Fund Drive is in full swing

If you have not received a fund drive letter from the FVFC for 2010, please let us know. We can be contacted at 610-944-7676 or email the Chief under “contact us”.

 

 

Recent Training News

 

Five firefighters from Fleetwood recently completed a 16 hour Ropes and rigging course.

The course included knot tying, basic rigging including haul and lowering systems, and stokes basket tie in’s.

• Firefighter / EMT Jeremy Emerich
• Firefighter / EMT Brian Young
• Firefighter / EMT Bill Peterson
• Firefighter Mike Wiedner
• Firefighter Josh Hertzog

 

Also, the following people have attained certification:

• Firefighter / EMT Brian Young also recently finished a confined space rescue class.
• Junior Firefighter Megan Young recently received word that she is Fleetwood’s newest EMT

 

Congratulations from the Chief for enhancing your knowledge for the safety of the community.

 

Paramedics wed!

Fleetwood paramedics Jesse Zerbe and Tiff Wagner tied the knot on Saturday 3/6/10 in Mt. Penn, with a reception following in Bern Twp.  Needless to say, there was a fair amount of fire and EMS personnel on hand to help them celebrate this joyous occasion.  Congrats to the newlyweds from the entire Fleetwood Fire Company! Click on picture at left for additional photos.

Newest Paramedic!!

Fleetwood paramedics Jesse Zerbe and Tiff Wagner  now  have a baby boy named Aiden!

Aiden was born 4/30/2010 and weighs in at  9lbs 10oz, and is 22 inches long. Baby and mom are doing fine. Jesse and Tiff want to thank everyone for their well-wishes the last few  days.

 

MedEvac Class

On May 4, Fleetwood hosted a LHV MedEvac class held at the Fleetwood High School that was taught by Phil Banks, Flight Medic from MedEvac. Fleetwood had 27 firefighters who took advantage of this training opportunity. In addition to Fleetwood,  75 members from 6 other departments also took part in the training and made a good event even better. According to Daniel Rymond, (Flight Medic and Lehigh Valley Health Network Inter-Facility Liaison,) the 102 attendees made this the largest training event Lehigh Valley MedEvac has ever done.
 

Thank you to all who assisted and attended. Companies represented included, Walnuttown, Virginville, Blandon, Oley, Lyons, and Temple. Area EMS groups were also in attendance.

 

Click on picture at left for additional photos.

 

Additional info on LVH MedEvac.

 

Kids Day 2010
On Saturday May 22 the Fleetwood Fire Co Ambulance sponsored a kids day. This is a FREE event went from 10 AM - 2 PM and included a rescue demonstration, Karate demonstration, a MedEvac landing and tour, Sheriff Kids ID me as well as a Sheriff K9 demo, and much more. We are hoping to make this an annual event. Pictures HERE