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Epitomizing the emergency services STORY AND PHOTO

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t would not be easy to pick just one person that represents the spirit and nature of volunteerism in Sullivan County.

After all, the area is almost completely supported by voluntary emergency services. However, there is one man who epitomizes the Sullivan County volunteer: Eldred resident Charles “Chuck” Myers.

Myers was born and raised in Eldred. From his home (a 110year-old house on the hill of Route 55 overlooking Eldred) you can see the location where he was born in 1926. Now the site of Peck’s Market, it was once the Myers family home.

Chuck graduated from Eldred Central School and entered the Army serving in World War II. Myers served in the European Theater (France, Germany, and Austria) until the war’s end in

1945, and stayed an extra year as part of the occupation troops. He returned home and after two weeks back on American soil, married his high school sweetheart, Ruth. They would be married for 67½ years before Chuck lost his beloved Ruth to an extended illness.

After being discharged from the Army, Myers became a member of the Sylvan-Libla American Legion Post 1363, organized in 1946. Members would meet and brainstorm about how to build a post home. They thought they could fund the post with a bar, but at the time the Town of Highland already had 32 other barrooms.

Two members suggested they knew where to get a second hand ambulance, and on October 1, 1948 the American Legion Volunteer Ambulance Corps was born. The members, who all had first aid training from their time in the service, went on their first

Nearing 66 years of dedicated volunteering call on November 8, 1948 in a 1936 Packard ambulance with a donated first aid kit from a drugstore in Middletown and some home-made splints.

“It just progressed from there.

We garaged our ambulance at first at the Eldred Central School.

I had one of two sets of keys because I lived the closest,” Chuck remembered.

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Chuck Myers holds the favorite of his over 1600 strong ambulance collection. The commissioned model is an exact replica of the American Legion Volunteer Ambulance Corps’ very first ambulance, a 1936 Packard. Chuck shares his collection for display at Bon Secours Hospital and the Town Hall in Eldred on a rotating basis. Some of his models date back to World War II, others are more sentimental and many are whimsical.

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small fire truck and ambulance were kept.

“Our Packard served us for quite a few years, until 1965, when we purchased our first brand new ambulance, a 1965 Cadillac. We could fit four stretchers in there, and now had oxygen supplied by our Ladies Auxiliary.”

The Legion would continue to grow to serve the community, working again with the Yulan Fire Department and a grant from the town to build a two-bay garage at the Town Hall that held both ambulances and a fire truck. They would expand their fleet to now include a box-type ambulance that would just fit in the new garage with their Cadillac rig and Yulan’s fire truck.

And Chuck Myers was there for all of it. A life member of both the Volunteer Ambulance Service and the Yulan Fire Department, Chuck still holds volunteerism in a very high regard.

He worked for 33 years for the Sullivan County Department of Public Works (DPW ) while Ruth

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worked as the secretary at the Eldred Central School.

They had one son, Robert, and traveled the country (seeing every state, and all but two Canadian provinces). But he always made time for the Ambulance Corps, Legion, and Fire Department.

“I am semi-retired now.

When my wife wasn’t well, I stayed home with her and didn’t go on a lot of calls unless I had some help here,” Chuck said.

“Now, I seldom go on calls.

I can’t lift as much, and I only go during the day. The average ambulance call, with paperwork and cleanup, takes about two hours. My EMT certification expires in October and I won’t renew it this time.”

At 88, Myers looks back on his years of service with a great sense of joy.

“My fondest memory is the culmination of all of our years of work in building the Ambulance building on 2.5 acres of donated land on Collins Road in 2000,” he said. “Before that, it was when we were able to, with the

help and generosity of the community, buy our first brand new ambulance in 1965.”

Myers has seen the volunteer service change as well: their first ambulance cost $875 in 1948; a new rig today runs about $175,000.

The American Legion Post owns the ambulances and the building, and continues to serve the community with a corps of dedicated volunteer drivers, EMTS, and members.

With all of that help, Chuck Myers is able to enjoy his semi-retirement. He continues to add to his collection of over 1,600 miniature ambulances, sharing the collection at Bon Secours hospital (he rotates it monthly) and the Town Hall in Eldred. He continues to serve as treasurer of both the Legion and the Ambulance Corps.

“I will probably pass that job on too,” he said, “...one day.”

‘Two members suggested they knew where to get a second hand ambulance, and on October 1, 1948 the American Legion Volunteer Ambulance Corps was born.’

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Grants beef up its life-saving mission STORY AND PHOTO BY ELI RUIZ HARRIS — With extensive renovations, crucial new hires, equally crucial new equipment and aggressive growth over the last three years, Catskill Regional Medical Center (CRMC) has leveraged various state and federal grants in positioning itself to be “a hospiCatskill Regional Medical Center Emergency Department (ED) Director, Dr. Carlos Holden, stands with “Dr. Polly.” The Polycon Real Presence Practitioner Cart 800 was purchased, along with a laundry list of other crucial ED equipment, through a New York State HEAL 15 grant the hospital picked up in February. The grant, valued at $350,000, went entirely to the emergency department at Catskill Regional.

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tal that truly reflects the needs of the community as a whole in Sullivan County,” according to Emergency Services Clinical Director Wendy Brown.

Last year the hospital opened a newly renovated mental health unit and just a few weeks ago officially opened its brand new private practice primary care center. Currently the west wing of the hospital’s second floor is undergoing a complete renovation, and as Brown puts it, “They’re actually going through the entire hospital and upgrading the entirety of it.”

But possibly the most extensive growth at CRMC has taken place in arguably its most important unit: The Emergency Department (ED).

Since renovations began in earnest in 2011, the ED at Catskill Regional has nearly doubled in size from 14 to 26 beds, and through the procurement of new, crucial, lifesaving equipment, the unit has been able to expand its offerings as well.

Through this expansion of services the ED has been able to drastically cut down on the percentage of patients shipped out to other facilities, an achievement that will drastically cut down the amount of time it takes for a patient to receive the care they may need.

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“I see around 2,000 patients a month, on average,” offered ED Director, Dr. Carlos Holden. “I’d have to say our transfer rate is about three percent usually. We take care of almost everything.”

And through a recent New York State Healthcare Efficiency and Affordability Law (HEAL) 15 grant, the hospital is further looking to enhance emergency patient care through an initiative to become a designated New York State Department of Health Stroke Center.

As a designated Stroke Center, CRMC will maintain an expert “Stroke Team” comprised of highly trained physicians, nurses and technicians with the ability to treat stroke patients quickly and effectively through the use of the latest medicines, techniques and equipment to minimize brain damage.

In fact, the grant has allowed the emergency department to purchase $350,000 in much-needed, cuttingedge equipment. These include new bariatric ED stretchers that can weigh

the patient, Life Pack One of the very few 20 cardiac monitors, services the ED at Pro Pack transport Catskill Regional does monitors, a new supnot offer is burn care, ply room stocking sysbut as Brown extem, a MUSE EKG plained, “We now have machine, an Omni an arrangement with single dose dispensing Lehigh Valley Hospital, system, 8 Stryker which is a designated “Prime TC” nesting Burn Center. The flight wheel chairs with IV from here to Lehigh pole, an oxygen tank, Valley is comparable to digital cameras and flying to Westchester much more.

[Medical Center], and And possibly the even Albany, so if most advanced, cru- Dr. Carlos Holden somebody comes in cial piece of equipand they have a burn, CRMC Emergency ment the ED has what they’ve [Lehigh recently obtained is its Department Director | Valley Hospital] found Polycon Real Presence is that many times Practitioner Cart 8000, people are transferred for its Stroke Program; there unnecessarily a sort of doc-on-wheels affectionate- when they could have stayed here, or ly dubbed “Dr. Polly.” Dr. Polly allows they’re not transferred when they for real-time consultations between should have been. In an effort to get patients and off-site specialists. patients to the appropriate level of Similarly, and through a partner- care, we now have a mechanism very ship with Lehigh Valley (PA) Hospital, similar to Polycon which will allow it the ED has implemented a system to simply take a picture of a burn, called “Teleburn.” send it to the specialists at Lehigh

‘I see around 2,000 patients a month, on average. I’d have to say our transfer rate is about three percent usually. We take care of almost everything.’

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This goes a long way toward ensuring these patients get the appropriate level of care.”

The ED’s new MUSE EKG (electrocardiogram) machines are part of the hospital’s STEMI Program. STEMI, which stands for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, is the most dangerous type of heart attack, involving a sudden blockage of one of the three coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. Without blood, the heart muscle will die.

The STEMI Program drastically reduces the diagnosis and treatment times of cardiac patients, specifically those suffering from this deadly type of heart attack, by allowing the hospital to react faster, prepare for the patient’s arrival and cut down on the time from the initial 911 call to the patient entering the catheterization lab. “It really helps expedite EKGs to meet our goals and get patients catheterized when they need to be catheterized,” said Brown.

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“Still another thing that we’re doing from an ED standpoint… now that we have a good physical plan and supplies and all of that, we’re doing a lot of community outreach in relation to substance abuse,” explained Dr. Holden, adding, “We’ve seen so much substance abuse coming into the ED… drug overdoses and such, so Wendy [Brown] and I are participating in the Sullivan County Rural Health Network Drug Task Force to develop some training for doctors and in the schools.”

As for the future, Brown affirms, “I think the ED right now is pretty settled as far as where it stands. I think we’re very pleased with the level we’re at right now and the progress we’ve made. Think about it, three years ago I was not interested in this hospital (Brown was hired in September of 2012). Now I’m just extremely proud to be a part of the team.”

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For Charlie Mills, it’s all about the volunteering

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nce, when structure fires were more common, firefighters entered burning, smoky interiors without the benefit of breathing equipment.

Those were the days when firemen rode unbuckled in the back of the firetrucks, or stood on half-covered platforms at the back of the cab.

And those were the days when, equipped with insulated “linemen” gloves and bolt cutters, firefighters would occasionally need to cut downed live electric wires in the course of saving a life or making a scene safer. The gloves had to be tested periodically for their insulating properties.

That’s all part of a familiar past for Charlie Mills of the Callicoon Fire Department, now in his 61st year of volunteer service. The longest serving member in the department has seen and experienced much (including the live wire cutting). He held the position of chief for five years (just don’t ask him which decade; that’s overtaxing his memory).

But it is the present and future that worry him.

There are many factors that have led to the decline of volunteerism among the wider society as a whole, but the firefighting ranks have been especially hit hard.

Many people have to hold down two jobs, or endure long commutes to work. There are more activities, more entertainment choices, and (for family men) more things their children are involved with that demand parental engagement.

It leaves little time or energy for volunteering – especially a demanding calling where one can be summoned at all hours and go through much inconvenience and, yes, even risk life and limb.

“People wanted to [join] in those days,” Mills said. “There were no computers and [other distractions] and we spent a lot of time outdoors.”

As fellow longtime firefighter Frank Hahn Jr. put it, “The fire department was the center of the community.”

“Your social life centered around the firehouse,” Mills agreed.

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Member of the Callicoon Fire Department since 1954 STORY AND PHOTO BY FRANK RIZZO

men, and then climb back down the other side. Some lost their nerve and had to stop, but again, it did not render them unfit for duty. It just meant their limitations were known.

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Charlie Mills sits on the massive chrome bumper of the 2013 KME pumper, the latest in the fire department’s lineup. It cost about $460,000.

matics these days, the training requirements have become more demanding (even burdensome, in some opinions), though the end result is a well-trained firefighter versed in all aspects of the science.

A LIFE IN FIREMATICS “I got roped into fighting brushfires before I even joined the department,” Mills said, and one early experience could have ended badly. He and fellow draftee Richard Adams approached a smoke-filled field, searching for the fire. They were each weighed down with a “backpack” five-gallon water tanker and rake.

Mills noted that withstanding such meager resources, they were often sufficient to stop a brush fire in its track. Anyway, they were suddenly confronted with the flames, and the neophytes had to rush up an embankment, jettisoning the water to make it to safety.

When he joined in 1954, the same year he opened his dealership, the 1935 Ward LaFrance was the department’s mainstay, along with a recently purchased Ford. The Ward is now the department’s antique, showcased at parades.

“It wasn’t noted for its good brakes,” Mills smiled, relating a memory of a hairy ride down a steep decline in Tyler Hill (PA) and through a narrow underpass in Cochecton.

Besides Mills, four other employees in his dealership were department members in the early years. When the siren blared, all five sprang for the doors.

“We never received one complaint because of work not done on cars because we had to be at a fire,” Mills said. “Can you imagine that happening today?”

This was decades before the Sullivan County Emergency Services Training Facility and its “burn house.” One learned a lot on the job.

Mills fondly recalled the Northeast Pennsylvania Firemen’s Association’s training weekends, with their handson learning.

The rules and regulations were fewer – and less stringently enforced.

“If the chief knew you didn’t want to climb a big ladder, he didn’t make you do it,” Mills noted. “There was no stigma involved.”

As part of their training, firemen had to climb a 40-foot extension ladder held straight up by four or five

Thanks to changes in building construction and things like outdoor burn bans and fewer deadly auto accidents and even fewer operating trains, the number of what can be called “dramatic” or “spectacular” incidents has dropped over the years.

Firefighters now find themselves responding to medical calls and carbon monoxide alarm activations and such.

It was different in Mills’ first few decades of service.

The Erie Railroad trains that traveled the river valley kept the wheel ball bearings protected with oiled cotton balls. Occasionally, when bearings failed and heat build up, a flaming cotton ball would shoot out and start a fire on the brush lining the right of way.

Derailments were also more common in decades past. Callicoon once responded to a wreck up in Long Eddy to assist the Long Eddy and Hankins departments. An auto carrier, with 10 or 12 vehicles, was lying on its side. To eliminate a potential fire hazard, Charlie was tasked with opening the gas caps on the cars and drain the gas. The toxic liquid, agitated by the motion and under pressure, literally shot out into the ground.

There was no DEC around then to make sure the gas went into approved containers.

Mills related that he saw a railroad worker using an acetylene torch nearby. It did not make him feel safe.

Though these wrecks were no laughing matter, Mills chuckled at a memory of a Heinz brand pickle carrier or two which derailed; soon, thousands of pickles were seen making their way down the Delaware River.

Sometime this year, there’ll come a day when Mills will not respond to the fire signal (called a “tone” in firematics’ parlance); he plans to formal-

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Charlie says…

“It has been a privilege to be a member of the Callicoon Volunteer Fire Department for some 60 years. It is a dedicated, professional organization handling all emergency calls within or outside our district. As with the other 10 departments within the Sullivan West School District, we need new members to continue our services to our community in the coming years. It’s fun, rewarding and a great group to be associated with.” building he is not trained to drive – though in a pinch, he could do it.

The apparatus cost the department about $460,000. Mills mentioned that nearby Jeffersonville had just ordered a $480,000 truck.

“That’s a lot of pancakes,” he chuckled, referring to the classic and popular fundraiser among departments.

THINKING OF THE FUTURE Mills has faith that people will continue to answer the call of volunteer-

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The idea of going to paid professional firefighters – “Sitting here at the firehouse, putting in their three 12-hour shifts,” as he puts it – seems impractical and costly in our rural areas. The tax base would not support it.

Mills looked at the Sullivan West School District, with its 11 fire districts serving the widespread area. He talked of the desirability of organizing a “future firefighters” club in the school, perhaps putting members through computer-based training similar to what firefighter courses offer.

If that kind of activity spurs volunteerism and enthusiasm for firematics, then the idea will be worth implementing, he noted.

Mills is proud and comfortable with his past and the contributions he and his generation have made to the emergency services.

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It’s been about 10 years since Mills was last certified as an interior firefighter. The biggest fire he was ever involved with was the 2006 conflagration at the Villa Roma Resort Hotel.

He spent many hours on hose duty.

These days he’ll do anything when he answers a call – direct traffic at a scene, hook up hoses, drive the trucks.

One recent afternoon Mills stood in the firehouse, a stone’s throw from the old Callicoon Hospital where he was born and where his father, Dr. George Mills, practiced. It is also near the home he shares with wife Grace.

The firehouse once housed his Chevrolet dealership, and the fire district bought and upgraded the structure last decade, moving from its decades-old home on Upper Main St. just down the hill.

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CALLICOON CENTER — Ron Jones’ tale is as chilling as it is all-too-common.

“I had a heart attack sitting right here,” he said at his kitchen table in Callicoon Center.

What’s not common is the fact that he survived flatlining – twice.

“Out of all the cardiac-related calls of this type that I’ve done in the past 36 years, he’s my only save,” soberly explained Sue Bodenstein, one of the EMTs on the Jeffersonville First Aid Corps who helped save Ron’s life.

That’s not an insult to her capabilities – that’s just a cold, hard fact in a world where many heart attacks don’t strike inside a hospital.

But on September 19, 2013, a series of people all did the right thing at the right time, and boy, is Ron grateful.

“There are no ‘rotten apples’ in this bunch!” he affirmed.

Start with Ron’s good friend, John

Groh. He happened to be at Ron’s home that day.

“I’m standing here in the kitchen with his wife, and he said, ‘I don’t feel quite right,’ ” John recalled.

Ron promptly collapsed in front of them both.

Neither John nor Anne Marie knew what was happening – except that Ron wasn’t breathing.

They dialed 911, and the dispatcher instructed John to begin chest compressions.

Meanwhile, the Callicoon Center Fire Department and the Jeffersonville First Aid Corps were called out, and the firefighters – who happened to be at the firehouse – arrived within minutes.

Fireman Gary Brockner took over chest compressions from John until the ambulance pulled in the driveway, followed by the State Police.

“John was instrumental, and the firemen were phenomenal,” acknowledged Sue, who was part of the team

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that checked Ron’s pulse (or lack thereof), gave him medication and applied the repeated shocks of a defibrillator.

Ron was rushed to Catskill Regional Medical Center’s Grover M. Hermann Division in Callicoon, then to the Seelig Division in Harris, where he was semi-conscious but incoherent.

“I don’t remember a thing,” he said.

That includes even visits from friends and family the entire three weeks he spent in the hospital, the last two of which were at Orange Regional Medical Center’s new facility in Middletown.

“That place is outstanding,” he marvelled.

Just as outstanding is the fact that at 70 years old, Ron is alive and well post-heart attack.

He’s got diabetes and now wears an implanted defibrillator (automatically responding to heart abnormalities), but he’s not complaining.

“I feel a hell of a lot better now than I did before,” he affirmed.

In fact, had it not been for all the tests and treatments, Ron’s doctors might not have discovered he had three cancerous spots on the outside of his lungs, which were successfully

treated with radiation.

“I was a heavy smoker and had to stop,” he explained. “I haven’t had a cigarette since the day of the heart attack. I figure, how many chances do you get?”

With the crew of locals who stand ready to assist at any time, day or night, Ron may have more chances than he thinks.

“If John wasn’t here, I wouldn’t be here, and it goes right down the line,” he said of all who came to his rescue.

For his part, John’s glad to leave it to the professionals.

“I personally don’t think I could do that every day,” he remarked. “God bless all the volunteers.”

“So many people ... should give real consideration to joining one of these organizations,” urges Ron, “because they need volunteers.”

Without them, critical response times grow longer, the sense of community dissipates, and valued local institutions may disappear entirely.

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2014 Calendar of Events April Wed., April 2 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., April 5 - Callicoon Center FD Roast Beef dinner; Driver Safety Class, Delaware Youth Center, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sun., April 6 - Jeffersonville FD chicken barbecue (takeout); Woodbourne FD French toast breakfast Tues., April 8 - SCVFA, Lava; Wed., April 9 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., April 12 - Swan Lake FD Sportsman Show; Loch Sheldrake FD Annual Dinner; Easter Egg Hunt, Del. Com. Ctr. 11 a.m.

Sun., April 13 - Palm Sunday; Swan Lake FD Sportsman Show; Claryville FD breakfast; Lava FD Chicken BBQ (takeout); Kiwania Pancake Breakfast, Del. Com. Ctr. Mon., April 14 - Passover Wed., April 16 - Woodbourne FD Bingo; Thurs., April 17 - Sullivan County Fire Police, Lava Fri., April 18 - Good Friday Sun., April 20 - Easter Wed., April 23 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., April 26 - North Branch FD roast beef dinner Sun., April 27 - Hortonville FD chicken barbecue (takeout) Wed., April 30 - Woodbourne FD Bingo

May

Sat., May 3 - Hortonville FD 100th Anniversary Dinner; Neversink FD Chief’s Inspection Dinner; St. Francis Church Penny Social, Youngsville Firehouse, 6 p.m.

Sun., May 4 - SCVFA Memorial Service, Government

Center; Forestburgh FD pancake breakfast; Kenoza Lake FD pancake/French toast breakfast Wed., May 7 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sun., May 11 - Mother’s Day; Woodridge FD pancake breakfast; Hortonville FD pancake breakfast; Claryville FD breakfast Tues., May 13 - SCFVA Executive Meeting Wed., May 14 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Thurs., May 15 - Sullivan County Fire Police meeting, Lumberland Wed., May 22 - Woodbourne FD bingo Sat., May 24 - Loch Sheldrake FD Gun Raffle Sun., May 25 - St. Mary’s Church, Obernburg, pancake breakfast; Beaverkill FD chicken barbecue Mon., May 26 - Memorial Day; VFW Long Eddy Cemetery Service, 1 p.m., Luncheon/Raffle at Firehouse Wed., May 28 - Woodbourne FD bingo; SC Fire District meeting

June Wed., June 4 - Woodbourne FD bingo Sun., June 8 - Neversink FD Horseshoe Tournament; Callicoon FD pancake breakfast; Callicoon Tractor Parade Tues., June 10 - SCVFA Election/Annual Meeting, Liberty Wed., June 11 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., June 14 - Flag Day; Monticello FD 200 Club; Hurleyville FD Bill Carlson Golf Classic, Terry Brae; North Branch FD chicken bbq (takeout); United Reform Church - Youngsville - chicken barbecue drive thru Sun., June 15 - Father’s Day; Claryville FD pancake breakfast Wed., June 18 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Thurs., June 19 - Sullivan County Fire Police meet-

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Sun., July 27 - Youngsville FD pancake breakfast; Wed., July 30 - Woodbourne FD Bingo

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July Wed., July 2 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Thurs., July 3 - Kenoza Lake Methodist Church Rummage Sale

Fri., July 4 - Independence Day; Narrowsburg FD parade, 2 p.m.; Kenoza Lake Methodist Church Rummage Sale Sat., July 5 - Kenoza Lake Methodist Church Bake Sale; Kenoza Lake Methodist Church Rummage Sale

Sun., July 6 - Long Eddy FD Golf Tournament Tues., July 8 - SCVFA Executive Meeting Wed., July 9 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sun., July 13 - Lake Huntington FD pancake breakfast

Wed., July 16 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Thurs., July 17 - Sullivan County Fire Police, Kauneonga Lake

Fri., July 18 - St. Francis Church, Youngsville, Giant Bazaar 6 p.m.

Sat., July 19 - Loch Sheldrake FD 200 Club; St. Francis Church, Youngsville, Giant Bazaar 6 p.m.

Sun., July 20 - Claryville FD breakfast; Swan Lake FD golf outing; Jeffersonville FD pancake breakfast Wed., July 23 - Sullivan County Fire District mtg; Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., July 26 - St. Mary’s Church - Obernburg, tricky tray; Kenoza Lake FD chicken barbecue; Kenoza Lake Methodist Church bake sale; Callicoon Street Fair;

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2014 Calendar of Events Monday., Sept. 1 - Labor Day Wed., Sept. 3 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., Sept. 6 - Callicoon Center FD 100th anniversary parade; Kenoza Lake Methodist Church rummage sale

Sun., Sept. 7 - Woodbourne FD chicken barbecue; Yulan St. Anthony Church, Blue Mass Tues., Sept. 9 - SCVFA Executive Meeting Wed., Sept. 10 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Thurs., Sept. 11 - Patriot Day

Sat., Sept. 13 - SCVFA 86th Annual Parade, Monticello; Yulan FD Von Steuben Day Festival; Hortonville Presbtyerian Church barbecue (advance only); United Reform Church, Youngsville, chicken barbecue drive thru Wed., Sept. 17 - Woodbourne FD Bingo

Thurs., Sept. 18 - Sullivan County Fire Police, Nar-

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Wed., Oct. 8 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., Oct. 11 - Loch Sheldrake FD Sportsmens Benefit

Sun., Nov. 9 - Neversink FD Ladies Aux. Holiday gift

Dinner; Kenoza Lake FD roast beef dinner Sun., Oct. 12 - Hankins/Fremont FD pancake breakfast Mon., Oct. 13 - Columbus Day Tues., Oct. 14 - SCVFA Poster Contest, Long Eddy Wed., Oct. 15 - Woodbourne FD Bingo; Thurs., Oct. 16 - Sullivan County Fire Police, Smallwood; Sat., Oct. 18 - Jeffersonville FD roast beef dinner Sun., Oct. 19 - Claryville FD breakfast; Monticello FD pancake breakfast; Callicoon Center FD chicken BBQ Wed., Oct. 22 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., Oct. 25 - Youngsville FD roast beef dinner; Halloween Dance, Del. Com. Ctr. 8 p.m.; Halloween Parade, Del. Youth Ctr. Sun., Oct. 26 - Neversink FD breakfast Wed., Oct. 29 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Fri., Oct. 31 - Halloween

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Sat., Sept. 27 - Monticello FD sportsman raffle Sun., Sept. 28 - North Branch FD pancake breakfast

Wed., Oct. 1 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Fri., Oct. 3 - Yom Kippur Sat., Oct. 4 - St. Francis Church Penny Social,

Sun., Nov. 2 - End of Daylight Savings Time; Swan Lake FD French toast breakfast; Hurleyville FD pancake breakfast Tues., Nov. 4 - Election Day; Loch Sheldrake FD Election Day dinner; Kenoza Lake Methodist Church Soup & Chili Sale, Kenoza Lake Firehouse Wed., Nov. 5 - Woodbourne FD Bingo Sat., Nov. 8 - Woodbourne FD Veterans Day parade; Callicoon Center FD ham/turkey raffle, 7 p.m.; Forest-

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Grahamsville FD 205 Main St., PO Box 331 Grahamsville, NY 12740 Ed McCarthy • 985-2260

Callicoon FD 9305 Route 97 PO Box 806 Callicoon, NY 12723 Mark Murphy • 887-4233

Hankins-Fremont Center FD 20 Newman Hill Rd., PO Box 164 Hankins, NY 12741 Matt Hubert • 887-2028

Callicoon Center FD 1669 Gulf Rd. PO Box 144 Callicoon Center, NY 12724 George Schmidt • 482-3020

Highland Lake FD 144 Highland Rd., PO Box 65 Highland Lake, NY 12743 Warren Wagner • 557-8788

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Hortonville FD 100 Main St., PO Box 71 Hortonville, NY 12745 Peter Norton • 887-5177

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Lumberland FD 1088 County Route 31, PO Box 91 Glen Spey, NY 12737 Don Hunt Jr. • 856-2041

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American Legion Post #1363

PO Box 63, Eldred, NY 12732

557-8915

Bethel Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc.

PO Box 31, White Lake, NY 12786

583-5004

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718-998-9000

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PO Box 4, Lake Huntington, NY 12752

932-8138

Grahamsville First Aid Squad, Inc.

PO Box 152, Grahamsville, NY 12740

985-2331

Jeffersonville Volunteer First Aid Corps, Inc.

PO Box 396, Jeffersonville, NY 12748

482-3110

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PO Box 1, Livingston Manor, NY 12758

439-4150

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PO Box 91, Glen Spey, 12737

856-2041

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PO Box 525, Wurtsboro, NY 12790

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7. If you really must get out of a second-story window, look for a ledge and always face the building structure when exiting a window on an upper floor. From a second story, if you have to hang, you might get closer to the ground and you could potentially let go and fall to safety.

The truth of the matter is that you are probably a lot safer staying put and trying to compartmentalize by closing doors between you and the fire, prevent the smoke from coming into the room, and putting something over your nose and mouth to filter the air and hoping for the best.

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1. React as soon as you hear your smoke alarm go off. If you see fire, try to exit your home as safely as possible.

Do not try to grab your phone, valuables, or your other important possessions. Your only concern should be getting yourself and your family members out safely. You may only have a few seconds to escape safely, so ignore

you have to walk by or through a heavily smoke-filled room.

4. Stop, drop, and roll if your clothes catch fire. Rolling around will smother the fire quickly. Cover your face with your hands as you're rolling to protect yourself.

5. If you can't escape your home and are waiting for help, you can still take some measures to ward off the smoke and stay safe. Close your door and cover all vents and cracks around it with cloth or tape to keep the smoke out for as long as you can.

6. If you are trapped in your second story room in the event of a fire, do what you can to get yourself to an area where people will be able to hear you or see you. You can take a sheet or something else – white preferably – and hang it out the window to signify that you need help when the first responders get there. Be sure to close the window – leaving it open draws the fire towards the fresh oxygen.

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all secondary concerns that have nothing to do with staying alive.

2. If you see smoke under a door, then you cannot go out that door, because smoke is toxic and fire is sure to follow. Before opening a door, put the back of your hand up to the door to make sure it doesn't feel hot. If the door feels cool, then open it slowly and pass through it. If the door is hot or there's smoke under it and there are no other doors to pass through, you will have to try to escape through a window.

3. Protect yourself from smoke inhalation. Get low to the floor and crouch or crawl on your hands and knees to evade the smoke. Though you may think that running is faster, encourage your family members to crouch or crawl, too. Smoke inhalation causes people to become disoriented and can even render a person unconscious. Knowing this, you should cover your nose and mouth if

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The NFPA website (www.nfpa.org) has a downloadable escape plan grid which it touts as “a great way to get children involved in fire safety in a non-threatening way.” (See sidebar, “Making a home fire escape plan”)

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Making a home fire escape plan person too, in case the designee is not home during the emergency.

9. Tell guests or visitors to your home about your family’s fire escape plan. When staying overnight at other people’s homes, ask about their escape plan. If they don’t have a plan in place, offer to help them make one. This is especially important when children are permitted to attend “sleepovers” at friends’ homes.

See NFPA’s “Sleepover fire safety for kids” fact sheet.

10. Allow children to master fire escape planning and practice before holding a fire drill at night when they are sleeping.

The objective is to practice, not to frighten, so telling children there will be a drill before they go to bed can be as effective as a surprise drill.

11. It’s important to determine during the drill whether children and others can readily waken to the sound of the smoke alarm. If they fail to awaken, make sure that someone is assigned to wake them up as part of the drill and in a real emergency situation.

12. Practice your home fire escape plan twice a year, making the drill as realistic as possible.

Source: National Fire Protection Association

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1. Draw a map of your home. Show all doors and windows.

2. Visit each room. Find two ways out.

Check to make sure the escape routes are clear.

3. All windows and doors should open easily. You should be able to use them to get outside.

4. Make sure your home has smoke alarms. Push the test button to make sure each alarm is working. Install smoke alarms in every sleeping room, outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home.

5. Pick a meeting place outside. It should be in front of your home. Everyone will meet at the meeting place. Make sure to mark the location of the meeting place on your escape plan.

6. Make sure your house or building number can be seen from the street to ensure that responding emergency personnel can find your home.

7. Talk about your plan with everyone in your home. Make sure everyone understands it.

8. If there are infants, older adults, or family members with mobility limitations, make sure that someone is assigned to assist them in the fire drill and in the event of an emergency. Assign a backup

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