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Congratulations: Nikole St. Germain and Josh Walls completed the SMCC Fire Academy today!
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EVO2 Recerts and SCBA Fit Tests: Lt Daniels has sent out the lists of those who have not completed these two requirements. If you received that e-mail and still haven't completed your EVO2 recert and/or SCBA Fit Test please get this done before Friday, September 1st. If it is not completed by this deadline, I will suspend your certification and adjust pay rates accordingly. Not something I want to do. Both of these items are Maine BLS requirements. For those of you who have completed these items, thank you! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Lt Daniels, AChf Harris, or me.
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Chief's Call: Tuesday, August 29 at 1830. I was hoping to do burgers and dogs on the grill, but I don't think we've got that organized.
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The EMR-ISAC InfoGram for August 24, 2017 contains the following articles:
1. Crashes, Traffic Still Deadly for First Responders
2. HSIN Access for Campus Public Safety/Police
3. Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire
4. Mental Health, Spiritual Care in Emergencies
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York County Fire & EMS School: September 23 and 24. A flyer is on the bulletin board. I have not seen any training requests yet. I highly recommend the "Got Big Water" class, New England FOOLs or "Advanced Extrication on the Fly".
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Firefighter Judgment Errors While Wearing PPE: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is necessary for firefighter safety. However, PPE is heavy, bulky, and increases the physiological burden of firefighting. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found that firefighters make errors in perception when judging their abilities to navigate obstacles while wearing PPE. These types of errors could increase the risk for injury on the fireground.
Research takeaways:
-Firefighters misjudged their ability to step over, duck under, or squeeze through obstacles while wearing PPE. In particular, firefighters drastically overestimated their abilities to duck under obstacles — that is, they made contact with obstacles that they thought were passable.
-Misjudging movement abilities in PPE may lead to contact with objects and poor navigation choices while on the fireground.
-To reduce these errors in judgment, firefighter training should focus on increasing awareness of this problem and provide firefighters with repeated exposure to challenging obstacles.
-Increasing awareness of these errors and providing training for navigation over, under and through obstacles while wearing PPE could ultimately lead to a decrease in slips, trips and falls. FMI: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/current_events/082417.html#disclaimer or http://usfa.kohalibrary.com/app/work/241514
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Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirts. Lt Martin is taking orders for these t-shirts. They are available in short sleeve and long sleeve. Money can be placed in an envelope and placed in Lt Martin's mailbox (with your name on it) OR given to him in person. Deadline for ordering is WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30th. A copy of the design is on the bulletin board. Please note the pink for the lettering will be the same as the hose design. Any questions please contact Lt Martin.
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Fire Prevention Week: October 8-14. We will be holding an open house on Wednesday, October 11th. Capt Lang is heading that effort. This year's theme "Every Second Counts, Plan Two Ways Out!" https://t.co/EhCBQo3lXj
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GMFRA Car Wash: GMFRA will be holding a car wash at the station on Saturday, September 9th from 0800 to 1600. Going to need some help washing too. Please stop by and help out.
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2nd Annual Lobster Bake and Steak Social: GMFRA is hosting this event for FD members and families. Date is Sunday, October 1st, 1200-1600. It has been referred to as "the best dang wachta ma call it lobsta bake in the nohtheast!" There is a sign up in the Ops Room. Lieutenant Daniels is heading up this event.
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Events Next Week: Monday; Students start classes. 1900 Traffic Control Training. Tuesday: Chief's Call 1830.
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Have a great weekend.
R/
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
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