, I encourage you to contact a chaplain, a pastor, a Christian firefighter, or me at tdorsch@ msn.com. When we know the love of Jesus and remember His birth in order to be our Savior, we will indeed have a “good Christmas.” Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Blessed New Year!

To post prayer requests and find up-to-date information on the Oklahoma Fire Chaplains, go to www.okfirechaplains.org. Membership is open to all who are involved with the fire service chaplaincy. Some of our members are full-time career chaplains; the majority are volunteers. Others are firefighters or paramedics who have religious training, denominational officials, laypersons, or seminary students. Membership Qualifications: Members are appointed to the chaplaincy by a fire service agency. Members are endorsed by their religious body for the ministry as a chaplain. Members currently serving as a fire department chaplain.

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NEAR-MISS REPORT

By Greg Lindsay

Sharing Safety for Christmas

OKC Fire Department • From your experience with MVC’s, what are the most critical things new employees need to know about airbags? The lessons the initial reporter was willing to share are provided next.

When this issue of Oklahoma Firefighter arrives, Thanksgiving will be over and Christmas will be in full view. If you have not visited the Nearmiss website before, I would like to invite you to look in and find something interesting to share this season. There are several places to find information, but I want to show you the “Browse Reports” section; this is where a case study specific to your interests can be read. If you have a story to tell, the “Submit a Report” section is the place to share. The benefit of sharing gets a lesson learned into the hands of someone that could apply the lesson and avoid the event. Sharing your message could be the best Christmas gift any firefighter ever receives.

Lessons Learned We should always be aware of the possibility of an airbag deployment. This patient could not be removed from the driver seat quickly, so having the patient in the reclined position was an advantage. We should always be mindful of a live airbag in a vehicle that has had major damage.

The report this month involves a problem encountered with an airbag during auto extrication. Airbags are always a concern at a vehicle collision if they have not deployed.

Airbag deploys suddenly at vehicle accident (Published: 9/2/2013)

Crews were in the process of extricating a patient from the driver seat position on an MVC with heavy driver side intrusion. There was also frontal impact damage. The patient was unconscious, and the driver’s seat was reclined. The patient was trapped beneath the dashboard. Medics were in the car providing patient care. The windshield was being removed with an ax in preparation for a dash roll. There was no one at the front of the car at this time. Without warning, the steering wheel airbag deployed. The patient was not struck, and no firefighters were injured. Some points to consider about this report: • What are the ways to size up this event? • Is there a policy or procedure from your department to reference for Motor Vehicle Collisions (MVC’s) when airbags are suspected? • What year were airbags required as standard equipment? • Do you have specific knowledge to share about a similar situation?

Sometimes the steady approach to any event is the fastest way to resolve it. Looking at the bigger picture before focusing in on the details can aid in performing size-up. With most vehicle accidents today, airbags should always be a concern. Airbags were installed in some vehicles in the early 1970’s but have been mandatory since 1998. Disconnecting the battery with the key off can help deactivate the airbags, but anything connected to the electrical system can maintain a charge. Test the system by turning on any car light and unplug anything charging in the socket. Where it is possible, and you must treat a patient inside a late model car, try not to place yourself next to an uninflated airbag. During size-up try to locate where airbags are installed in the car. If you can work from a back seat or from another side with the seat back, it is much safer than between the patient and steering wheel. It’s best to distance yourself and the patient from an airbag whenever possible. One of the benefits of looking through these reports is to learn from experiences gained by someone else. The benefit is not always in the reader; many believe sharing their experiences with other firefighters can place a positive twist on a difficult lesson learned. The value is in sharing the lessons. Firefighters love their work and love telling the story. We need your stories; from the New Recruit to the Old Smokey, every lesson shared has a place on the www.Firefighternearmiss.com website. You can learn by reading, and can begin to heal by sharing. Mental health resources are available through most insurance providers. For immediate help dial 211. Or call 405-848-CARE. Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas!

Log Your Volunteer Hours to Receive Rewards for You and Your Department Fire and emergency service volunteers donate countless hours to serve and protect their communities. Your selfless contributions are critical to making your community a safer, stronger place. With this in mind, the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) is pleased to partner with Cabot Creamery Co-operative to promote volunteerism and reward those who serve. In conjunction with Points of Light, National Cooperative Bank, and Create the Good, Cabot created Reward Volunteers, a free, easy way to track the time you spend volunteering in your community and to earn rewards for your contributions. Since the program started in 2012, over 440,000 hours were logged by nearly 5,400 selfless volunteers, to the benefit of more than 4,000 organizations. Use Reward Volunteers to log your vol-

unteer hours for a chance to win prizes for yourself and your local firehouse. Cabot awards amazing prizes every month from prize sponsors like King Arthur Flour, Kind Snacks, Ben & Jerry’s, Seventh Generation, as well as cash and prizes for the firehouse. In addition to the monthly prizes, one dedicated volunteer who logs their hours under the NVFC group through March 2019 will be chosen to win a spot for themselves and a guest on Cabot’s 2019 Celebrity Cruise! To participate, follow these simple steps: 1. Go to rewardvolunteers.coop and create an account. 2. Choose National Volunteer Fire Council as your ‘on behalf of’ organization when logging your hours. You can pin it so you won’t have to choose it every time. 3. Add your local firehouse in the comment box. This will allow your local

firehouse to win cash and prizes. 4. Log your volunteer hours and hit ‘report.’ Now you are eligible to win prizes for you and your firehouse! 5. Use the tracking tool on a regular basis to take full advantage of the program and to be eligible for the 2019 Celebrity Cruise, which will be awarded to one dedicated NVFC volunteer in Spring 2019. (Note, must be an NVFC member to be eligible to win the cruise. Not a member? Join a www.nvfc.org/BeYourBest.) Department leaders may also want to utilize this program as a way to provide extra incentives and rewards for their volunteers. Encourage everyone in your department to use the Reward Volunteers tool under the NVFC group. Learn more and get started at www. nvfc.org/rewardvolunteers

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ORFA REport

ORFA Medicare Sub- Committee Report

Juan Rodriguez

Mission Statement: To assist the Oklahoma Retired Firefighters Association members in making informed, cost effective health coverage decisions; provide an Informational Medicare Supplement Overview to assist in determining healthcare coverage options for maturing members; advise where to obtain the information and provide examples of coverage.

Lawton FD Retired

Hello firefighters! I hope everyone had a happy Veterans Day. The retired firefighters recently finished committee work on Medicare. Although we would like to have been able to provide more for members, it is a subject that is well covered federally. The only thing I can offer is this: If you require any help or advice concerning Medicare, please contact the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner office and ask for the Medicare Department. The open enrollment is still active, so please contact the insurance commissioner if you have any questions. First Vice President Tippy Pierce has reported our findings (at right), but I urge all persons of Medicare age to not be late signing up for Medicare since there are penalties. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! It will be 2 months until the next firefighter newspaper. I hope everyone will be safe during the upcoming holidays, that all old grudges will be forgiven and that Santa brings you every thing you deserve. Be well, firefighters!

2018-19 ORFA Executive Board PRESIDENT Juan Rodriguez, Lawton • jrod911@gmail.com

The ORFA Medicare Sub-Committee has two questions: 1. Are you over 65 and do you have a Medicare Supplement, a Medicare C plan or are on a Group Insurance through a City that you retired from? 2. Are you paying way too much for your Health Care? What we have found out is, even if you are happy with what you have for insurance, everyone should look at what they have every year. Remember, (Medicare B’s 20% that Medicare doesn’t cover) you are responsible for it. They should look at Part D also which is the drug part! Plans change, rates change and advantage plans change. What we have found is that the State of Oklahoma Insurance Department has a division called Medicare Assistance Program (MAP). They can help you do the research by calling 1-800-763-2828 24 hour a day, 7 days a week. Remember, that just because you are not 65, you will be at some point! You may have parents that are over 65 and need your help to make decisions about their health insurance. We know that all the Medicare programs are very complex. The MAP program has the best answers and can make suggestions. Feel free to contact me (Chairman Tippy W. Pierce, 405-924-1104) or any of the members of this Sub-Committee if you need any assistance. Committee Members:

1ST VICE PRESIDENT Tippy Pierce, Moore • fftip@swbell.net • 405-924-1104 2ND VICE PRESIDENT George Fina, OKC • gomsc38@gmail.com • 405-373-2409

Tippy W. Pierce, Moore (Chair) George Fina, OKC (Vice Chair) John Ayers, Nash T. Dick Cagle, Tulsa

Yogi Cole, Tulsa James Fulligim, Norman Dana Cramer, Norman Juan Rodriguez, Lawton Larry Bogges, Lawton Dwight Maker, Edmond

3RD VICE PRESIDENT A.K. “Yogi” Cole, Tulsa • ycole@ipa.net • 918-231-3591 PAST PRESIDENT Dana Cramer, Norman • dcramer3@cox.net • 405-570-1387

OSFA STAFF REport Trisha Chain

OSFA Admin. Assistant

Happy anniversary, fire service friends! It’s OK if you forgot this one, but I’ll be accepting flowers and chocolates all month long just in case you want to celebrate with me. (Kidding, of course!) December starts the third year I’ll be here at the OSFA and boy, what an experience the first two years have been. With this third year comes the third different set of responsibilities. As I’m sure you’ve noticed in the past year, most everyone has taken on a new role in the organization and we’ve all had changes in our day-to-day responsibilities. That, along with human error, is bound to leave room for something to slip through the cracks. I know that no matter how many notes I take or how many checks and double-checks I make, I can still mess up and forget something. I am eager to welcome a new friend to our organization and I hope you all are, as well. Thank you to everyone who has told me to “hang in there” as I learn new responsibilities. And I ask that each and every one of you do the same – hang in there with us. I’d also like to express my appreciation to my fellow staffers in the OSFA and the Museum for helping me out. As cliché as it sounds, our numbers are small, but our hearts are big. I’m very excited for the future and I encourage you all to involve yourselves in some way. With the Museum expansion fundraising underway and our hard-working committees of members like yourselves, great things are happening at every turn! Let us know if we can do anything to help you and have a safe and thankful holiday season! Hopefully we’ll see you all soon at one of our events in 2019!

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FSIO REPORT John Burrows

2018 FSIO President

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Well, another FSIO (Fire Service Instructors of Oklahoma) Missing the conference also meant you probably missed one of our best Conference is in the books, and all I can say is that if you award banquets in a while, as well. Normally we are all a little skeptimissed this year, you missed some of the cal of hotel catering, but I am here to tell you that Chef Frank Keith best presenters yet. of the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center is no average hotel The crowd at the 37th annual FSIO Concatering chef. His team prepared a wonderful beef tenderloin that ference held Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Edmond was you could cut with a fork and cooked to perfection. Chef’s team smaller than years past, but this also handled the Past Presidents Luncheon with a fabulous lunch, year exemplified the FSIO commitment to quality over as well. quantity. To top it all off, the team at the conference center, Sherri BannisA special thanks goes out to all of our supporters this ter, Lindsey Armes, Brandon O’Kelley and their respective year that made the event possible: Edmond Fire Departteams made sure that everything went smoother than I ever 2019 FSIO Board Members ment, IFSTA/FPP, OSU-FST, VFIS of Oklahoma, MES Fire, thought possible. I have never participated in an event with Casco Industries, AT&T and the Edmond Convention and such an attentive and responsive staff. I highly recommend & Conference Groups Visitors Bureau are just some of the sponsors that made this you consider this venue and their catering for your next President event special this year. event. We were proud to welcome Lt. Jim McCormack from Although we have had some challenges in the past, your NE Area Director Rodney Foster Indianapolis FD and Fire Department Training Network, as elected officers of FSIO are committed to the mission now Jason Philpot well as Lori Moore-Merrell from IAFF as our keynote speakmore than ever. 1st Vice President ers. Both had very important messages to share with our The core mission of Instructor Development beyond basic SW Area Director Mark Murdock attendees and both were well received. certification is of vital importance to us all Lane Smiley Our business meeting approved two by-law changes this and I think you will see much more focus in the future. The 2nd Vice President year which will help shape the future of the organization. continued emphasis of quality over quantity and growing SE Area Director Kara Owens We also have a new cadre of board members taking office in our young instructors with the same passion we grow our Randy Sullivan January, so I would like to welcome them all to the board. young firefighters and other responders. Past President Please check out the website at www.fsio.org and our Lastly, I would like to say a special thank you to Rodney Tulsa Metro Director John Burrows Facebook page at www.facebook.com/FSIOK/ to stay up to Foster for the awesome helmet gifted to me. I did not see Brad Ashton date on the most current business. that one coming and could not have asked for a better vice Secretary/Treasurer The 2018 Instructor of the Year Award went to Aaron president to help me through the year. OKC Metro Director Melanie Colvin Culwell of Coweta Fire Department. He joins the ranks of Also a big thank you to Samuel Wasson, Colby Cagle, Will Biswell many of his mentors as another fine example of the pasLane Smiley, Tim Bartram, Melanie Colvin, Delbert Gay, JusFST Ex-Officio sion and commitment to growing people in the fire service tin Mann and Mike Duncan for their support this year with FPP Ex-Officio Mike Duncan that the Ray Davidson Award is meant to recognize. Please ideas and completion of tasks to make this year a success. Colby Cagle help us in congratulating him whenever you see him, as I I am honored to have had the privilege to work with you Area Director am sure we will see him even more throughout the coming all this year and I look forward to continuing to support the Jon Haight years. FSIO mission as your Past President in 2019.

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OSFA Snapshots

Got something going on at your Fire Department? Share the news! Email photos to osfa@osfa.info

Woodward FF1 Online Class

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Pawhuska FD Pump Ops

McCloud FD Structural Firefighter

Longdale FD - Structural Firefighter

Dickson FD - Leadership for Small Departments

Marlow FD - Vehicle Rescue Tech 1

Hinton FD - Vehicle Extrication Tech 1A

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The OSFA Volunteer Fire Caucus is open to all Volunteer Firefighters in the State of Oklahoma -whether a member of the OSFA or not. While all input and participation is being sought and encouraged, only OSFA members will be allowed to vote on Resolutions. There will also be updates on the progress of items from last year’s caucus, along with reports from the Pension System, OSU-FST and Forestry. AND there will be door prizes given away.

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Volunteer Fire Caucus

Randal Sullivan

an Valley Tech Center - El Reno Campus The OSFA Caucus is FREE to all attendees and will last from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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2019 OSFA VOLUNTEER FIRE CAUCUS (TENTATIVE AGENDA)

Registration Opening Session - Cliff Davidson, OSFA 3rd Vice President & Ringwood FD Pledge of Allegiance - James Kesterson, Turley FD Prayer - Tom Marcum, Mooreland FD Introduction of Executive Board & Guests - Cliff Davidson OSFA Welcome/Introduction of Staff - Dereck Cassady OSFA Pres. & Ponca City FD Speaker - Steve Hirsch, NVFC First Vice Chair Speaker - Rodney Foster, FSIO President BREAK Progress Report on Resolutions from Last Year’s Caucus OSFA Legislative Update - Steve Lumry, OSFA Executive Director, & Don Armes, OSFA Lobbyist Firefighters Pension & Retirement System - Chase Rankin, Oklahoma Firefighters Pension Executive Director Forestry Report - Mark Goeller, Oklahoma State Forester OSFA Roundtable - Moderator: Mike Duncan Panel: Fire Marshal, Forestry, Health Dept., OEM, OSU-FST, OSFA LUNCH (Sponsored by Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association) Recognition of Volunteer Fire Service Committee Members Explanation of the Breakout Sessions and room assignments - Scott Kirby, OSFA Volunteer Fire Service Committee Chair & Mill Creek FD Breakout Sessions & Discussion

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PRIMARY Sherri Thomas Greg Moore Mike Weinkauf Travis Fortune

SECONDARY Travis Harris Tom Marcum Lee Johnson David Thompson

OSFA Eric Harlow Dereck Cassady Matt Lay Mike Kelley

ORFA Yogi Cole Dana Cramer George Fina Tippy Pierce

BREAK General Session - Cliff Davidson, OSFA 3rd Vice President Training opportunities for volunteers in today’s world - Dr. Erick Reynolds, OSU-FST Summary of issues from Breakout Sessions & Selection of top priorities Resolutions for OSFA Convention / Vote on Resolutions Explain Voting at Convention & Saturday Only Registration for Volunteers Discussion and input from attendees regarding next year’s Caucus Meet Candidates for OSFA Board ADJOURN Networking Social in El Reno (location TBA)

volunteer fire service Committee report Eufaula FD

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You may ask yourself, “What is the OSFA Volunteer Fire Caucus about?” Do you want a voice in what is happening in the state? Do you want to stay informed on what is going on? Then you need to plan on attending the 2019 Volunteer Firefighter Caucus Saturday, Jan. 26, at Canadian Valley Tech Center in El Reno. This event is a great way to meet and network with fellow firefighters. You will learn things that are happening in legislation and have a voice on concerns in the Volunteer Fire Service. We will have break out sessions where you can visit and discuss problems or ideas and bring them back to the general session. Each group will pick its top three areas of concern to be addressed. Once all the groups come together and present their ideas or concerns, everyone there has a vote on the items that they feel are the biggest issues. Top vote-getting topics from the groups will be presented to the OSFA membership as resolutions to be addressed at the 125th annual OSFA Convention June 5-8, 2019, in Ponca City. This is how change happens. If you are concerned about the fire service and would like to see change -- or just learn about what’s going on -- I strongly encourage you to make plans to attend the OSFA Volunteer Fire Caucus. It’s worth you time.

Educational Advisory Committee report Rodney Foster

Midwest City FD

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Good day, all Oklahoma firefighters! We are working hard to plan the next OSFA State Fire School. We are hosting it in Tulsa again and are so thankful for the Tulsa Fire Department and the Tulsa Community College, as they continue to support our mission. We hope all that joined us last May will plan on attending the upcoming event. Try to encourage others from your department to look into enrollment. We are excited about the current list of presenters who have applied to be part of the 2019 event. Please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Educational Advisory Committee if there are specific classes you would like to see offered at our fire school. We strive to offer classes that will have a direct impact on individual departments and make the Oklahoma Fire Service safer and more educated on topics to better serve their communities. One of the tracks of learning that really took off last time were classes offered on the fire prevention side of the house. We are looking to continue this track, as it was a very crowded room. The OSFA State Fire School is meant to have something for everybody. We hope you will mark your calendars for May 2-5, 2019, and attend some or all of the days. And all classes are FREE! If you have never had a chance to see the facility that Tulsa has constructed, that alone is worth the trip. Hope all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Be safe, and remember that everyday is a training day. Thanks for all you do!

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OSFA Snapshots

Got something going on at your Fire Department? Share the news! Email photos to osfa@osfa.info Newkirk FD received $25,000 donation Nov. 7 from Kaw Nation Gaming for new air packs.

Richland FD volunteer Chris Chamberlain received bunker gear for completing FF1 this summer. He was hired by Oklahoma City FD and is currently in recruit academy. The gear remains property of Richland FD.

Perkins FD received bunker gear for 4 more firefighters who passed IFSAC test for Firefighter-1 from the SAFER Grant Tulsa Fire Captain Stan May (2nd from left). was elected to State House District 80

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in memoriam

Frank Smith, Stillwater FD The Final Fire Alarm sounded for Retired Stillwater Chief Frank Smith on Oct. 19. He was 87.

Frank served 20 years with the Stillwater Fire Department, retiring in 1977 as Fire Chief. He was born in Tryon, OK, and married Leona Whitmore in 1954. They had 4 children. Memorial donations may be made given to Strode Funeral Home (www.strodefh.com) and will be used to establish a scholarship fund for fire fighter training.

Trent Gibson, Cashion FD The Final Fire Alarm sounded for Cashion FD Assistant Chief Trent Gibson on Oct. 21. He was

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Trent had battled relentlessly against a brain cancer for 4 ½ years. There was no give-up in Trent. Born in Kilgore, Texas, Trent was a warrior for God’s love, for family and friends, and for the spirit of community. He was a loving husband to Stephanie and a patient father for his son Hunter. He wrote a letter to his son and published his message in Treasure - Discovery of True Manhood in 2014.

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Trial by fire caps online training for volunteer firefighters By Scott Rains, The Lawton Constitution

years. House Bill 2005 took effect in Nov. 1, 2015. It eliminated the 45-year-old age limit for new fireTwo dozen volunteer firefighters took time Sunfighters by providing the ability to join a departday (Nov. 4) to test out for Firefighter-1 certificament without the requirement that they be added tion under live fire. to the state’s pension plan. With the training, older The firefighters, representing 10 different recruits now will have the skills where experience departments from primarily Stephens and Cotton lacks. counties, put in 8 hours of physical training and At 41-years-old Chris Sorrels from Healdton is testing at the Great Plains Tech Center in Lawton. benefiting from the rules and the training. He’s After taking an online course offered by the been a volunteer for 1½-years. As a lot of volOklahoma State University Fire Service Training unteer firefighters learn, most learning is “from (OSU-FST), these active firefighters were able to the moment.” But actual training can be hard for catch up their certification with practical experipart-time firefighters who are full-time husbands, ence. fathers and workers. “For a volunteer, (training) it’s trial-by-fire pret“We do a little training when we can, but this ty much,” said Aaron Wheeler, an 18-year-veteran is like nothing you do at home; it’s something of the Addington Fire Department. “We just never we don’t get to do too often,” Sorrels said. “I’ve really have time to do it the way you’d want. This enjoyed myself. ... School work’s hard for an older has kind of given some of us a first opportunity to guy.” really train.” Nickel said 16 of the volunteers will use their Resting in the shade following about 6 hours of Addington volunteer firefighters and father and son Aaron Wheeler, left, and certification to join the ranks of approximately 50 the day’s 8-hour session, Wheeler was joined by his Gavyn Wheeler take a break during the 8-hour training Nov. 4 in Lawton. other new firefighters across the state to have comson, Gavyn. At 18, he was the youngest firefighter at pleted or are in the process of completing the class. Sunday’s training. The son of a volunteer, he said it’s in his blood and also a great experiFiremen and women from Velma, Healdton, Corum, Lakewood, Empire, Addington, ence. Central High, Walters, Marlow and Silo joined in for the online class. “It’s fantastic,” he said. “I’m glad I’m getting to do this while I’m still in high school.” Nickel said the challenges that volunteer firefighters are faced with when trying to obtain The online course was available as part of a $2.8 million FEMA grant received by the Oklafirefighter certifications makes the 11-week online program amendable to their schedules. homa State Firefighters Association (OSFA) for the recruitment and retention of volunteer Trainees learn at their own pace, anytime, anywhere that they can access the online curfirefighters, said Sheri Nickel, OSFA Administrative Director. riculum to do the required coursework as long as they meet the deadlines set out in the Nickel, herself a former volunteer firefighter, said the program has made growing ranks syllabus. of volunteers able to become certified and ready for battle. She said as part of the online “It’s kind of a first step,” Nickel said, “but it’s a big test.” training, the firefighters would receive new bunker gear and would also undergo physicals for the pension fund. This has allowed some firefighters to discover health issues without OSFA thanks Scott Rains and The Lawton Constitution finding out the hard way. for allowing Oklahoma Firefighter to reprint this article. “High blood pressure is often a huge deal for volunteers,” Nickel said. Statewide, the ranks of volunteers have risen to almost 300 fresh faces over the past three

TOP LEFT: Volunteer firefighters unleash the water pressure on a hose during training. TOP RIGHT: Two volunteer firefighters breach the Great Plains Tech Center’s burn tower doorway as they enter to conduct a confined space burn drill. BELOW: Oak Ridge firefighter Monty Hadlock provides last minute instruction for volunteer firefighters before entering the burn tower. Photos by Scott Rains, The Lawton Constitution.

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Marti Carpenter Hello ladies! This will be the last time you hear from me in 2018! I don’t have much to update you on, even though it seems that much is going on around us. From all of the election business to the devastating fires in California, it feels so easy to get overwhelmed. There’s only six short months until we gather again for the 87th annual OSFA Women’s Auxiliary Convention June 5-8 in Ponca City. I would encourage anyone who might be interested in running to fill the Jr. Board Member spot to start thinking about the following commitments: • Are you excited about writing this article? • Can you commit to the events throughout the year? Could everyone also please keep “Ride to Remember” in the back of your mind? The first stop for the Poker Run will be at the Oklahoma Firefighters Museum, and we can use all hands on deck to get the participants moved through quickly. I worked the event last year and even though the rain was cold and miserable, I had a blast! My wish for all of you is to have a wonderful holiday season surrounded by loved ones and people you hold dear. And as always, please reach out to any member of the board if we can help you with anything.

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oklahoma fallen and living firefighters memorial -- PANEL 41

In this issues and future issues, Oklahoma Firefighter will print the names of those honored on the Memorial Wall. This issue features Panel 41. All names can be viewed -- and etched on a souvenir sheet -- from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily on the West Campus of the Oklahoma Firefighters Museum. ALLEN

Jason Erickson

CUSTER CITY Jeffery Terrell

KEYS

Billy Wilson

OKC

Michael Booth

PERRY

Jerry Bocox

TIPTON

Derek Hoppes

Michael McCarn

CYRIL

Michael Hicks

KONAWA

Roy Hicks, Jr

Todd Brown

Brian Hatfield

Benjamin Miligan

ALTUS

Robert Tripp

Donald Dawdy

Daniel Khoury, Sr

Guadalupe Cavazos

PONCA CITY Daniel Howerton

TISHOMINGO Michael Walker

ALVA

Timothy Starbuck

DAVIDSON

Jimmy Keyes

KREMLIN

Derrick Harris

James Conner

PORTER

Robert Jenkins

TRYON

James Carroll

Terry Swenn

DAVIS

Brandon Tomlinson

LAVERNE

Michael Smith

Joseph Culp

David Dickey

Mike Kerns

AMBER

Mike Norman

DEL CITY

Wesley Blair

LAWTON

Rafael Cintron

Ron Cunningham

PORUM

David Wright

Billy Moore

AMES

Justin DeHaas

DEWEY

Oscar Rice

Landon Hardin

Myrl Cuppy, III

POTEAU

Orbie Hopkins

Curt Moore

Christopher Moore

Mike Duncan

Johnny Phillips

Henry Embrey

QUAPAW

Timothy Lovell

TULSA

Don Arnett

ANADARKO Robert McCoin, Jr

DUNCAN

Bill Rice

Jackie Taylor

OKC

Robert Gable, Jr

RAVIA

Randy McCollom

Earl Chilcoat

APACHE

William Reichardt

EARLSBORO Thomas Rumsey

John-Paul Watson

Bruce Gomez

RINGLING

Brad Butler

Bruce Deason

ARDMORE

Doyle Doughty

Robert Winrow

Jerry Wiersema

Raymond Gomez, Jr

RUSH SPRINGS Clay Rennaker

Jack Heminger

Harold Petty

EAST DUKE

Dennis Hennessey

Brandon Hughes

Steven Grellner

RYAN

Billy Bolin

Edward McCullough

Chester W. Phelps

EDMOND

Randy Antrikin, Jr

LAWTON

Jereld Young

Leon Harrison

Brian Dalton

Thomas McKinney

ARKOMA

James E. French

Brian Nipper

LENAPAH

Ronny Carter

James Harville

Jerry Dalton

William Mitchell

ATOKA

Howard B. Henry

Kelly Lewis

LEXINGTON Melvin Cagle

Jeffrey Heinzig

Dennis Goss

James Morris

Jeffrey Allen

Timothy Thurman

Charles Ramsey

Hubert Hunter

James Underwood

John Scott

ATWOOD

Glen Lively

EL RENO

Dustin McDuffey

Ronnie Rollings

James Imoe Jr.

Jesse Williams

Roger Sharp

BARNSDALL Bruce Dildine

ERICK

Mark LeGrand

Randall Tarp

Bobby Johnson

SALLISAW

Jarret Hetherington

TULSA

Charles Sisler

EUFAULA

Tommy Dowling

LONE WOLF Paul Hess

OKC

Robert Johnson

SAND SPRINGS Larry Fisher

Gearold Slankard

BARTLESVILLE Joe Lannan

Mark Goodwin

LUTHER

William Arthur, III

Daniel Joslin

R. Tackett

BEAVER

David Glascock

Lane Pittman

MACOMB

Neil Forgione

Arliss King

SAPULPA

Keith Long

James Wickersham

Herman Meier

FAIRLAND

Mike Goins

William Glasgow

Karl Loessin

SAYRE

Richard Carmichael

Donald Wilson

BESSIE

Al Trowbridge

Jeffrey Reynolds

MADILL

Kenneth Pruitt

Ronald Loveless

Marvin Dunlap

John Wood

BLACKWELL Dirk Seabridge

FAIRVIEW

Gregory Harmon

MARLOW

Finis Mansolo

Vernon McCurdy

Glen Hartpence

James Baker

BLANCHARD Jonathan Anderson

FARGO

Monte Stahlman

MAUD

Billy Presley, Jr

C. Oaks

SAYRE

Ernest Moses

Michael Broad

Ray Foster

FORT SUPPLY Clay Hickman

David Richards

Steve Phillips

Stanford Perkins

Bryan Burd

Charlie Largent

FREDERICK

Nicholas Silas

Clark Robinson

Ronnie Woodruff

Daniel Little

BOISE CITY

Casey Wilson

GERONIMO Jim Davidson

MAYSVILLE

Paul Bolles

Dwight Smith

Hunter Copenhaver

Erick Rawding

BOYNTON

Samuel Jernigan

GOTEBO

McALESTER Robert Dunn

OKC

Ernest Smith

SEILING

Troy Davidson

David Umfleet

Michael Ray

GRANDFIELD Christopher Josefy

Jeffrey Ketchum

Brian Stanaland

SEMINOLE

Archie Moore

TUPELO

Richard Ellis

BRIDGE CREEK Grady White

GRANITE

Floyd Walker

Angelo Rivers, II

Thomas Swanson

SENTINEL

Robert Akins

TUTTLE

W. Morgan

BRAMAN

Aubrey Kelle

GROVE

Phillip D. Cearley

McLOUD

David Thompson

Jimmy Taylor

Terry Fry

VINITA

Lee Bennett

BRISTOW

Herod Smith

GUTHRIE

Chris Sharp

MENO

Arlyss Saeger

James Teal

SHATTUCK

Justin Jahay

Michael Williams

BR ARROW

Mike Denton

GUYMON

Leonard Grove

MIAMI

Bill Bunch

Bert Tumey

SHAWNEE

Hershel Coomer

WAGONER

Roger Schilling

Jonathan Soltis

Aaron Pritchard

Otis Smith

Charles Zwirtz

Floyd Cranford

WAKITA

Dean Templin

Robert Thomas, Jr

HAMMON

John Robbins

MIDWEST CITY Jim Lemons

William Burgess

Jimmy VanAntwerp

WALTERS

Rudy King

CADDO

Todd Miller

HARTSHORNE Curtis Baker

Jerimy Meek

Matthew Carter

SHIDLER

Todd Roe

WANETTE

Bobby Pybas

CALERA

Michael Forbis

Michael Morrison

Reuben Ellis

Shawn Wehunt

WASHINGTON Bryan Slocomb

CALUMET

Gary Leck

HELENA

Levi Dykes

MILL CREEK Mike Gross

OKC

Billy Gaines

SKIATOOK

Keith Carter

WAUKOMIS Bobby Roades

CALVIN

Jon Jones

Neal Wallace

MINCO

Don Coy

Craig Herrin

Joshua Krumm

WAURIKA

David Sisson

Tommy Clay

HENNESSEY Timothy Riddle

Kenneth Idle

Jerry Hollingsworth

SNYDER

Michael Roberts

Gene Williams

Shean Jones

HENRYETTA Cleo Hinchey

Johnny Verser, Jr

Joseph Hoppes

S. COFFEYVILLE Robert Hough

WAYNE

Danny Claunch

CANUTE

Brian McRee

HINTON

Daniel Boling

MOORE

Thomas Hendricks

Scott Johnson

Jack Kitterman, Jr

Bartley Keeler

CARTER

Franklin Dyer

Gary Seurer

MULDROW

Eric Ogdon

Barton Lewis

Wade Lamb

WEATHERFORD Terry Roles

Jimmy Hearn, Jr

HUNTER

Dale Chain, Jr

MULHALL

Casey Gorrell

Trey Mack

SPENCER

Albert Davis Miller

WELLSTON

Terry Davis

Bobby Simpson

IDABEL

Chris Crane

MUSKOGEE Kenneth Blackburn

Kurk McCornack

James Hodge

Timothy Donaldson

CHECOTAH

Donald Ray

William Griggs

Roger Folsom

Bruce McGuire

SPIRO

Jack Grant

WETUMKA

Donald Bowman

Thomas Utley

Steven Surratt

Matthew Sheets

Jimmy Mitchell

STERLING

Michael Hudson

Stefano Palladino

CHELSEA

John Shrier

INOLA

Randol Alves

Justin Wiedel

OKC

John Phillips

STIGLER

Noah Allison

WOODWARD A. Woodmansee

Glenn Dildine

Ricky Coleman David Osmond

Richard Hudlow

Stan Smith

CHICKASHA Michael Meigs

Leslie Padgett

NASH

Steven Schneider

Anthony Slover

STILLWATER Donald Berryhill

WRIGHT CITY Larry Ham

CLAREMORE Bradd Clark

Robert Turner

Cory Shrewsbury

Scott Strother

STONE BLUFF Chris Hayes

WYNNEWOOD James Wolfe

Willie McKay

JAY

Robert Crank

NEW CORDELL Gaylon Schantz

Neil Taylor

STONEWALL Allen Bynum

YALE

Wesley Savory

Gordon Carriger

Bryan Gordon

NEWCASTLE Ronald Sauer

Danny Tracey

STRATFORD Boyd Perry

YUKON

Robert Noll

CLEVELAND Vernon Maxwell

Danny Tanner

NOBLE

Anthony Brum

Adam Welliver

STRINGTOWN Carl Brown

Charles Nottingham

CLINTON

Robert Howard

KEEFETON

Keith Bray

NORMAN

Orval Cargill

Jeffrey White

COALGATE

Jesse Luellen

KETCHUM

Ted VanSchuyver

Daniel Ciambella

OKMULGEE Bill Chambers

Lacey Moore

COLBERT

Ronnie Giesler

KEYES

Paul Lowe

NW ROGERS John Bortner

Erik Wetzel

SULPHUR

Marvin McCracken

COLCORD

Johnny Botts

KEYSTONE

Beverly Avey

James Tim Deitz

OLUSTEE

Thomas Brown

TAHLEQUAH Tommy Hix

Wade Enyart

George Blackburn

James Pippin

OWASSO

Daniel Johnson

TALOGA

Beth Morrison

COMANCHE Kenneth Lewis

KEYS

Paul Ericksen

OILTON

Marc Peck

Edward Wofford

TEXOLA

Deborah Moore

Francis Ralls

Larry Hayes

OKARCHE

Scott McCarthy

PADEN

Sam Deal

THE VILLAGE Brian Hopson

COVINGTON Leslie Franke

Bobby Jackson

OKEENE

Trenton Lubbers

PANAMA

Ronald Eatmon

THOMAS

Richard Johnson

CROWDER

Kevin Woody

Luke Jackson

OKC

Tommy Allen

Tony Smith

Donald Schantz

Steven Curtis

David Pulliam

James Avant

PAULS VALLEY Bill Rhodes

William West

Dennis Holly

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A heart on fire

By Ben May

A boy finds his way through adversity, while falling in love with the courage, strength, and honor from male influences. Welcome to Hell. “Stop hitting my mommy!” A little boy’s world at 6 years old -- living in the chaos of two parents out of control, yelling accusations, weekly fights and emotional abuse. No brothers. No sisters. And, finally, no father. A mother struggling to raise her boy as she fights her own demons of addiction, depression and emotional instability. But long before that frightening time, that boy had fallen in love with courage, strength and honor from men he sought who he could not find at home. Flying down the streets of wind-swept Oklahoma City of the 1950s came the knights guarding his dreams: the strong, wise men with their “rigs” -- on their way to bring order from chaos. The men riding on the back steps of those great red engines: firefighters. And those men were his heroes and his friends. They would cool the flames of his private, frightening hell with their strength, plain comforting talk and love borne of strength. He saw those men in blue uniforms, with those golden badges proudly nestled on their chests smiling at him, welcoming this little boy walking tenuously into the firehouse to see them, wide-eyed as he takes it all in. He can finally breathe. He knows he’s safe for now. No more echoes in his ears of his parents’ screams. They have his fear under control with their calm, welcoming reassurance: the same way they control a fire. A Safe Place These kind, caring men made me feel safe in the middle of my deteriorating family. As I grew up, anything and everything about the fire department mesmerized me. I would study the department entrance exams before I was even old enough to know what words like “friction loss” and “inch and a half-line” meant. Fire scanner radios blared throughout my house day and night. I slept with my jeans rolled over my cowboy boots, mimicking firefighter “turn-outs.” I hung out at every firehouse in Oklahoma City. I talked to the men, the officers, and the chief. Whenever I walked into a firehouse, I would gawk at the apparatus as if I were looking up at the Empire State Building from its very base. I was in complete awe of that setting: the apparatus at rest -- just waiting for the tones to fill the engine bays with the alarm. And if I was lucky enough to be there when the alarm came in, I was an audience of one watching a ballet of precision and movement. Down the brass pole from the bunkroom with an arm’s embrace, feet in boots as each man hit the deck and pulled on his “turnout” coat, leaped to the back step or into the “bucket” behind the cab where the engineer started the engine, and out the bay door they raced. Flying to the scene of a “worker,” sirens screaming, my eyes wide with wonder, my heart pounding as the firefighters went to work like artists perfecting their craft. And how I wanted to go with them! I wanted to be them. Controlled Chaos Seeing clouds of belching smoke and kerchiefs of flame dancing on the roof as the engines pulled up to the scene of a house fire, the “first-due officer,” analyzing the ground with the eye of a general on a battlefield, arraying his troops preparing the attack. Pulling the big supply line to attach to the hydrant and then flaking out the “attack line,” waiting to enter the building with the nozzle cracked with that slight hiss before the water flows with the pressure of a one-two punch to the gut when the nozzle opened up. Into that dark, hot house spewing orange and black to knock down the fire; always with strategy, precision and as a team of brothers. And when it was over, as they were rolling up the hose, I would talk to them with my constant barrage of questions. And they never tired of my asking. I just couldn’t get enough of it. I wanted to know everything about firefighting and those special characteristics that all firefighters display: courage, leadership, and care. Courage Tames Doubt It took me some time to achieve a dream heaped in doubt by the time I was eighteen. I remember the day my prep school advisor asked me where I was going to college. “I’m going to fire school.” “Our graduates go to the best colleges and universities in this country so they can make something of themselves.” “They aren’t firemen.” Six years later with a Master’s Degree in Russian and a Phi Beta Kappa key, I was hardly prepared to become a firefighter in the DC suburbs. A still-born dream buried in fear, lack of confidence and support. “How can you even think of a blue collar job with all of your education?” “You know you’re not good at math and you need that to figure out how to operate those pumps.” “You have no sense of direction so how will you ever drive the apparatus to the fire?” “You aren’t a technical type, so how will you deal with all of the mechanics of the job?” And, “You are scared of heights? Not to mention the fact that you are not necessarily in great physical shape.” “You aren’t necessarily the ‘brave’ type … more cerebral.’’ “And socially? What could you possibly have in common with those people?” “Do you really think they will accept you -- a Jewish boy from Oklahoma?” These are the thoughts that plagued me from my “significant others,” and, certainly, from deep within myself. Achieving any kind of dream is always fraught with challenges, but at some point, each of us faces the fear of failure and, even success. For me, the dream had to be so compelling that I was willing to just give it a try. The fear

Reprinted from The Good Men Project with permission of the author

was palpable, deep down in my guts. Then, when you do get the opportunity, can you go through with it? What are you going to do now? Do It Wrong the First Time, But Do It I heard somewhere that anything worth the effort means doing it wrong the first time. So I did just that until I got it right. I climbed up the 100-foot aerial ladder a few feet at a time every day until I got used to it. Soon I became acclimated to working in high places, not looking down. When I studied for the written exam, I took apart every problem, trying to understand the philosophy behind each question. During each drill, I would try to fight each fear as I saw myself in that uniform: over and over until I got it right. Crawling on my belly, I fought the disorientation of working in an atmosphere filled with thick black smoke. Finally, that orange glow appears like a sneaky, deft intruder just waiting to pounce, until I squelch it out of existence with a strong shot from the nozzle. Passion Defeats Fear Years later, when I did become a firefighter -- and many years after that Fire Commissioner -- I never lost that child-like wonder with the fire department. I graduated first in my class of 100 in rookie school when I would have considered myself lucky just to have finished. I finally did overcome abject fear of the unknown each call could portend—whether a high-rise fire or the black atmosphere of a house fire in which you had to feel your way with your team to find that trapped victim, knowing you had 30 minutes of air in your bottle to get you in and out of the labyrinth of a multi-family dwelling-feeling your way over hose lines snarled like spaghetti. Sure, still scared, but able to keep going because I had the confidence of my training and my team. The attraction of that comforting care; the strength and knowledge that imbues the profession will always be the foundation of my gratitude for being just a small part of this noble calling and those men who comforted that little, frightened boy so long ago. BEN MAY, a Firehouse® contributing editor, is a former executive with The Walt Disney Co., where he was Global Director of Corporate Alliances. May is a graduate of the Public Service Academy in Montgomery County, MD, where he was a volunteer firefighter, and a former fire commissioner for Woodinville, WA, Fire and Rescue. Most recently, Ben has privately consulted on the Oklahoma Firefighters Museum and Family Educational Center (aka the museum expansion).

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Air Management Course (70681) Jan. 12 (8 hours) Gordon Cooper Tech Center - Shawnee

Hazardous Materials Technician Certification (70734) Jan. 18 (8 hours) Edmond Fire Department

Hazardous Materials Technician Refresher - Part B (66675) Dec. 18 (8 hours) Oklahoma City Fire Training Center

VFIS Traffic Incident Management System (71113) Jan. 12 (4 hours) Gordon Cooper Tech Center - Shawnee

Vehicle Rescue Technician Level I Part A (71650) Jan. 18 – Jan. 19 (16 hours) Spencer Fire Department

NIMS ICS 400 (EMI) Advanced Incident Command System (71428) Dec. 18 – Dec. 19 (16 hours) Ottawa County Election Board

Leadership for Small Departments: Recruitment and Retention (71118) Jan. 12 (8 hours) Gordon Cooper Tech Center - Shawnee

Hazardous Materials Awareness for WMD-HazMat Emergencies (70240) Jan. 19 (8 hours) Tiawah Fire Department - Claremore

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fire service training Dr. Erick Reynolds

OSU FST Director

erick.reynolds@osufst.org • 405-744-5727 (W) • 405-409-0961 (C)

CLASS SCHEDULE, continued Calling the MAYDAY (70773) Jan. 19 (8 hours) Northwest Technology Center - Fairview, Hazardous Materials Operations for WMD Refresher (71165) Jan. 19 (8 hours) Tahlequah Regional Training Center Fire Officer I: NFPA 1021, 2014 Edition (71622) Jan. 19 – Feb. 2 (48 hours) • $3000 - All Participants Woodward Fire Department Hazardous Materials Awareness for WMD-HazMat Emergencies Certification (70241) Jan. 19 (1 hour) Tiawah Fire Department - Claremore

Brothers and Sisters! Christmas is in the air! I have been thinking about what I want for Christmas, but I am fairly sure I have lump of coal in my future! FST has partnered with OSFA the past year to offer training that is related to the grant received by OSFA two years ago to train volunteer firefighters. To date, FST has offered 34 class offerings as a portion of the grant. We count the OSFA, as well as the OFCA and many other organizations across Oklahoma, as invaluable training partners. I have said this many times. I do not care what color shirt you are wearing. If you are training firefighters and providing top quality training, get it done! None of the fire training entities across the state of Oklahoma are capable of delivering all the required training on their own. It takes partnerships to help keep our first responders safe! Together we are better! Processes are under way to update the OSHA Susan B.

OEM Staging Area Manager (71459) Jan. 22 (5 hours) High Plains Tech Center - Woodward

Oklahoma Executive Fire Officer Leadership Program

NIMS ICS 300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (71717) Jan. 24 – Jan. 25 (16 hours) Payne County Commissioners Office Hazardous Materials Operations: Core Competencies (70243) Jan. 25 – Jan. 27 (24 hours) Tiawah Fire Department - Claremore NIMS ICS 300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (71773) Jan. 26 – Jan. 27 (16 hours) Fairland Fire Department Curriculum Development (Instructor II) (71177) Jan. 28 – Jan. 31 (32 hours) • $2500 - Okla Emergency Responders • $4000 - Out-of-state Public Responders El Reno Fire Department Hazardous Materials Technician Refresher - Part B (69365) Jan. 29 (8 hours) Shawnee Fire Department - Station 3 Hazardous Materials Technician Refresher - Part B (69366) Jan. 30 (8 hours) Shawnee Fire Department - Station 3 Hazardous Materials Technician Refresher - Part B (69367) Jan. 31 (8 hours) Shawnee Fire Department - Station 3

All courses are FREE unless otherwise noted

Harwood grant curriculum for the 2019 fiscal year. This grant will focus on atmospheric monitoring in confined spaces. We look forward to rolling this training out in the very near future. We have been able to make a positive difference as a result of this grant, and we appreciate the opportunity! We are in the beginning stages of putting together the specifications for our new flammable liquid fire props that will be rolled out sometime in 2019. The old ones have traveled many, many miles and trained many students. And while they are certainly still able to be used to conduct training, they are simply getting worn down. We look forward to presenting this new technology to the firefighters of Oklahoma soon! Merry Christmas! Hug the people you love. You never know when you might not get another chance. The coffee is always on in Stillwater. Please stop by the office the next time you are in Stillwater. We would love to catch up and help you with your needs! Be safe out there!

This program is a partnership between OSU-Fire Servce Training, Oklahoma Fire Chiefs Association (OFCA), Oklahoma State Firefighters Association (OSFA) and the office of the State Fire Marshal. The 160-hour program utilizes the curriculum from the International Public Safety Leadership & Ethics Institute and has been developed to bring the concepts of leadership and ethics to the forefront of an individual’s career. Cohort No. 4, 2019 Feb. 26-28 March 27-28 April 23-25 May 29-30 July 23-25 Aug. 28-29 Sept. 24-26 Oct. 30-31 Nov. 14 Graduation Applications Due By Dec. 7, 2018 Tuition: $1,800

Requirements: • 10 years in fire service • 3 years as an officer • Application (www.osufst.org) • Resume • 2-3 page letter stating why you should be chosen • Letters of commitment from your organization, your chief or officer and a community leader Scholarships available to pay tuition for one volunteer firefighter from each quadrant of the state

For more information, contact Jason Louthan at Jason.Louthan@osufst.org

NVFC Launches New Online Community for Volunteers What are some innovative methods for recruiting volunteers? Where can you find inexpensive training resources? Are sample documents available for developing department SOPs? How can you best communicate department needs to local officials? If you have a question for the fire and emergency service community, ask it on Volunteer Voices! The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) has launched a new online community to enable volunteer responders to easily connect and share information. Volunteer Voices provides a platform to ask questions, participate in discussions, share resources and best practices, and engage with other emergency service volunteers. This is an opportunity to learn from each other and enhance the communication and resources available to the volunteer fire and emergency services community. Discussion topics cover a broad range of issues that are important to you, such as grant-writing, recruitment and retention, training, operations, health and safety, leadership, and more. Benefit from the collective wealth of knowledge available from your peers throughout the fire and emergency services. Join the conversation at https://volunteervoices.nvfc.org. NVFC members can login using their web site username and password. Not a member? Sign up today at www. nvfc.org/BeYourBest to utilize this great new resource. If you have any questions or have difficulty logging in, contact the NVFC office at nvfcoffice@nvfc.org or call 202-887-5700.

26December 2018 / January 2019Oklahoma Firefighter ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Chase Rankin

Members Present: Dereck Cassady, Matt Lay, Mike Kelley, Cliff Davidson, Scott Vanhorn, Dana Cramer, Janet Kohls, Craig Freeman. Members Absent: Buddy Combs, Ron Hunter, Brandy Manek, Juan Rodriquez, Eric Harlow. Others Present: Chase Rankin, Executive Director; Duane Michael, Assistant Director; James Reynolds, Assistant Director; Terri Williams, Executive Secretary; Marc Edwards, Legal Counsel; Mariko Boswell, Neil Reiner and Russ Gannaway, PIMCO; Greg Murphy, Tortoise; Tom Scerbo, Allianz; Tippy Pierce, Oklahoma Retired Firefighters Association. Larry W. Chastten/Bristow - Application For “Disability In The Line Of Duty” Pension, Effective September 21, 2018: Motion was made by Vanhorn and seconded by Lay to approve the Application for “Disability in the Line of Duty”, effective September 21, 2018. Ayes: Lay, Cramer, Kelley, Cassady, Vanhorn, Freeman, Davidson, and Kohl. Nayes: None. Motion carried. John D. Fehring/Edgewater Park – Application For “Disability In The Line Of Duty” Pension, Effective June 1, 2018: Motion was made by Vanhorn and seconded by Cramer to approve the Application for “Disability in the Line of Duty”, effective June 1, 2018. Ayes: Lay, Cramer, Kelley, Cassady, Vanhorn, Freeman, Davidson and Kohls Nayes: None. Motion carried. Roger G. Tuttle/Kellyville - Application For “Disability In The Line Of Duty” Pension, Effective October 1, 2018: Motion was made by Lay and seconded by Vanhorn to approve the Application for “Disability in the Line of Duty”, effective October 1, 2018. Ayes: Lay, Cramer, Kelley, Cassady, Vanhorn, Davidson, Freeman, and Kohls. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Dudley B. Teeter/Lawton – Application For “Disability In The Line Of Duty” Pension, Effective October 1, 2018: Motion was made by Lay and seconded by Vanhorn to modify the Application for “Disability in the Line of Duty”, to “Service,” effective October 1, 2018. Ayes: Lay, Cramer, Kelley, Cassady, Vanhorn, Davidson, Freeman, and Kohls. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Scott D. White/Pauls Valley - Application For “Disability In The Line Of Duty” Pension, Effective October 1, 2018: Motion made by Cramer and seconded by Vanhorn to approve Application for “Disability in Line of Duty”, effective October 1, 2018. Ayes: Lay, Cramer, Kelley, Cassady, Freeman, Davidson, Vanhorn, Kohls. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Michael Bickel/Shawnee- Application For “Disability In The Line Of Duty” Pension, Effective October 14, 2018: Motion was made by Cramer and seconded by Vanhorn to approve the Application for “Disability in the Line of Duty”, effective October 1, 2018. Ayes: Lay, Cramer, Kelley, Cassady, Vanhorn, Davidson, Freeman and Kohls. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Michael L. McGhee IV/Tulsa - Application For “Disability In The Line Of Duty” Pension, Effective October 1, 2018: Motion made by Lay and seconded by Vanhorn to approve the Application for “Disability in the Line of Duty”, effective October 1, 2018. Ayes: Lay, Cramer, Kelley, Cassady, Freeman, Davidson, Vanhorn, Kohls. Nayes: None. Motion carried. James C. Bales/Tulsa – Request To Modify Pension From “Service” To “Disability In The Line Of Duty”: There was no action taken.

Vicki Mulbery

Executive Secretary

James Reynolds

n October 19, 2018 MEETING

Member Services Coordinator

Terri Williams

Executive Director

6601 Broadway Ext., Oklahoma City, OK 73116 405-522-4600 • 1-800-525-7461 toll free • 405-522-4643 fax www.okfirepen.state.ok.us

Martha Pierce

Accounts Payable Administrator

Than Dinh

Assistant Director (COO)

Controller

Duane Michael

Keely Swonger

Thelisha Clark

Records Administrator

Latoya Battle

Assistant Controller

Assistant Director (CFO)

Data Processor

n CONSENT AGENDA (November 16, 2018) CHECKS TERMINATED IN OCTOBER 2018 (Deceased): Jones Kiefer Lexington OKC Tulsa

Ardmore Granvle G. Byrne Blackwell Thelma Carroll Carmen Melvin Brooks Carnegie David W. Bowlin Edmond Linda Gerlach Enid Helen B. Moore $5,000.00 DEATH BENEFIT: Afton Ardmore Bartlesville Bartlesville Broken Arrow Carmen Chandler Dewar Dewar Duncan Friendship Kendrick Norge Picher Sapulpa Tulsa Waynoka Waynoka Woodward

Minnie Peace Norma Rongey Corina Stanridge Lawrence C. Robinson Betty J. Coatney

Brown-Winters Funeral Home One Behalf Of Johnny White Griffin Funeral Home On Behalf Of Granvle G. Byrne Travis Brown, Co-Death Recipient Of James Brown Shawn Brown, Co-Death Recipient Of James Brown Leonard Marker Funeral Home On Behalf Of Lawrence Lechlider Terrnace P. Brooks, Death Recipient Of Melvin Brooks Lehman Funeral Home On Behalf Of Dennis D. Beaty Scott A. Watson, Co-Death Recipient Of Joseph C. Watson Tricia Barton, Co-Death Recipient Of Joseph C. Watson Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home On Behalf Of I.B. Jones Sandra Clinton, Widow Of Madison L. Clinton Jr. Janet M. Matheson, Widow Of Ronald Matheson Sevier Funeral Home On Behalf Of Marvin H. Smith Paul Thomas Funeral Home On Behalf Of Jerry D. Coach Smith Funeral Home On Behalf Of Troy L. Smith Schaudt Funeral Service On Behalf Of Truman Lee Putnam Mark E. Clemence Heir Of Merle D. Clemence Merla Kaye Sims, Heir Of Merle D. Clemence Billings Funeral Home On Behalf Of Bernard R. Soliday

APPLICATION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE FOR CONTINUATION: 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018

Bethany Checotah Custer City Fairview Ft. Supply Greenfield Perry Soper Tulsa

Sandra J. Eagan, Widow Of Ronald Eagan Debra D. Brewer, Widow Of Otis R. Brewer Mary K. Fischer, Widow Of Charles E. Fischer Betty Obermiller, Widow Of Charles G. Obermiller Lois Soliday, Widow Of Bernard R. Soliday Dawn K. Grove, Widow Of Dale D. Grove Janice Billingsley, Widow Of Gary W. Billingsley Wanda N. Fails, Widow Of Raymond L. Fails Cheryl E. Collins, Widow Of Ronald M. Collins

APPLICATION FOR SERVICE PENSION: 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 04/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018

Bethany Billings Chelsea Dougherty Keota Kiefer Mangum

Michael J. Barber Zelda K. Silvey Brian M. Rohrbough Ryan N. Gibson Leroy Glenn Oscar M. Lademann Cecil Lewis

11/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/01/2018 10/01/2018 11/01/2018 11/07/2018 11/01/2018

Marlow Mill Creek Nelson Oktaha Oktaha Sequoyah Woodward

Johnathan B. Long Kenneth G. Riddle Richard Moffatt David G. Whittle John A. York Kevan J. McKinney David A. Connor

APPLICATION FOR VESTED BENEFIT: 02/12/2031 07/30/2023 09/03/2017 09/06/2022

Krebs Stigler Wainwright Woodward

Richard F. Black Thomas A. Sloan Debbie C. Colbert Gary W. Clyden Jr.

REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS:

Hired

Shane Engelken Brandon Spencer Shawn Wieldt Caleb B. Wiegert Logan C. Dye Gannon Reid Shane Amrein

01/01/2016 04/01/2010 02/13/2013 02/14/2010 08/09/2016 12/05/2016 9/12/2012

Alva Ardmore Broken Bow Harrah Lawton Madill Oklahoma City

APPLICATION FOR ENTRANCE INTO THE PENSION SYSTEM: Terminated 09/23/2018 11/05/2018 09/22/2018 10/18/2018 09/26/2018 11/07/2018 02/21/2018

Harrah Harrah Harrah Holdenville Lawton Lawton Lawton Midwest City Mustang NW Rogers Owasso Sapulpa Skiatook Vinita

Brayden Coleman Gary Crouch Garrett Walkup Benjamin Wood Elijah Hoyt Matthew Reagan Patrick Sprague Landon Coon Justin Marshall James Snyder Gabriel Sipes Daniel Mock Michael Casillas Chad Willis

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DEAR PROBIE: Advice and guidance for our younger selves By Dave LeBlanc and Kelly Lemmons

Throughout life, we all tend to look back and say that if we had to do it all over again, there are things we would do different. Maybe it’s a function of the aging process, it is certainly a function of learning from the hard lessons in life. So, it would only make sense that if we could help our younger selves, we can certainly help those coming into the fire service. Imagine if we could we could go back and mentor ourselves. What would we say? What would we teach?

Work hard: Be extremely driven and forward thinking. Develop a strong work ethic, both on and off the job. The more balanced you are with home and work, the better you will be at work. Life was meant to be lived to the fullest and take every opportunity to do just that. Bring humility and compassion to everything you do. Leave your ego at the door. The job will demand these qualities from you. Be the first one to stand and the last one to sit. You are earning your way into an honorable profession. The world and the job owe you nothing. Those that come before you deserve your respect. Always be the first one up to help and always be the last one to sit down. If there is nothing to do, then go clean something or train on something. FDNY has something they call the probie triangle. It’s three points are the coffee pot, the kitchen sink and the truck. If you aren’t at one you should be at the other.

A note about coffee, the kitchen table and the front bumper: The staple of most firehouses is a fresh brewed pot of coffee and good conversation at the kitchen table or the front bumper of the apparatus. Don’t miss this opportunity, even if you don’t drink coffee. Sit and listen, reflect and become better. Additionally, coffee is the welcome mat to anyone who visits, making sure it’s fresh and hot will lead to many opportunities for growth. Listen more than you talk: A rule of conversation is 70/30. Listen 70% of the time, talk 30% of the time. Another saying is 2 ears and one mouth, speak half as much as you listen. Either way as a new firefighter, ask questions but don’t have an opinion. Be a sponge and absorb everything around you, and you can’t do that if your gums are flapping. Question everything, respectfully. Question to learn and understand, not to criticize and change. There is a ton of information out there and not all of it is good. Ask questions, learn. Respect those that come before you but evaluate what they teach you based on what you know. If there is a conflict, find someone you trust and ask them.

Be on time: Early is on time and on time is late. Every shift you show up for, someone is waiting to be relieved. Be early so they can get out and go home to their families. Be early so that you have time to get ready for your shift. Be early even if your relief keeps you waiting until the last minute. It’s not about what they do, it’s about what you do. Surround yourself with the right people: Find your mentors. Learn why they do what they do. Learn something from everyone. Everyone has something to offer, even if it something you would never do. Never under estimate the value of a person. Accept people for who they are and learn from what they have to offer.

Be resilient: Develop good coping skills and push yourself to be uncomfortable. Uncomfortable leads to growth and growth makes you better. You are going to see and do things you never imagined. They will have an impact and “harden” you over time. This isn’t a life sentence and doesn’t have to damage you. But you must accept and deal with it. The time to think about your reactions is not in the moment. You must contemplate your reaction ahead of time so that you can function in the moment and you can process it when it is over. What the triumph offers in satisfaction the tragedies will counter with volume.

Editor’s Note: We found this article on the Firefighter Nation website. It has some great advice for probies, younger firefighters, new officers, older firefighters and seasoned veterans including in the firefighter ranks, officer ranks and in the chief ranks. Even though it is written toward paid firefighters, even the volunteer firefighters will learn some leadership and self-improvement skills. If you can, take time to read through it at least twice. We believe you will pick up something of value each time. Thank you to authors Dave LeBlanc and Kelly Lemmons and firefighternation.com for allowing OSFA the opportunity to run this piece. Enjoy! Over time these things will become a part of you, the fabric of your existence. The uniform of a life spent in the service of others. Embrace the good and manage the bad. “We love it for the times we make a difference. We love it for the times that we ‘win.’ We love it because that’s who we are. We hate it for the lives lost, the Brothers killed and maimed, for the battles lost. But we continue on because that’s who we are.” – Robert Pressler, Fireman 1st Grade FDNY Retired

We come first: Understand when this applies. You are in the business of service. There is risk, injury and sickness. Bad things happen to good people, and fireman are some of the best people there are. But we don’t come first when it comes to the mission. The community, the people -- they come first, and our every effort must be geared toward saving them and protecting their property. So, when do we come first? Right up until we cross the threshold. Prepare yourself, physically and mentally. Eat better. Exercise. Train. Learn. Do everything you can to make your mind and body as prepared and healthy as possible. Wear your mask -- every time, all the time! Car fires, dumpster fires, rubbish fires. There is no honor in eating smoke and there is no longevity in doing it, either. You are not invincible; no matter how much preparation you do to make yourself that way. Wash your gear. Gross decon on scene and a thorough cleaning either on a schedule or after a fire. How much smoke you can eat or how “salty” you look doesn’t define you as a fireman. Accept change: Accept change as a part of life. “Seek first to understand” -- this advice applies to most conflicts, and change is almost always a conflict. Both internally and externally. Do not advocate for change that benefits only you. Always ask the question, “Is this better for the department?” Try and be objective in your answer.

Be that guy: Working the shifts you work is hard on everyone. Understand that you will miss family time, special events, and birthdays due to work. Work your holidays, and when you are starting out, cover those with families for theirs. In time you will have a family and the next guy along will do it for you. Pay it forward: As you climb the ladder, don’t lose your passion for the job. Share what you have learned, mentor the next person coming along. New firefighters will look up to you, they will try and emulate you. The children are watching. Make sure you are consistent in your words and actions. Integrity is always doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. Pass on your knowledge: Remember that someone took the time to

teach you. Holding on to knowledge hurts the organization. Knowledge is only power if you share it. It was never about you, not from the first day. This applies even more as you become more senior. The mission and organization come first. This is where the quiet professional takes hold.

Family first: No matter how much you are into the job, love the job or want to be at the job. Make time for your family. You will be successful because they stand behind you, make sure you make time for them.

Make sure Family first: We repeat, no matter how much you are into the job, love the job or want to be at the job. Make time for your family. You will be successful because they stand behind you, make sure you make time for them. Make sure you take care of yourself, so you can be there for them. Not just physically, but mentally too. Too often we hold on to what has happened at work and while we are “with” our families, we are miles away.

It is never too late to start doing good work. Maybe you started off on the wrong path, it can be easy to do. Maybe someone stole your light and your passion has burned out. None of that matters, what matters is what you do from today forward. We all earn tattoos. Articles have been written about how what we do and who we are can be just like a tattoo. A constant reminder of choices we have made and things we have done. Like tattoos, our choices and actions can be good and bad. They may fade over time, but they will always be there.

Hopefully this advice to our early selves can lay the foundations for a lot of good ink, because the minute you walk through the firehouse door, you are building your legacy. This fire service is one of the most rewarding opportunities a person can experience. We are fortunate to be allowed to be caretakers of this noble calling. Only you can choose what kind of mark you want to leave. Only you can decide if your fire service eulogy will read “motivated and hard charging” or “couch riding potato.” Only you control whether you will leave the fire service and your department better than you found it.

Dave LeBlanc is currently a Deputy Chief for Fire Department in the Northeast, Dave’s Fire Service experience spans three decades including having worked as a call firefighter, a volunteer firefighter, a career fire alarm operator, fire fighter and company officer. Dave currently teaches as an adjunct instructor for a local community college, has worked as a fire academy instructor and presented and the New England FOOLs Northeast Fire Summit. Dave is married and the father of two daughters. Kelly Lemmons was born in Vicenza, Italy. He is the Deputy Chief of the Colonial Park Fire Company and a firefighter/EMT for the Defense Logistics Agency. Kelly has served over 19 years in the PA Army National Guard, 15 1/2 of those years he served in the Long Range Reconnaissance Unit as a Team Leader. He is currently a Staff Sergeant serving as an Infantry Advance Leaders Course Instructor. Kelly was awarded the Purple Heart due to injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Iraq in 2005 2006.

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OSFA Executive Board Highlights

The OSFA Executive Board met October 18, 2018, in the boardroom at 2716 N. E. 50th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at 9:00 a.m. Roll Call: Dereck Cassady, Present and presiding Mike Kelley, Present Eric Harlow, Present Cliff Davidson, Present Matt Lay, arrived 9:16 a.m. Others: Steve Lumry, Gene Brown, Sheri Nickel, Tim Bartram, Dr. Erick Reynolds, David Thompson, Tony Carbajal, Mike Duncan, Scott Kirby, Jim Ed Nimmo. Guests: Joel Toigo, Mike Dunlap and Nicole Worley from Colonial Life Correspondence: Thank you card from MDA. Colonial Life: The board heard a presentation from Colonial Life Insurance offering reduced rates for members. Fire Marshal Commission Report: Lay Ambassador trip to Washington D.C. went well. Gratitude was given for support of the U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Academy, as well as the AFG grant programs. The Fire Marshal’s office hired a new agent out of Woodward and will be filling a couple of other positions in the coming weeks. Fire Service Training Report: Reynolds OSU-FST received a $165,000 Susan Harwood grant which will keep the grain/confined space rescue trailer on the road. OSFA COMMITTEE REPORTS Legislative Committee: Chairman Jim Ed Nimmo reviewed past legislative issues and

reported that the pertinent issue for the upcoming legislative session will be the COLAs for retirees. The committee may revisit the burn ban enforcement issue that was briefly addressed last session and possibly address Firefighter Cancer issues. Educational Advisory Committee: Accepting applications for instructors and finalizing information for vendors at State Fire School. Volunteer Fire Service Committee: Chairman Scott Kirby presented goals for the committee. The committee is in the process of planning the Volunteer Caucus. It will be held at Canadian Valley Technology Center in El Reno on Jan. 26, 2019. The agenda will remain the same as previous years. There has been committee discussion in regards to providing training for Title 18 & 19 boards. Members are planning on attending regional roundtable meetings and Chiefs meetings if they are hosted in their areas. EMS Committee: Will meet in November. Dale Adkerson, EMS Director for the Oklahoma Health Department has been invited and is planning to attend. Benevolent Committee: Chairman Phil Ostrander explained his goal to develop a process to reach out to families in their time of need to lessen the burden on the board and staff. Membership Committee: Chairman David Thompson reported updates on allowing tribal and federal membership into the association.

October 18, 2018 MEETING

The committee’s goal for this year is to go out and meet with the new entities and encourage them to join. The committee is also looking at ways to increase benefits particularly in the way of some type of a 457 plan, if possible. Additionally, the committee will potentially be proposing the allowance of Native American tribes to enter into the pension system. County Sales Tax Committee: Has not met. They are waiting on the answers to questions proposed to the State Auditor. Those answers are finalized by the Auditor and are in the hands of the Attorney General’s office. Public Education Committee: Chairman Tony Carbajal presented an update on the committee’s goal to teach standardized fire safety and community risk reduction messages statewide. They are in the process of narrowing down the topics and getting the curriculum together. Museum Expansion Committee: Lumry gave update in the excused absence of committee members. The committee is making great progress. Packets have been put together for fundraising. A $250,000 donation has been received from the E. L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation. An endowment fund was established in 1999 by Jim Minx, and a small dividend is paid annually to the museum for operations. This fund will remain operational for the expansion project. Pete and Lela Stavros Scholarship Committee: Chairman Mike Duncan reported that he would like to ask previous scholarship winners to donate to this fund and perhaps increase the marketing for it. Museum Report: Brown Lumry, Brown and Nickel met with a representative from the Adventure District. The museum is a member of the district and was asked to fill two of the vacant board seats, one being the BID board and the other is the Adventure District Board. The needed repair for the fountain has been assessed. Seven pieces of granite will need to be replaced. New merchandise and educational material were presented. Normal restoration and maintenance continues. Oklahoma City’s citizen fire academy graduation will be in the museum on the 25th. Volunteer Recruitment & Retention Report: Nickel The second year is drawing to a close. Firefighter-1 classes are finishing up and results will determine the next year’s classes. A FEMA audit was conducted in September. A couple of documents were requested to fulfill the audit requirements. But otherwise, everything went exceptionally well, and the reviewers took the grading back to D.C. to present the program coordinator with an example of a success story. NVFC Report: Davidson and Nickel Davidson and Nickel attended the fall board meeting in North Dakota. It was Davidson’s first NVFC meeting and he learned a lot and is looking forward to future meetings. Nickel was only there for the first day and mentioned that she is on the National Wildland committee and will be looking forward to meeting with the committee whenever it convenes. OFCA Report: Lumry The Speaker has been lined up for the OFCA conference. ORFA Report: Lumry There were seven teams in their annual golf

Upcoming Dates to Remember: Jan. 26, 2019 17th OSFA Volunteer Fire Caucus El Reno Jan. 30, 2019 Pre-Conference OFCA Workshop Stillwater Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 2019 OFCA Winter Workshop Stillwater April 3-5, 2019 OFCA Conference Claremore May 2-5, 2019 OSFA State Fire School Tulsa June 4, 2019 38th ORFA Convention Ponca City

June 5-8, 2019 125th OSFA Convention Ponca City June 5-8, 2019 87th OSFA Women’s Auxiliary Convention - Ponca City tournament. There will be discussion as to whether or not the event will continue. Executive Director Report: Lumry The record for OSFA membership is 11,248 and we are currently at 11,224 members -- 7,052 are volunteers, 4,066 are paid, 106 are past presidents, honorary members, etc. Brent Hatcher is at 420 members, providing a $2,100 benefit. The Statewide Memorial Service had 650 people present -- 550 family members and friends and 100 firefighters, staff and past presidents. Electronic newspaper subscriptions continue to increase, and it currently stands at 448. Flowers were sent to Lela Stavros for her birthday. Lumry requested a brief meeting with the Building Authority after the Executive Board Meeting to reestablish the checking account for proof of viability. Procurement and Travel policies were emailed to board members prior to meeting. Lumry established the written policies for the benefit of the SAFER grant. FEMA grant workshop is not going to happen this year due to FEMA’s budget constraints and time frame originally discussed. Heroes Fore Charities golf tournament is interested in working with the Association. OK-TIMs documents continue to be reviewed. Lumry, Nickel, Brown and Bartram have been busy attending different events statewide and will continue to do so. Old Business: Dereck Cassady commended staff for their work on the Memorial Service. He suggested placing a Thank You notice to all members who attended in the newspaper. New Business: None. Adjournment: 12:25 p.m.

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Joined OSFA in 1921

10 Paid & 10 Volunteer Members

Population: Approx. 2,800

FD formed in 1908

Area covered: 150 square miles

1 Quint 1 Rescue 3 Engines 2 Brushpumpers 4 Tankers Avg. 650 runs a year

BY GREG ROBERTS Norman FD Retired If you would like to see your FD featured in a future issue, please contact Greg Roberts at 405-424-1452 or groberts1960@ gmail.com

HISTORIC FOOTNOTE:

LFD just received this rig!

Quint 1 2018 Sutphen 1500 pump / 500 tank / 75’ ladder

Lindsay was founded in January 1902 when the Santa Fe and the Rock Island railroad companies linked their lines halfway between Chickasha and Pauls Valley. Lindsay was named after Lewis Lindsay, a local area farmer who donated 440 acres of land for the townsite.

A - 1939 Ford/General-Detroit 500 pump / 150 tank (Steve Loftin photo) B - E-1 2004 Freightliner/American LaFrance 1500 pump / 1000 tank C - E-2 1976 Ford/Boardman 1000 pump / 500 tank

Rescue-28 2007 HME Ahrens-Fox 4x4 1250 pump / 1000 tank

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2003 Pierce Enforcer Rescue - Pumper Cummins ISL 370Hp, Allison Auto. Trans., Hale 1,500 GPM, 750 Gal. UPF Poly Tank, Full Height Compartments - Both Sides, Alum. Wheels, Extâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Front Bumper, Hyd. Ladder Rack, Hyd. 6.0kW Generator, Wil-Burt Light Tower, Air Conditioned Cab Call for Pricing

2002 E-One 95â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mid Mount Platform Detriot S-60 500Hp Eng., Allison Auto. Trans., Hale 2,000 GPM Pump, Poly 300 Gal. Tank, 95â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4-Section Ladder, Dual Master Streams, 10.0kW PTO-Hyd. Gen., 120V Scene Lighting, 127â&#x20AC;&#x2122; of Ground Ladders, Very Low Mileage Call for Pricing

2002 HME Central 104â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Platform Detroit S-60 470Hp, Allison Automatic Trans., Waterous Two-Stage 1,500 GPM, 400 Gal. Poly 104â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Aerial Ladder Platform, Akron Electric Master Stream, Breathing Air @ Tip, Hydraulic 6.0kW Gen., Scene Lights, 120V Cord Reel Call for Pricing

2007 Pierce Enforcer Custom Pumper Cummins 330Hp Diesel w/Allison Auto. Tran., Waterous 1,250 GPM, 750 Gal. UPF Poly Tank, Extâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Front Bumper w/Discharge, Honda Gen. Scene Lights, Rescue Style Comptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s., Ladder Rack, SCBA Bottle Storage, Federal Q2B Siren, Air Conditioned Cab

2006 E-One Typhoon Custom Pumper Detroit S-60 500Hp Engine, Allison Auto. Trans., Hale 1,250 GPM Pump, 750 Gal. Poly Tank, Booster Reel, (2) Crosslays, Rear 4â&#x20AC;? Pump Intake, SCBA Bottle Storage in Wheelwells, SCBA Seating, Electric Ladder Rack, Air Conditioned Cab Call for Pricing

1997 Ford 2-Dr. E-One Pumper Ford 240HP Diesel Eng., Allison Automatic Trans., Hale 1,250 GPM, 1,000 Gal. Poly Tank, LED Light Bar, Stainless Wheel Covers, Air Horns SCBA Bottle Compartments Call for Pricing

2004 Freightliner Toyne Pumper M-B 300 Hp Diesel, Allison Auto. Trans., Hale 1,250 GPM Pump, 1,250 Gal. Poly Tank, Aux. Pump for Pump-n Roll, Full Height Compâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Both Sides, Honda 5.0kW Gen., 1,000W Telescoping, Scene Lights, Less Than 10,000 Miles Call for Pricing

2002 E-One Rear Mount 95â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Platform Detriot S-60 500Hp Diesel, Allison Auto. Trans, Hale QMax 1,500 GPM Pump, 200 Gal. Poly Tank, 95â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Aerial Ladder Platform, Arkon Master Stream PTO-Hyd. 10.0kW Gen., 120V Cord Reel, Scene Lights, Breathing Air at Platform, SCBA Seating Call For Pricing

2005 E-One Custom Rescue - Pumper Detroit Series 60 450HP, Allison Auto. Trans., Hale QMax 1,750 GPM, 1,000 Gal. Poly Tank, Extâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Front Bumper w/Discharge, EMS Compâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Inside Cab, SCBA Seating, A/C in Cab, PTOHyd. 8.0kW Gen., Scene Lights, Alum. Wheels Call for Pricing

2003 Pierce Saber Custom Pumper Detroit S-40 330Hp Diesel w/Allison Auto. Tran., Hale 1,500 GPM, 750 Gal. Tank, Deck Gun, Discharge, Front Intake, Rescue Style Comptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Hyd. Ladder Rack, 12V Inverter, Scene Lights Call for Pricing

2001 Pierce Lance 105â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ladder Detroit S-60 500Hp, Allison Auto. Trans., Hale 2,000 GPM, 500 Gal. Poly Tank, 105â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4-Section Ladder, Retractable Waterway, PTO/Hyd. 8.0kW Gen., Scene Lights, Electric Cord Reel, Low Mileage Call For Pricing

32December 2018 / January 2019Oklahoma Firefighter

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