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.
Also, the following people have attained certification:
Congratulations from the Chief for enhancing your knowledge for the safety of the community.
Paramedics wed!
Fleet
wood 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!!
Fleet
wood 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