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Glendale Fire and Rescue News March 2004 CHIEF’S NOTES Congratulations to our fire department award recipients. We re- cently had an opportunity to recog- In This Issue nize and honor several outstanding stu- dents, civilians and public safety pro- Chief’s Notes . .1 fessionals for their brave, self-less acts Annual Awards Banquet . .3 and hard work. From our Junior Fire Fire Prevention Bureau News . 5 badge winners, Cindy Nguyen and Training Section News . .7 Anna Bouchard, to residents like Mutual/Automatic Aid Responses . .7 Kimberly Meyer (sister-in-law of our Support Section Update. 8 own Engr. Bob Meyer, retired) and Rescue Ambulance Statistics . 8 Carlos Sanchez, to members of the Glendale Police Department who Correspondence . .9 made a difference in the lives of oth- Retirement Corner . 10 ers. And our GFD personnel, who I Live Fuel Moisture Chart . 11 cannot say enough about…although Water Tender Demonstration . .12 we only recognized a few, you all get it Web Site Enhancements . .12 done “day in and day out”…we are Bob Garibay Update . .12 very proud of you. To our Distin- GFD in Action . .13 guished Service Award recipients, Captain Greg Fish, Engineer Steve Math Fun . 14 Egbert and Firefighter Joe Lopez: thank you for your dedication and Glendale Incidents: February 2004. .15 effort. April Birthdays . 16 Of special note was our Calendar . .16 guest, David Garcia, who GFD Family News . 16 tragically lost both of his legs while assisting a stranded Our Mission: motorist last year while he To prevent or reduce the loss of life was working for Monterey and the destruction of property Tow. David has a huge and the environment from fire, heart and his drive and de- medical, hazardous materials termination are an example and other emergency occurrences. to us all. He and his family are a welcome part of our fire family. Thanks Glendale Fire Department • 421 Oak Street • Glendale, California 91204 2 Glendale Fire and Rescue News CHIEF’S NOTES (cont.) to FF/PM Craig Skidmore and the Awards Committee for their efforts in preparing for this event. It was very gratifying to see us reach a significant milestone with our Metro- Glendale City Council Gus Gomez politan Medical Response System (MMRS) this past week as we enter a sustain- Rafi Manoukian ment phase with our completion of the ten basic deliverables. Our MMRS pro- Frank Quintero, Mayor Dave Weaver grams essentially helped coordinate our local health personnel for response to a Bob Yousefian mass casualty incident, including a terrorist use of a weapon of mass destruction. City Manager Many thanks to BC Joel Markss (retired) and Dr. Cheryl Lee, who first recom- James E. Starbird mended our entry into this worthwhile endeavor. Special thanks also to Fire Assistant City Manager Captain Steve Wood, who has served as Project Officer since the City Council Robert K. McFall authorized the MMRS effort on that ill-fated day of September 11, 2001. Great job, Steve. Recognition as well to BC Don Wright and our new Medical Direc- tor, Dr. Ed Noll, for their support and to Capt. Ron Gulli who, Christopher Gray with some assistance, Fire Chief will be assuming the Don Biggs role as MMRS Pro- Assistant Fire Chief ject Officer. Coordi- nation of our health and Michael Haney Fire Marshal pharmaceutical re- sources is so important Don Wright in managing any multi- Support Battalion Chief casualty incident. For- Harold Scoggins tunately, due to the Training Battalion Chief work of many, we are well poised in Glendale with a detailed planning and response effort, should the unfor- Corey Creasey tunate need arise. And we need it…nearly 60 firefighters in a community of 200,000- Battalion Chief - A Platoon plus only goes so far and multi-casualty incidents, particularly with a terrorist element, Steve Howard will require all the help we can muster and more. Battalion Chief - B Platoon Well, it happened...on March 24 – brother Bill’s birthday – we placed into service the first red engine in over 30 years. I remember a conversation many years ago with Robert Doyle Battalion Chief - C Platoon a few now-retired Chief Officers saying, “Ya know, we have to do something about that lime-yellow.” Well, it took about 18 years, but we have begun. My sincere Michael Matlock thanks to our City Council, City Manager Jim Starbird, and BC Creasey and our Sr. Executive Analyst crew who made it happen. A proud day. Lenia Scanlon Keep our Firefighter on leave with the National Guard, Bob Garibay, in your Administrative Analyst thoughts and prayers as he moves into Baghdad next week. Take good care of yourselves and those around you…people are counting on us. Janet Scollard Executive Secretary Chris Gray, Fire Chief “We Help People” http://www.GlendaleFire.org March 2004 3 ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET The annual Awards Banquet was held February 28 at the Oakmont Country Club. It was sponsored by the Glendale Fire Fighters’ Association, the Glendale Firefighters’ Club and Association, and the Glendale Fire De- partment. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Welcome GFFA President Bill Bailey New Hires Flag Salute GFC President Scott Mohlenbrok Imelda Domingo (Verdugo Fire Communications) Invocation Battalion Chief Steve Howard Introductions Fire Chief Chris Gray Awards Committee Opening Words Mayor Frank Quintero Craig Skidmore (Chairman), Doug Doody, Matthew Luchetta, Niall Foley, John McGaffin, George Special Recognition Gemind, Mike Matlock, Don Biggs David Garcia ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 2003 Junior Fire Essay Winners Cindy Nguyen, Anna Bouchard, Graham Goldich DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS On February 28, three of our employees were hon- Letters of Appreciation ored by their peers for their outstanding records of ser- Civilians: Arno Avakian, Kimmy Luc vice. To earn this award, employees must have clearly Glendale Police Department: Brendon Idolor, distinguished themselves by conducting outstanding work Harout Bouzikian, Miguel Porras beyond the requirements of their position. Their work L.A. Fire Department: Steve Marotta Glendale Fire Department: FF Cordell Harges, must be of superb quality, using exceptional creativity Engr. Mike McGee, Capt. Mario Vasquez, Capt. and skill for the improvement of the City of Glendale. Brad McMartin, Capt. Jim Clark This year’s award recipients were Fire Captain Greg Fish, Firefighter Joe Lopez and Fire Engineer Steve Special Awards Egbert. B.C. Steve Howard, Capt. Ron Gulli, Mike Matlock ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Fire Chief’s Commendation Civilians: Kimberly Meyer, Carlos Sanchez Fire Captain Greg Fish Glendale Fire Department: Capt. Stu Stefani, Engr. is a unique individual dedi- Mark Carrillo, FF Rob Bishop, FF Spencer cated to the success of the Armstrong, FF Joe Morelli, FF Chris Stavros, Glendale Fire Department Engr. Clark Cumbess through outstanding effort and enthusiasm. He came to Cadets in 2003 work for the department in Jeff Brooks, Sarah Cohan, Karlow Krikor, Hagop April of 1987 and was pro- Kurdian, Dan Rasmussen moted to Captain in January, 1998. Captain Fish is being Last Alarm recognized for his many ac- William Pendleton, John Schmidt, Willis McMullin, complishments, particularly Frank Lawry, Frances Dart including his development of the escape canisters for fire- 2003 Fire Department Promotions fighter self-rescue, his development of the fire department's Battalion Chief: Harold Scoggins response maps, his involvements in various technical projects such as NFIRS, Telestaff, database management, Assistant Fire Marshal: Dave Woods and being very helpful in developing other fields and forms Fire Prevention Coordinator: Doug Nickles for department reporting. Fire Comm. Shift Supervisor: Bryan Bruning Greg grew up in Sun Valley and graduated from Ver- dugo Hills High School in 1984. He has been married to 4 Glendale Fire and Rescue News his wife Maureen since 1987 and they have four daughters: help develop the program. He has served in the program Lauren 16, Lindsey 13, and twins Kelley and Megan, who since its inception and is constantly taking on projects to in- are 6. sure the continued development of the program. Over his career he has been involved with purchasing Steve has been married for 20 years to his wife, our new style of brush helmets, the department library Rossanne, and they have two children, Joshua (16) and project, the sewing project, Junior Fire, and as an instructor Kristina (14). Steve is an active member of his church and in the last recruit academy. He has been involved in several he enjoys backpacking, hiking and swimming. It has been areas with the Glendale Firefighters’ Association. said by other members of the department that Steve is a Captain Fish is totally dedicated to the development of model engineer and that all other engineers in the depart- young people toward careers in the fire service. He coun- ment should strive to be like him. Steve was presented sels many local residents to help them understand the paths with the Distinguished Service Award for his continued dedi- necessary to being successful in the testing process and he cation and involvement within the Hazardous Materials Pro- is presently the Assistant Administrator of the Glendale Col- gram, which has been a significant benefit to the citizens lege Arroyo Seco Fire Academy. He has his vocational and his fellow firefighters within the City of Glendale. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ certificate and teaches many classes in the evening at the ○○○○○ College. He is also working on his Associate degree through Firefighter Joe Lopez be- Glendale College and his Bachelor degree through Long Beach gan his career with the Glen- State. dale Fire Department in Janu- Greg's dedication, enthusiasm and energy have been ary of 1982. He is being rec- consistently at the highest level of standards for the Glen- ognized for his work and ac- dale Fire Department. He has achieved a great deal in the complishments during the past years he has been with us and will undoubtedly accomplish 22 years, specifically the out- a great deal more in the future.