Glendale “We Help People” Fire & Rescue News January/February 2010

FROM THE FIRE CHIEF Mitigation – Prevention – Education Mud and debris flows continue to be a major concern as this winter season delivers much needed rain to the region. We entered 2010 with heavy weather systems coming through our area on a regular basis. One of the first storm systems initiated the evacua- tion of 360 homes in our recent burn areas. The Emergency Opera- tions Center was activated to coordinate the local resources to deal with the many issues that occurred. We have been very fortunate up to this point that the city of Glendale has not had any significant damage. There continues to be a major effort to keep the community informed on the current weather conditions and the very real threat of mud and debris flows. We witnessed how devastating this could be when the mud and debris flowed down Ocean View Blvd. earlier this month. We must continue to stay engaged with each and every risk we face; this effort may prevent the loss of life! On January 27, we implemented a significant change to our emergency medical system. Due to clearly defined budgetary limitations, we needed to reduce one of our five Rescue Ambulances (six FF/PM positions) and add a Basic Life Support ambulance (non-sworn hourly employees). This change is clearly a different way to provide EMS service to the community, but it can help to meet the need for an additional emergency resource. Our new Ambulance Operators have hit the ground running with this new program and will be successful with your mentoring and guidance. Many personnel have helped to make this a success up to this point. I thank those who volunteered to assist in outfitting the vehicles, teaching in the AO academy, and all the other areas needed to start up the program. Special thanks also go out to Battalion Chief Greg Godfrey (EMS) and FF/PM Steve Keys (GFFA), who put in many hours creating the initial blueprint of the program we have today. Verdugo Dispatch has entered a new era by adding a tiered dispatching component to its protocols. We have taken a conservative approach to the number of incident types that have been included in the BLS program. The responses will be reviewed periodically and modified as needed by Verdugo’s new Medical Director, Dr. Ed Noll. By design, this program will evolve gradually to allow us to carefully observe the effects of each change and resolve any issues that might arise. Congratulations to those members of the department who recently reached the milestone of serving the citizens of Glendale for 30 years: Ed Ackerman, Corey Creasey, Ron Gulli, and Mario Vasquez. Thanks for all you have done to ensure the safety of the community you serve and the success of those you work with! Congratulations also to our newly promoted Fire Captains, Richard Bush and Cordell Harges, and Fire Engineer Jason Bess. We wish you well in your new positions of leadership. Once again we face predictions of major storms this weekend. Let’s strive to remain on alert and emphasize preparedness and safety at all times. Harold D. Scoggins, Fire Chief “People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Our Mission: To prevent or reduce the loss of life and the destruction of property and the environment from fire, medical, hazardous materials and other emergency occurrences. 2 Glendale Fire & Rescue News

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Glendale City Council Frank Quintero, Mayor John Drayman Laura Friedman Ara Najarian Dave Weaver City Manager James E. Starbird Newly promoted Captains Cordell Harges and Fire Engineer Jason Bess takes the oath. Assistant City Manager Richard Bush are sworn in. Robert K. McFall Three Promoted and Sworn In Congratulations to the three members who were promoted at a pinning cer- emony at Station 21 on January 19: FF Cordell Harges and FF/PM Richard Bush were promoted to Fire Captain, and Firefighter Jason Bess was promoted to Fire Engineer. We wish them all the best in their new positions and assignments. Harold Scoggins Fire Chief

Greg Fish Battalion Chief - A Platoon Tom Propst Battalion Chief - B Platoon Anthony Arellanes Battalion Chief - C Platoon

Robert Doyle Training & Safety Chief Corey Creasey Admin. Battalion Chief Greg Godfrey Admin. Battalion Chief

(Temporarily Vacant) Fire Marshal Michael Matlock Public Safety Business Admin. Lenia Scanlon Sr. Administrative Analyst

Janet Scollard Executive Secretary

Glendale Fire Department 421 Oak St. Glendale, CA 91204 (818) 548-4814 http://www.GlendaleFire.org Jan./Feb. 2010 3

Training & Safety During the month of January, we really ramped sioned by the Los Angeles Area Operations Chiefs up for the mud and debris flow threat we faced with (LAAOC) to serve as a neutral third party review the pending rains. The Training Section conducted team for all area fire departments that request such some research and discovered some disturbing his- a review. I currently serve on the LAAOC and our tory in terms of fatalities from mud and debris flow primary objective is to “type” tactics and strategy. following significant fire seasons. The picture be- In the future, all complex after-action reviews for low is in the area of Oceanview and Verdugo Road all departments in the Los Angeles Region I area on the morning of New Year’s Day 1934. will have access to a third party review comprised of experts from various fire departments. On March 1, we will host our Recruit Orienta- tion at Station 21 at 1800 hours for the academy of 12 that commences on March 15. Captain Doody, Captain Lynch, Engineer Frazier, and Captain Marchant in a support role will carry out the tall orders of training our next generation of Glendale Fire recruits. During the month of February, we completed our latest Captain’s examination; congratulations to the nine that passed that rigorous process. Each of On New Year’s Eve 1933, a serious winter storm the probationary Captains promoted from that list caused scores of fatalities in our city. This rain event will have a new product to aid their development followed the Pickens Fire, which had burned ap- during the probationary period. We are very close proximately 7,800 acres within the footprint of the to completing a probationary Captain’s position task Station Fire. In 1978, the Mill Creek Fire burned in book which will be issued to all future new com- the same area and resulted in 12 deaths the follow- pany commanders. ing winter due to mud and debris flow. Finally, we want to welcome JoAnn Mendez As we investigated the potential, we realized that back to Training from maternity leave. She is the there were very few models for response as we pre- proud mother of beautiful twin daughters. We also pared our city and fire department. Thankfully, our want to welcome our newest Cadets that recently city fared well during the first round, but we have came on line and we look forward to their partici- learned that this is a 3-5 year threat, and a threat we pation and growth in our organization. cannot take lightly. The following link will take you – Robert Doyle, Training Officer to a detailed Public Service Announcement we pre- pared for our city in preparation for what has oc- Four New Fire Cadets curred in the past and what may occur in the future; We would like to introduce four new employees I encourage you to take a look: who have joined our Fire Cadet program: Michael http://glendale.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=54 Perez, Matthew Ovanessian, Samvel Setyan, and During this period, we also completed our Seri- Bryan Soboleski. ous Incident Investigation for the Chilton Fire. This These three gentlemen join the other three Ca- fire resulted in the hospitalization of two of our dets to bring our total up to seven. While there will firefighters; one of them endured serious third-de- be a learning curve in bringing these four up to speed gree burns. The investigation team was comprised along with the challenge of coordinating their work of subject matter experts from various other depart- schedules with their outside employers, we hope to ments in the Region I area. This team was commis- have them ready to respond to work requests soon. 4 Glendale Fire & Rescue News

Any member requesting Fire Cadet assistance tice as possible to fulfill your requests. Some of our must complete a Cadet Work Request in our File- Cadets, with adequate notice, can rearrange their maker Pro database located in the Training section outside employment schedules to accommodate if of the GFD RMS Gateway. As the Cadets’ sched- they are given sufficient time. When you see them ules permit, they will be assigned by JoAnn Mendez around the stations, please welcome our four new to fulfill the requests. Please provide as much no- Fire Cadets. – Captain Tom Marchant

Public Education News With the recent events of heavy rains The CERT program is gearing up for and mudslides, we are reminded every day the next class session starting on March 4 that as residents we must be prepared for and is still open for people to sign up. The any type of incident or disaster. The Glen- classes will be held on March 4, 11, 18, dale Fire Department’s CERT program does just and 25, from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Environmental Man- that- it trains you to help yourself, your family, and agement Center, which is located at 780 Flower St. your neighbors in the event of a large scale inci- in Glendale. Please contact (818) 548-6404 if you dent. have any questions. – Tanya Gregorian Jan./Feb. 2010 5

Emergency Medical Services BLS We graduated Ambulance Operator Academy Class 2 on February 23. Congratulations to our five newest AO’s: Samuel Benites, Manan Arshad Butt, Cory Leone, Raymond Mora, and Andrea Stanley.

Things are humming along here in EMS. Here are just a few things that we have going on:

BLS Program We graduated Ambulance Operator Academy Class 1 on January 26 and began the BLS Program at 7:30 a.m. on January 27. Congratulations to our 12 new AO’s: Timothy Chow, PTI Sarah Cooper, Timothy Free- Congratulations to Jason Broussard, Karlow man, Amira Grant-Lawrence, Krikor and Gilbert Pedroza. They will start their Michael Grofsky, Joshua Paramedic Training April 5. They are already attend- Howard, Charlie Kimball, ing Daniel Freeman prep classes and getting per- Terrence Manley, Michael sonal tutoring from Judy Grimaldi…they will do Ricker, James Rohrig, great. We are recruiting. Make sure you get your Katherine Thompson, Ara letters in by March 15, 2010…we need you! Zakarian April CE We will have CE for all Captains and Paramed- EMT Coordinator ics in April. Obviously, one of our major topics will Greg Anderson offi- be the new BLS Program. Training on filling out cially stepped into his new the forms will be a part of this. In the meantime, assignment as the EMT Coordinator for the GFD on Jan. 26. Yes, you read Rescue Ambulance Dispatches that right …the same day The following table shows the relative numbers of the AO’s graduated. Wel- RA dispatches to Glendale incidents in Jan. 2010. come, Greg! Note that RA22’s stats only run through Jan. 26. Unit # of Responses % of RA Responses DHS Audit RA21 319 23.8% We had our annual audit from the Department RA22 197 14.7% of Health Services and passed with flying colors! Ev- RA25 324 24.2% eryone did an outstanding job. Because of your hard work, DHS will put us on a two-year rotation after we RA26 355 26.5% pass with flying colors next year. Thanks again. RA29 145 10.8% 6 Glendale Fire & Rescue News

your friendly neighborhood paramedic is a great re- a convalescent home. While on scene, the staff alerted source and they would be more than happy to give them to another patient who had gone into full ar- you a company school. The training dates will be as rest. E28 and RA29 quickly mobilized to split the follows: Captains – April 19, 20 & 21 crews to handle both incidents. Capt. Vaquez immedi- Paramedics – April 26, 27 & 30 ately requested an additional Engine Company and RA. Truck 29 and RA25 arrived on scene and took EMS Form Redesign over care of the CHF patient. They were able to keep We are working to redesign our EMS forms to their patient from going into respiratory arrest and meet new DHS requirements and updates. This raise his pulse oxygen from 50% to the high 90’s. should come out in the next couple of months. Speak- RA25 transported to Verdugo Hills Hospital. ing of EMS forms… everyone is doing a great job E28 continued assisting with advanced life sup- filling them out. I appreciate your efforts in docu- port for the patient in full arrest. With the help of menting “+ PMA” (Paramedic Assessment) when ap- T29’s crew, they were able to regain pulses. E28 per- propriate. Once we get the new forms out, this will sonnel followed up with RA29 and transported the go away. Additionally, Greg Anderson is working patient to Verdugo Hills Hospital. with the AO’s to help train them with documenta- This was outstanding work by all involved. This tion. You should see them begin to fill out the whole is yet another example of the caliber of people we have throughout our organization and the level of form in the near future! care our community receives 24/7. Promotions E28 RA29 Congratulations to Ambulance Operators Tim Capt. Mario Vasquez FF/PM Kevin Samuelson Chow, James Rohrig, and Ara Zakarian on their up- Engr. Tom Stoll FF/PM Joe Donnelly coming promotion to Firefighter Recruit! They will FF/PM Kevin LaSota be starting the Firefighter Academy on March 15. FF George Gemind We thank them for their contributions in getting the T29 RA25 BLS program off the ground and wish them the best Capt. Alan Dearden FF/PM Chris Malaspino in their new career as Firefighters. Engr. Brent Mason FF/PM Gabriel Vaca FF Tony Carcioppolo Retirement FF Garrett Hine Capt. Ed Ackerman is retiring! Who would have thought time would fly by so fast. Ed’s official re- tirement date will be April 2. We will have a get- BLS Program: First 10 Days together at BJ’s here in town on March 23. Look for District # Responses a flier on a refrigerator near you soon. I would like to 21 20 thank Ed for all he has done here at EMS and for the 22 13 Glendale Fire Department over his 30 years. Best 23 0 24 2 wishes, Ed. 25 24 26 12 As always, thank you all for the great work you 27 12 do out there. If you need anything, please feel free to 28 1 contact us here at EMS. 29 5 Total: 89 Stay safe, Capt. Cody Smith, Paramedic Coordinator • Of the 89 responses, 54 resulted in a transport (61%). Right Place, Right Time • A total of 28 ALS responses were downgraded On Monday, Feb. 22, Engine 28 and Rescue Am- to BLS and 7 incidents dispatched as BLS were bulance 29 responded to a critical congestive heart upgraded to ALS. failure (CHF) patient in severe respiratory distress at Jan./Feb. 2010 7

Fire Prevention Bureau City Services Interface (CSI) property owner info and mailing address info in CIP B.C. Creasey, Foster McLean, Doug Nickles and will automatically fill in the same information in Kevin Widner have been working closely with IS the occupant screen in the LSO. and software contractor Edgesoft to increase the ease • Address number fraction and street direction of use of the CIP module in CSI. The CIP was up- added to search screen and DIL. dated with the latest round of improvements on Feb- ruary 1 and is ready for use as company inspections • Fire Blocks added to CIP – User can now begin. IS is trying to set up dates to train all users by search and sort by fire blocks. Will be able to auto- April. B.C. Creasey is working with shift B.C.’s to matically assign the new ZUC’s to the correct in- coordinate the exact times and dates. spection district by using the fire block data. Some of the major changes that can be seen are: • Form 230 added to CIP – Business and inspec- • Compound sorting – the DIL will be automati- tion info is automatically filled in by CSI. Form can cally sorted by street name, then number when the be used remotely by laptop in the field or user can screen comes up. The list can then be sorted by up print out before inspection and check violations by to three columns. For example, the data can be sorted hand if they need to. New inspection status options by district, then DBA, then complete date or any have been added to correspond to the fire inspec- combination of three columns automatically by just tion fee program. clicking the column header. • Form 201 added to CIP – fire protection sys- • Link to CIP screen from activity manager tem and business info can be automatically filled in screen for each individual CIP record. Previously, from information in CSI, although the fire protec- CSI required user to leave CIP and search for ad- tion system data has not been transferred from dress again to see the Land-Structure-Occupancy FileMaker to CSI. (LSO) relationship. • Mailing labels report was added – all ad- • Mailing addresses – user can automatically as- dresses in CIP have been formatted to print out on sign business address, manager address or property the Avery 5160 label. owner address as the mailing address by checking a • Finance report for fire inspection fee invoic- box or can fill in a different address in the mailing ing will be generated from CSI. Inspection status address field. options have been added to CIP to track length of • Filling out business owner info, manager info, inspection in 30 minute blocks for billing. • Tracking CIP at structure level – user can add inspection at Structure level. Previously, inspection could only be added to occupant level. User can now designate a record as the structure, which will be helpful for the malls, mini-malls, high rises, etc. User can also sort and search for the structure separately from the occupancies. • Inspection reports –Ability for users to create inspection reports for each district, year, and status. • ZUC’s – Planning will be entering ZUC’s di- rectly into CSI shortly. Fire and Planning are work- ing with IS and Edgesoft to identify our mandatory fields that can be used to automatically create a CIP Screen shot of the Occupancy Inspection Record in CSI. 8 Glendale Fire & Rescue News

record when the ZUC is issued and assign to the ceived its Fire Prevention final and that other de- correct inspection district. IS is also working on a partments would hopefully be finalling their respec- way to automatically notify Planning from the F230 tive portions of the building permit inspections when the fire department finds a business operating shortly thereafter. without a valid ZUC during an inspection. The owner of the dealership, Mr. Ershadi, said Edgesoft has also completed other minor it took five years to realize this accomplishment. changes from the punch list such as scrolling prob- He stated the building is actually too small and he lems, removing unused fields and buttons, renam- hopes to expand it in the future. ing fields, changing icons, updating main search The dealership is located at 1308 S. Brand (cross page and adding help tips, etc. If you have any ques- streets Cypress & Los Feliz). tions, you can contact Chief Creasey, Foster McLean, – Jeff Halpert, Engineering Project Specialist Doug Nickles, or Kevin Widner. – Foster McLean, Sr. Fire Environmental Specialist DreamWorks Approved On February 17, Inspectors Keith Kawamoto and Greg Ahern approved a Temporary Certificate of Oc- cupancy (TCO) for the DreamWorks “Lakeside Annex” project. This signoff, in conjunction with those from other city departments, allows Dream- Works employees to occupy five floors of the new seven-level building. Final signoff for this new 106,600 square foot structure is projected for early GFD Manual Revision 2010-01 March 2010. – Vasken Demirjian, Environmental The following changes have been made to the Management Coordinator Glendale Fire Policy and Procedure Manual. GFD Policies and Procedures are available through the Northern California CUPA Conference document database via GFD RMS Gateway. The California State Certified Unified Program Updated: Agency (CUPA) Forum awarded the Glendale Fire • 4-Annual Activities Department, Environmental Management Center • 4-Fire Company Reports (EMC) $6,305 in the form of five scholarships for • 4-Wellness and Exercise Glendale CUPA staff to attend the annual CUPA • 5-Reserve Ambulance Conference in Northern California. The theme of • 5-Oxygen Supply this 12th annual conference was a call to “continue • 7-Hose Testing the momentum” that has been building since the in- • 7-Multiple Victim Incident ception of the program. During this four-day conference that started on GLENDALE FIRE AND RESCUE NEWS February 1, the staff participated in various lecture Published by: Glendale Fire Department classes and received valuable training in all seven Editorial Staff: Mike Matlock and Lenia Scanlon environmental elements that are regulated by the Contributors: Harold Scoggins, Robert Doyle, Vince Glendale CUPA at 780 Flower Street. – Vasken Rifino, Cody Smith, Joanne Davis, Bill Demirjian, Environmental Management Coordinator Lynch, Craig Skidmore, Brad Boyle, Chris Malaspino, Jeff Casilli, Zack Final Permit Issued to Subaru Story, Mike Matlock, Lenia Scanlon, Jeff Fire Protection Engineer Jeff Halpert announced Halpert, Foster McLean, Tanya Greg- January 6 that the new Subaru dealership had re- orian, Jerry Jacobs Jan./Feb. 2010 9

Correspondence

Dear Chief Scoggins, that is just as important, supportive friends, who under- On behalf of the entire community, it is my honor to line that “sheltered” or “housed,” we are all part of one express our collective heartfelt “thanks” for the Glen- community. dale Fire Department’s emergency response during the On behalf of our residents, we thank you for deliv- recent Station Fire. ering this message during the past holiday season. You Your efforts and sacrifices during our time of need have given generously, we have received gratefully, and will never be forgotten. in this process you have made a difference for individu- Yours Sincerely, als and families by making hope tangible. Laura Olhasso, Mayor Let me add, too, that you really outdid yourselves, a City of La Cañada-Flintridge flood of gifts, enough for every kid in the shelter and, as well, the families in our transitional housing program. Dear Chief Scoggins, No one left out, everyone happy – thanks! On behalf of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s Sincerely, Armenian Church in Glendale, I want to thank the Fire Jerome Nilssen, Director of Residential Programs Dept. and especially Ms. Tanya Gregorian for bringing PATHAchieve-Glendale many smiles and happy faces to our Sunday School chil- dren. To all GFD Personnel: Over 100 of our Sunday School students were fortu- A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped with nate enough to receive Christmas toys from the Glen- and supported the Spark of Love Toy Drive this year, dale Fire Dept. this year. Enclosed you will find a pic- from helping me load, unload, bag up, translate, and ture of a small group of students who received their gifts. all…thank you! With 2009 being such a tough year for May God bless all the Safety personnel and employ- many people financially, we were also faced with a dif- ees who serve our beautiful city. We are very proud to ficult season for giving toys because of the low number be a part of this wonderful community, the city of Glen- of donations and high number of requests. Thanks for dale. your participation and patience during the toy collection Sincerely, process at each of the Fire Stations and lobbies. In the Hagop Tchagaspanian, Chairman end, Glendale residents really pulled through. We were Board of Trustees able to fulfill all of our toy requests and didn’t leave any St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church family without gifts this year, and they were all truly thankful to the firefighters and the GFD for making their Dear. Ms. Gregorian, Christmas a happy and memorable event. The total toy We would like to express our gratitude to the Glen- collection and distribution this year came to over 3,000 dale Fire Department for the recent donation of children’s toys – a little less than last year, yet still just as success- toys. This donation served many local, needy fami- ful! lies in our community during the holiday season. For those of you who are wondering We value our relationship with the Glendale where all those toys go, here are just a Fire Department and are positive that it will con- few of examples of organizations: PATH tinue well into the future. Thank you again for Achieve, Padres Contra El Cancer, New your generous support. Horizons Family Center, Salvation Army, Best regards, Armenian Relief Society, Glendale Ar- ARC of Western USA Regional Executive mory Shelter, Union Rescue Mission, Head Start School and Family Services, and many other local churches, Dear Tanya and the Fire Department, schools, youth groups, and service agencies that serve Although it is difficult to put a pretty face on local families in need. homelessness, it is possible – and desirable – to provide Thank you again, everyone. Hope you all have a won- the homeless with hope. We attempt to do this with a derful New Year in 2010! variety of services that spell out goals and various ways Tanya Gregorian, Public Education Coordinator to attain them. There is another ingredient in this mix Glendale Fire Department 10 Glendale Fire & Rescue News

Verdugo Fire Communications Center

Verdugo Map Updates edge of the map and the display will move so Verdugo’s GIS consultant, Mayee Salgado, the spot touched will be in the center (this only spent recent months updating the map data for all works when you’re not in CENTER INC mode.) 12 Verdugo cities, including all available street, hy- • Streets in areas Verdugo considers brush target haz- drant and property parcel data as well as other fea- ard zones are a different color to assist dispatchers when tures and attributes. Then Jason Pfau reconfigured and reports of vegetation fire are received in those areas. optimized the display for both dispatch and mobile • No more “Unnamed Street” designations in dis- versions of the map. The resulting new map looks and patch information for responses within the 12 Verdugo feels dramatically different from the previous version. cities! Some of the improvements include: This map is not intended to replace the handy • The background color of each city is different so Garmin GPS devices we all have in our cars now. It it’s more obvious where the city boundaries are. does not show routing or the location of the nearest • Unit location updates have been increased so units Starbucks. Instead, the map is intended to: on the map appear to move more smoothly and cur- 1) Display the location of the incident you’ve been rent locations are more accurate. dispatched to, along with surrounding streets, for re- • Street address format has been changed so the ad- sponses in unfamiliar areas, dress number appears in more of the parcels as you 2) Display hydrant locations (current as of last spring, zoom in further on the map. but no guarantee the hydrant is operational), and • Key fire stations now have a little key on the sta- 3) Show the locations of fire stations in the Verdugo tion icon to assist dispatchers with move-ups. cities (for move-ups) and hospitals throughout LA • A new panning capability has been added where County (check out the FS/HOSP button that Verdugo one can touch the map and it will center on the spot designed). Hospitals are listed by the three-letter codes touched. For example, to move right, touch the right you’ll find on the back of your EMS report form. – Lenia Scanlon, Sr. Administrative Analyst Jan./Feb. 2010 11

Over Presidents’ Day weekend, 18 Families (active and retired) participated in the 5th annual Lake Cachuma camping trip. The weekend featured a chili cook with 17 entries, with the Doodys winning for a second year in a row with their world-famous chocolate chili, a GFD family Tri-Tip dinner with the main course prepared Jeremy Frazier and Chuck Inglis, a wine tasting trip to the Santa Ynez Valley, and we closed out the weekend on Monday with breakfast burritos prepared by Sheila Vancil and Diane Bell. Thank you to Jim Vancil, Doug Doody and Jeremy Frazier for putting together a wonderful weekend, a GREAT time was had by all. See you next year! GFD Family News FF Gary Mayden It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Firefighter Gary Mayden. Firefighter Mayden had been ill for many years and finally suc- cumbed to his illness the morning of February 9. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers as they go though this very difficult time.

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Retired Fire Captain Jeff Muis contributed this photo from a Congratulations on recent births to GFD families: recent visit to the San Dimas Sizzler restaurant by GFD retir- ees. From left to right: Marv Owen, Don Meeker, Dick Kraus, Mike Novicki, Bob Meyer, Bob Hansen, Bruce Stuber, Joel Gil and Veronica Pedroza for their third daugh- Markss, Jeff Muis, Bill Willey, Jack Morrison, Tim Thome, ter, Charlotte Ryann Pedroza, born Dec. 28 at 6:59 Jim Fitzpatrick, & Jeff Giampaolo. p.m. She weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. at birth. ANNOUNCEMENTS FF Recruit Academy begins Mar. 15 Valeria Rose Mejia was born to parents Gil and Quest Golf Tournament Mar. 15 Marty Mejia on Jan. 7 at 10:12 p.m., weighing 7 Quest Rally May 3-7 lbs. 14oz. and measuring 20.2 in. Fire Service Day May 8 Retirement Luncheon May 14 Awards Nominations Due June 10 Jon and Jean-Marie Payne are the proud parents GFD Awards Luncheon Oct. 13 of a son, Liam, born Feb. 19 at 6:42 p.m. Laim was Retirement Dinner Nov. 13 8 lb. 6 oz. at birth and was 20 inches long. 12 Glendale Fire & Rescue News

GLENDALE INCIDENTS January 2010

Description Category # Inc. Description Category # Inc. APARTMENT HOUSE FIRE Fire 2 NOSE BLEED NON-TRAUMATIC Medical 3 APPLIANCE FIRE - MAJOR Fire 3 OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGICAL Medical 9 CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM Fire 2 OVERDOSE Medical 4 ELECTRICAL FIRE Fire 6 PERSON CHOKING Medical 3 FIRE ALARM Fire 79 PERSON DIZZY Medical 34 FIRE ALARM - FULL ASSIGNMENT Fire 1 PERSON DOWN Medical 34 FIRE ALARM RESET Fire 4 PERSON HANGING Medical 1 FIRE NOW OUT Fire 1 PERSON IN SEIZURE Medical 31 GARAGE FIRE Fire 1 PERSON NOT BREATHING Medical 19 HOUSE FIRE Fire 4 PERSON SICK Medical 46 ILLEGAL BURNING Fire 5 PERSON SICK Medical 3 MISC OUTSIDE FIRE Fire 1 PERSON UNCONSCIOUS-UNRESPONSIV Medical 88 REFUSE FIRE Fire 3 PSYCHIATRIC Medical 15 SMOKE IN A STRUCTURE Fire 4 RESCUE Medical 2 SMOKE IN THE AREA Fire 10 RESCUE ON THE FWY Medical 10 STRUCTURE FIRE Fire 2 SEVERE TRAUMA Medical 4 TRANSFORMER/STREET LIGHT FIRE Fire 3 SHORTNESS OF BREATH Medical 150 UNKNOWN TYPE FIRE Fire 2 SYNCOPE/FAINTED NOW CONS Medical 31 VEGETATION FIRE Fire 1 TRAFFIC COLLISION Medical 47 VEGETATION FIRE ON THE FWY Fire 1 TRAFFIC COLLISION ON THE FWY Medical 19 VEHICLE FIRE Fire 6 TRAFFIC COLLISION W/BICYCLE Medical 2 VEHICLE FIRE ON THE FREEWAY Fire 2 TRAFFIC COLLISION W/MOTORCYCLE Medical 1 ABDOMINAL PAIN Medical 37 TRAFFIC COLLISION W/PEDESTRIAN Medical 6 ABDOMINAL PAIN - ALS Medical 4 TRAFFIC COLLISION-RESCUE Medical 3 ABDOMINAL PAIN - BLS Medical 7 UNKNOWN MEDICAL Medical 10 ALLERGIC REACTION Medical 2 VEHICLE INTO A STRUCTURE Medical 4 ALTERED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS Medical 29 ANIMAL RESCUE / ASSIST Service 1 ANIMAL/HUMAN/STINGS Medical 1 ARCING WIRES Service 2 ASSAULT VICTIM Medical 15 BIO-CHEMICAL THREAT Service 1 ASSIST THE INVALID Medical 11 BIOHAZARD INVESTIGATION Service 1 BACK PAIN Medical 19 BROKEN WATER MAIN Service 3 BLOOD PRESSURE PROBLEM Medical 8 CHEMICAL OUTSIDE Service 1 BURN INJURY Medical 1 DAMAGE INVESTIGATION Service 1 CHEST PAINS - HEART ATTACK Medical 113 ELEVATOR RESCUE Service 8 CVA-NEUROLOGIC Medical 22 FUEL SPILL Service 2 DIABETIC PROBLEM Medical 23 INVESTIGATE A HAZARDOUS COND Service 6 EMER MEDICAL SVC ON THE FWY Medical 1 INVESTIGATE A MUDLSIDE Service 4 EMS CALL -- NO DETAILS Medical 1 MAJOR FLOODED CONDITION Service 2 FALL MAJOR Medical 1 MALFUNCTION Service 4 FALL MINOR Medical 113 MINOR FLOODING Service 12 G.I. BLEED Medical 9 MISC. ODOR INVESTIGATION Service 3 HEAD PAIN Medical 19 ODOR OF NATURAL GAS INSIDE Service 3 HEART PROBLEM Medical 39 ODOR OF NATURAL GAS OUTSIDE Service 6 INGESTION-POISONING-INHALATION Medical 15 PD ASSIST/STAND-BY Service 2 MEDICAL ALARM Medical 6 PERSON LOCKED IN - LOCKED OUT Service 3 MINOR TRAUMA Medical 30 PUBLIC ASSIST Service 1 MISC MEDICAL Medical 91 ROOF CHECK 2 STORIES & ABOVE Service 1 MOUNTAIN RESCUE Medical 2 WIRES DOWN Service 3 NON-INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISION Medical 3 Jan./Feb. 2010 13

Calendar GFD Birthdays March March 1 FF Recruit Orientation 1 Sal Sanchez 18 Eugene Tognarelli 2 Management Staff Meeting 3 CPR Training (Community Room) 4 Steve Chiachi 20 Daniel Haleen 4,11,18,25 CERT Classes (EMC) Tom Stoll 21 James Michael 8-11 Hazmat 1A Training 6 Tom Bail 22 Rick Canter 15-18 Hazmat 1B Training Christina Kazazian 23 Jack Morrison 9 Verdugo Task Force Meeting 12 Joanne Davis Sarah Cooper 11 GFFA Meeting 13 Jennifer Speed Elena Savaiinaea 16 Management Staff Meeting 14 Jim Clark 26 Russ Barrett 17 City Disaster Coordinators Meeting 15 Greg Ahern Keith Kawamoto 17 CPR Training (Community Room) Jessie Latta 18 Strategic Planning Element

April April 6 Management Staff Meeting 1 Patrick Hemmens 15 Robert Bishop 7 CPR Training (Community Room) 2 Mike Ellis 17 Mike Bell 8 GFFA Meeting Robert Garibay Jason Bess 9 Verdugo Task Force Meeting 15 Strategic Planning Element 6 Brad Olmedo 22 Ed Foster 16-18 Company Officers Meeting 9 Richard Foster 23 Tom Propst 20 Management Staff Meeting 11 John McGaffin 26 Cordell Harges 21 City Disaster Coordinators Meeting 13 Scott Deruso 29 Stephen Dobbs 21 CPR Training (Community Room) Steven Keys Kellen McLaughlin 14 Ara Hoonanian Steve Parrish Household Hazardous Materials collections are every Wednesday and Saturday, 9 am to 1 pm. Christie Mochinaga

FF/PM Terry Williamson shows one of the fish he caught off Magdalena Bay

http://fire.lacounty.gov/Forestry/FireWeatherDangerLiveFuelMoistureAllAreas.asp in Baja on Dec. 31.