Wolfskin Volunteer Fire Department
Oglethorpe County, Northeast Georgia
Peace in Wolfskin

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Send additions, corrections, etc. to wayne@sparkleberrysprings.com.
Please note that as of the beginning of 2015, Wayne's descriptions of training are accurate, but not official. For the official reports along with attendance please contact the new
Assistant Chief and Training Officer, Charleen Foott (foott@att.net).

May 2015

May 5: (Tue 7:00pm): First Tuesday Oglethorpe Firefighters Association meeting (Farm Bureau Office in Crawford).

May 7: (Thu 6:30pm): First Thursday Business Meeting.

May 14: (Thu 6:30pm): Second Thursday Training Meeting. Discussed response responsibilities and tactics, esp in terms of going directly to scene or station, eventually decided should go to station first except: two others have indicated they're headed there; and take a look at scene but only if on way or out of way by less than 1 minutes round trip. No more than 1 minute to check out scene. Also exemption for repeated false alarms from same residence over short period of time. Strongly suggested using number of fire depts called as indicator of potential seriousness.

May 16-17: (Sat/Sun): Firefighter Weekend. Charleen and Glenn left 5:30am on Saturday and returned 6:03pm on Sunday evening. Each took a 16-hour course. CF: Training Operations in Small Departments: This course is designed to provide students with some basic tools and skills to coordinate training in a small fire/EMS organization. A training function in a smaller department typically may include conducting training drills and coordinating training with a nearby larger city or state training function. Exam: Passed. GG: Principles and Practice of Command: This course will present principles and foundations for maintaining a command presence during emergency incidents. In addition, sie ujp, tactics, strategies, and effective communications will be discussed. No exam.

May 21: (Thu 6:30pm): Third Thursday Training Meeting. Thermal Imager was charged while pumper was run for 1 hour. Practiced using booster hose, PTO, and pump.

May 28: (Thu 6:30pm): Fourth Thursday Training Meeting. Chainsaw training: TM and MP went over prepping chainsaw with gas mix and oil, chain blade tightness, starting and safety measures, and fundamentals of cutting up medium diameter trees. (Phyllis arrived and took photos for newsletter, 30 minutes.)

June 2015

Jun 2: (Tue 7:00pm): First Tuesday Oglethorpe Firefighters Association meeting (Farm Bureau Office in Crawford).

NOTE: Jun 3: (Wed 6:30pm): Business Meeting. Changed to Wed night Jun 3 because of unexpected difficulties with attendance on Thu Jun 4 by several members. Sorry! This happens very infrequently.

Jun 6: (Sat 9:00am): County wide training - Search and Rescue. 1096 Elberton Road. See OCFFA Description for details and contact info.

NOTE: Jun 11: (Thu 6:30pm): NOTE: Postponed to 6:30pm Friday Jun 12. Second Thursday Training Meeting. We'll be looking over SalemVFD's brush truck. Sorry about the late notification.

Jun 18: (Thu 6:30pm): Third Thursday Training Meeting.

Jun 25: (Thu 6:30pm): Fourth Thursday Training Meeting.

July 2015

Jul 2: (Thu 6:30pm): First Thursday Business Meeting.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

After the Long Wait, NEWS

My apologies for the lack of posting lately. It's embarrassing to look at the June 23 date of the previous posting, but from midsummer on came a flurry of emergencies and unexpected obligations and so posting has been nonexistent since then. I will be remediating that now. (I would like to remind WVFD and community members that they can send their info or suggestions for a post to me, at hughes@plantbio.uga.edu .)

During the summer a second monthly supplemental training session was established. At first it was on Tuesdays. Good news for those who have night jobs and reserved Thursdays for VFD work: the sessions will now be on Thursday evening.

And that means Thursday Oct 12 at 6:30pm for the next supplementary training session.

We will probably begin preparing to take the Structure Fire course Saturday Nov 4 in Thomson Georgia. We'd also like two more applicants for that, since teams usually number Six, and we currently have Four. Get in touch with Ed Frey at freyinsurance@yahoo.com for more information if you're interested. Structure Fire courses are always fun, and should be taken on an annual basis.

But the crowning achievement came a month ago. Fire Chief Phyllis Jackson and two WVFD firefighters visited Winder Fire Department (Winder GA) and were gifted with 1200 feet of 3" hose. This is an extraordinary donation from the Winder Fire Department. It's a necessity for us, who have a number of structures in the area that really need that kind of output of water if required, and is required for our efforts to reduce the insurance level in the area from Class 9 to Class 8. WVFD thanks the Winder FD for their generosity in this gift, as well as others.

-Wayne

posted by Wayne Hughes @ 8:03 AM

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