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Dewey EMS today took another step forward as Dewey EMS started 24 hour, 7 day a week operation as a Paramedic service. Dewey EMS is licensed by the state for a max of 2 ALS (advanced life support) units at one time. Congratulations to Dewey for making this milestone and advancing the care for the Saucon Valley.
At the Company meeting held November, 24th, elections were held for the office of Vice President for the 2010 year. Mr. Don Werkheiser accepeted the nomination and was elected via aclimation. Congratulations to Mr. Werkheiser.
At the Company meeting held October 27th, elections were held for the officers of the Company for the 2010 year. The offices are held from November 1, 2009 until October 31, 2010 (unless otherwise specified). The Following officers were selected at that meeting:
- President - Mike Malone (1 year)
- Vice President - Unfulfilled (1 year)
- Treasurer - Agnes Patterson (1 year)
- Recording Secretary - Vicky Delmore (1 year)
- Financial Secretary - Mark Nuss (1 year)
- EMS Captain - John Bate (2 years)
- Fire Recorder - Unfulfilled (1 year)
- Trustee - Dave Cannon (2 years)
- Trustee - Unfulfilled
- Trustee - Unfulfilled
- Sergeant at Arms - Shirley Leidech (1 year)
- Delegate - Gail Nolf (1 year)
- Alternate Delegate - Unfulfilled
The Fire Department of Dewey Fire Company held a Open House during the evening, in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week. Included during the event were demonstrations of Rope Rescue techniques, equipment used by our personnel, the Saucon Valley Joint Fire Prevention trailer, and a live vehicle fire demonstration at the conclusion of the evening. This event was well attended by the community. Check back soon for photos from this event!
The 5 volunteer fire companies that serve Hellertown and Lower Saucon Dewey Fire Co., Se-Wy-Co Fire Co., Leithsville Fire Co., Southeastern Fire Co. and Steel City Fire Co. participated in Saucon Valley's Annual Community Day. The day started out rainy and looked to be a wash out!!! But then the sun came out and a great time was had by all!!
The 5 volunteer fire companies used their joint Fire Education House in the morning to educate people on the importance of fire safety, evacuation and fire sprinkler effectiveness. The 5 volunteer fire companies then competed against each other in a firefighter competition in what hopes to turn into an annual event during Community Day. The competition consisted of a bucket brigade and a fireman's relay. Congratulations to SEWYCO fire company on winning the event!!! Thanks to all the volunteers who made this day possible.
For more information on Saucon Valley Joint Fire Safety Education efforts check out www.svfiresafety.org
Dewey EMS today took delivery of our new 2009 PL CustomType III ambulance. This unit is replacing our 1996 Horton, Ambulance 1382. Similar in style of 1381 and 1383, it will become a well used ambulance in the years to come.
(Side Bar: This unit was placed in service on 3/24/08 after passing it's PA DOH inspection.)
At the Company meeting held October 28th, elections were held for the officer of the Compay for the 2009 year. The offies are held from November 1, 2008 until October 31, 2009 (unless otherwise specified). The following offiers were selected at that meeting:
- President - Mike Malone (1 year)
- Vice President - Donald Mills (1 year)
- Treasurer - Agnes Patterson (1 year)
- Recording Secretary - Patty Mills (1 year)
- Financial Secretary - Mark Nuss (1 year)
- Assistant EMS Captain - Kyle Bartholemew (2 years)
- Fire Recorder - Gerard Gollin (1 year)
- Trustee - Steven Kiefer (2 years)
- Trustee - Gerry Malone (2 years)
- Trustee - Tom "Tex" Sively (1 year - Appointed)
- Trestee - Matt Skibo (1 year - Appointed)
- Sergeant at Arms - Shirley Leidech (1 year)
- Delegate - Gail Nolf (1 year)
- Alternate Delegate - Mike McKenna (1 year - Appointed)
At the Company Meeting held September 30th, it was announced by Chief Delmore that Engine 13-12, a 1977 American LaFrance engine, has been retired. The decision was made after some major repairs that would have been needed were discovered. Over the past 2 years, 1312 has been used very infrequently.
At the Company meeting held October 30th, elections were held for the officer of the Company for the 2008 year. The offices are held from November 1, 2007 until October 31, 2008 (unless otherwise specified). The following officers were elected at that meeting:
- President - Mike Malone (1 year)
- Vice President - Donald Mills (1 year)
- Treasurer - Agnes Patterson (1 year)
- Recording Secretary - Patty Mills (1 year)
- Financial Secretary - Mark Nuss (1 year)
- Assistant Fire Chief - Matthew Antree (3 years)
- EMS Captain - John Bate (2 years)
- Fire Recorder - Christine Lanning (1 year)
- Trustee - Greg Nolf (2 years)
- Trustee - Dave Cannon (2 years)
- Trustee - None Elected (Open office) (2 years)
- Sergeant at Arms - Shirley Leidech (1 year)
- Delegate - Kyle Bartholemew (1 year)
- Alternate Delegate - Gail Nolf (1 year)
At the Company meeting held October 31st, elections were held for the officers of the Company for the 2007 year. The offices are held from November 1, 2006 until October 31, 2007(unless otherwise specified). The following officers were elected at the meeting:
- President - Mike Malone (1 year)
- Vice President - Donald Mills (1 year)
- Treasurer - Agnes Patterson (1 year)
- Recording Secretary - Patty Mills (1 year)
- Financial Secretary - Mark Nuss (1 year)
- Assistant Fire Chief - Mathew Andree (1 years) - (Finishing out previous term of Asst. Chief)
- Assistant EMS Captain - Christopher Scherer (2 years)
- Fire Recorder - Nancy Burgos (1 year)
- Trustee - Gerry Malone - (2 years)
- Trustee - Scott Russ - (2 years)
- Sergeant at Arms - Shirley Leidech (1 year)
- Delegate - Kyle Bartholemew (1 year)
Dewey EMS today took delivery of our new 2006 Horton Type III ambulance. This unit is replacing our 1995 Horton, Ambulance 1381. A near duplicate of 1382 and 1383, it will become a well used ambulance in the years to come. Also in the past couple of weeks, Dewey EMS has added laptops to all of our units. At this point they are able to do mapping and our run reports, but in the near future we will be adding Computer Aided Dispatching, or CAD, software to our list of software. This will allow for a great decrease in the amount of radio traffic that is required between the ambulances and our dispatcher.
(Side Bar: This unit was placed in service on 3/23/06 after passing it's Pa DOH inspection.)
Dewey Fire today welcomed back into the fold Engine 13-13. However, it is a new 2006 KME Predator Chasse Class A pumper. While this truck was delivered on the 12th, the truck will not be seeing service for about a month while the fire squad places all of our equipment onto the truck in a working arrangement. This truck is equipped with a 1500gpm pump (largest for Dewey), 750 gallon water tank and 50 gallon Class A foam tank. The most unique feature of this truck, however is the addition of a CAF system, or Compressed Air Foam System. While new to the fire service as a whole, this truck represents the 1st of its kind in Hellertown, the 2nd in Northampton County (Our sister company Se-Wy-Co's 18-12 is an E-One w/ CAFS) and the 4th in the Lehigh Valley (Upper Saucon Township Fire has 2). This truck helps usher firefighting in Hellertown in the the 21st. century and beyond.
(Side bar: This unit was placed in front line service as of February 8th, 2006.)
Dewey EMS, in part due to our rising call volume over the past
few year, the last 2 in particular, received our new 2002 Horton Ambulance.
A near twin to our 1998 Horton, this truck is the newest addition to our fleet.
However, to house this new unit, we had to bid a fond farewell to the 1959 American
LaFrance engine, Engine 13-13. Hopefully with the addition of 13-83, some much
needed maintenance will be able to be completed to our other two EMS units and
will also help save some wear and tear on them as well.
(Side bar: This unit was placed in service on 10/31/02 after
passing the PA Department of Health inspection.)
The Dewey Fire Company and EMS helped celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the New Providence Fire Department in New Providence, NJ. Dewey was represented
by 12 members of the department and took both Rescue 13-41 and Ambulance 13-81
to compete in the parade. And once again, both trucks and the company faired
very well. 13-81 took 1st place for best EMS unit. 13-41 placed 2nd in the rescue
category (a combination of Heavy, Medium and Light rescues). And Dewey Fire
Company, with only 8 marchers, placed 2nd in Marching without a band. Thanks
to all who participated and helped prepare the trucks for the parade.
The Dewey Fire Company and EMS participated in the 67th Annual
Labor Day parade in Pen Argyle, PA. Once again, Dewey was successful at the parade.
Dewey Fire Company and EMS placed 1st in EMS and placed 2nd in Marching with
out a band. 10 members participated by marching and another 4 participated by
driving apparatus. Apparatus appearing and competing from Dewey include Engine
13-11, Rescue 13-41 and Ambulance 13-81. Thank you to all who participated and
prepared the vehicles for the parade.
The Dewey Fire Company and EMS participated in the annual Four
County Fireman's Parade, held this year by the Alliance Fire Company #1 in Northampton,
PA. This year was a very successful year for both Dewey Fire and EMS as well
as our neighboring fire companies as well. This year, 18 members of the company,
including Delegate Russ Ackerman, the oldest active member of our company with
over 60 years of service(!), participated in the parade. Apparatus appearing
in the parade from Dewey were Engine 13-11, Rescue 13-41 and Ambulance 13-81.
This year we were able to bring back to Hellertown the following trophies:
Best Ambulance
Second Place - Light Rescue
First Place - Marching unit less than 30 without a band
The Special Chief's Award. Thanks to all who participated and helped ready the trucks for
the parade. Also, our sister companies from Lower Saucon Township came back
with the following awards.
Se-Wy-Co Fire/Rescue - First Place - Heavy Rescue;
Leithsville Fire/Rescue - Third Place - Light Rescue and Chief's Vehicle;
Steel
City - Special Award for 63-44, their Hovercraft.
Frank Reiman, a member of the Board of Trustees, turned in
his resignation.To fill this vacancy, the company elected Rick Delmore to fill
out the term of Frank.We thank both Frank for his time and dedication and to
Rick, for stepping up to the challenge of filling the position of trustee.
The Dewey Fire Company and EMS participated in the Bethlehem
Township Halloween parade which was sponsored by the Bethlehem Township Volunteer
Fire Department. Both groups were very successful at this parade as well. Dewey
was able to achieve the following awards:
Best Ambulance
First Place - Light Rescue
First Place - Emergency Services or rescue squad
Best Overall - Men, Women and Apparatus. Congratulation and thanks to all those who participated and
helped to bring these awards to our service and our community. Also, congratulations to our sister company, Se-Wy-Co. They
too participated and were also very successful. They came back with 4 first
place trophies and a second place as well. Congratulations for a job well done
as well.
The Dewey Fire Company and EMS participated in the annual
Four County Fireman's Association Fireman's Parade which was hosted by the Cementon
Fire Co., which is located in Whitehall Township. Dewey Fire Company was successful
this year and took first place in the Light Rescue Category with Rescue 13-41.
Dewey EMS was also successful in defending their position as Best Functional
Ambulance. Congratulation and thanks to all of those who helped in preparing
the equipment for the parade. Engine 13-11 also participated in the parade,
but was not judged.
Dewey Fire Company has recently taken the possession of 20 new
Scott Health and Safety Self Contained Breathing Apparatus setups. These new Scott
Packs are from the Air Fifty Series. 18 of the packs are of the 2.2 version type
(2216 psi) and are rated for 30 minutes a piece. The other 2 are of the 4.5 version
type (4500psi) and are rated each at 1 hour. These packs are scheduled to begin
being used on or about March 3, 2001. The new air packs are lighter in weight
than the previous 2.2 types currently used and will help reduce back strain on
firefighters. The weight is decreased do to the use of Kevlar wrapped cylinders
and by the use of lightweight, but stronger aluminum frames. Also a part of both
packs is an integrated Personal Safety Device, which helps aid other firefighters
to find a firefighter who has gone down at a fire scene. The total weight of a
2.2 version Air 50 Pack is approximately 30 pounds. Also included in the package
were new voice emitters units, to help aid in communications at a fire scene.
At the company meeting held on October 31, elections were held
for the officer's of the company for the 2001 year. The following officers were
elected at that meeting:
President - Robert Kudera (1 year)
Vice President - Donald Mills (1 year)
Treasurer - Agnies Patterson (1 year)
Recording Secretary - Patty Mills (1 year)
Financial Secretary - Mark Nuss (1 year)
Fire Recorder - Anthony Branco (1 year)
Sergeant at Arms - Cindy Leidech (1 year)
2 Trustees (2 years) - Edward Snyder,
Delegate (1 year)
Alternate Delegate - Russ Ackerman (1 year)
Assistant Fire Chief - William Gillespie III (3 years)
Assistant EMS Captain - James Connell (2 years)
Dewey Fire Company and the Dewey Ambulance squad participated
in the Four County Fireman's Association's Annual parade. This year's parade
was held by the North Catasaqua Fire Department in North Catasaqua. Dewey Fire
Company placed 2nd in the Light Rescue Category. Dewey EMS took 1st place
for Best Ambulance (both ALS and BLS) and the Company as a whole took 1st place
for Best Marching Fire Company less than 30 members without a band. Congratulations
to all those who marched and helped clean the units for the parade. Engine 13-11
also traveled to the parade, but was not judged.
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