OPEN SHIFTS: Christmas Eve 1900-0700; New Year's Eve 1900-0700. January 2, 0700-1900. January 23rd, 2 positions 0700-1900. One must be EMT. January 31 0700-1900.
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Honors: Today at 1215 we rendered honors to Firefighter/EMT-I Deb Mains. Deb served from 1980 to 1990. She was assigned to Ladder 1 (The '47 Perch). She was one of our first intermediate EMTs. Ladder 82 was extended over Route 35 when the funeral procession came through.
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Blood Drive: Tomorrow 0900-1400.
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Santa Visit: Tomorrow 1600-1800. Lyman Parks & Rec will here around 1500 to help set up.
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Congratulations to our newest Advanced EMT, Jake Cole.
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Engine 83: Will be out for maintenance next week.
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Respiratory Questionnaires: It's that time of year again. The respiratory questionnaires are in your mail slots. Please complete them, seal them in the envelope provided, and return it to Captain Harris. Annual physicals are due next month.
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Search & Rescue Training: The December FF training topic is Search & Rescue. We have reserved MFSI's SCBA training trailer is in our back yard. We have it all week. Let's make good use of it while it's here.
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Advanced EMT Class: YCCC and APEMS will be holding a AEMT course in Biddeford starting this January. If you're interested, please come talk with me.
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Coffee Break Training: Developing Yourself as a Leader
Learning Objective: The student will be able to consider ways to build and improve himself or herself to develop his or her leadership skills.
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From the USFA: Stay current on what's appearing in the fire and emergency services sectors' most trusted sources. What you'll find in this update: Fire/EMS Research Monitor - links to descriptions of more than a dozen recent studies. Direct links to some of the latest online articles from Fire & rescue, Case Studies in Fire Safety, International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, Fire Note, Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Fire-Rescue Magazine and more. Descriptions of some of the latest published scholarly research as well as professional trade journal articles on fire, EMS and all-hazards topics. This update includes citations to recent issues of JEMS, Fire Risk Management, International Fire Protection, Size Up, WNYF and Fire Engineering, FS-World, NFPA Journal and many more.
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Personnel Records: All fire department personnel records have been relocated from the fire station to the Lyman Town Hall. Lisa Vargas will maintain our personnel files. This was done on the advice of the Town attorneys for several reasons. We are all employees of the Town of Lyman, our records should be maintained and located with all other Town employees. If you wish to review your personnel file, please make an appointment with Lisa during normal business hours.
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Pay Day change: We are in the process of moving all fire department financial activities from our own employer ID number, to Lyman's employer ID number. This change will be transparent to most of you. But, what may change in a few weeks is our actual payday. At some point in January, we may have one short pay period to make this adjustment. More to follow.
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Next Chiefs Call: Tuesday December 29th at 1830.
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Events next week: Sunday: EVO3 test 0900. Monday: Engine 83 goes to East Coast for maintenance. Tuesday: 1830 FF Training Search & Rescue. Thursday: 0900 FF Training Search & Rescue. Aeriel testing.
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Navy: I will be out of town next week for the Navy.
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Best of luck and skill to our EVO3 testers on Sunday!
Chief
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Roger S. Hooper, Fire Chief
Goodwins Mills Fire-Rescue
481 Goodwins Mills Road
Lyman, ME 04002
Office: 207-499-7878
Station: 207-499-2362
Fax: 207-499-2893
www.gmfd.org
