OPEN SHIFTS: June: Sun 6/16 0700-1900. Tue 6/25 0700-1900 and 1900-0700. Wed 6/26 0700-1900. Fri 6/28 0700-1900 and 1900-0700. July: Wed 7/3 0700-1900 and 1900-0700. Thu 7/4 0700-1900 and 1900-0700. Sat 7/6 0700-1900 and 1900-0700.
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DUTY OFFICER: Tonight: AChf Duross. Tomorrow: Day: Lt Pendleton. Night: Capt Martin.
Sunday: Capt Daniels. Duty Chief: Chief Hooper.
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MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS: Thank you to everyone who helped get things ready. Flags through the village, cemetery flags, trucks cleaned up, etc. The Chaplain did a terrific job as MC. The main event had to be Lily Harris and her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. WOW!
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CONGRATULATIONS: FF Guillemette has accepted a position with the Saco Fire Dept. Sandy will be remaining with us on a per diem basis. I will be posting the vacancy next week.
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M&M ROUNDS: No these aren't chocolate candies. Dr. Brown is going to start holding M&M Rounds with our EMS providers to discuss medical calls, trends in EMS, etc. The first session will be on June 25th.
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STUDENT DRAFT: Capt Martin and FF Fowlie are selecting our students for next year. The draft starts tonight and ends tomorrow afternoon.
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GRADUATION BBQ: June 4 at 1730. The Deputy has sent out an email and a list of things to bring.
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FIRE ACADEMY GRADUATIONS: June 18 at 1900 at Sanford High School. Classes graduating are: YC Firefighter I and II, NB Firefighter I and II, SRTC Firefighter I and II, Basic Fire Officer, Fire Instructor I and II, Fire Investigator. Class A uniform, or equivalent.
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CALL VOLUME: We've run on 299 calls year to date. We're about 27 calls behind this point last year. At this point last spring we'd had 10 grass/brush fires. This year we've had 1. Last year we had 44 calls for storm damage. This past winter we had 8 storm damage calls. Interestingly though, we've treated 208 patients, about 28 more than this point last year.
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BUSIEST TIMES in May:
May 2018: Busiest day of the week: Saturday. Busiest hour of the day: 1400. Total calls: 67.
May 2019: Busiest day of the week: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are tied. Busiest hour of the day: 1100. Total calls: 60.
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BASIC FIRE SCHOOL: Week 3 starts Monday.
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OFFICERS MEETING: June 6 at 1830.
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TOWN MEETINGS: Lyman Wednesday June 12 at 1830 at Lyman School. Dayton Thursday June 13 at 1900 at Dayton Town Hall.
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PER DIEM TEMPLETED SHIFTS: If you hold a templeted (scheduled) per diem shift, or want a templeted per diem shift, you are required to have three of these four skill sets FF, EMT, EVO2, be an appointed officer. If you are missing one of these quals, June 30 is the deadline to complete qualifications. Please contact me if you have questions.
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DEPT OUTING: August 24th at Homestead Campground. Flyer is on the bulletin board.
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FIRST NET: As a First Responder you can purchase cell phone service from First Net. First Net is administered by AT&T. A flyer is posted on the bulletin board. www.firstnet.com
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The EMR-ISAC InfoGram for May 30, 2019 contains the following articles:
1. Close Your Door program fights fire with science
2. Drill of the Dead: mass dispensing during the zombie apocalypse
3. CISA hosting webinar on upcoming 2019 hurricane season
4. NIMS Training Program refresh released, FEMA requesting comments
5. Cyber Threats
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Events Next Week: Extrication class at Copart's on Saturday. Basic Fire School Monday and Wednesday. GMFRA Tuesday and BBQ. All officers on Thursday.
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Have a great weekend,
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
Cell: 207-432-0390
Station: 207-499-2362
Fax: 207-499-2893
www.gmfd.org
"What makes Firefighters courageous in my eyes isn't what they do
day in and day out, it's what they are willing to do at any given moment."
--Frank Viscuso, author Step Up and Lead.
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