Welcome to Jefferson County Fire District 5

2000 Old Gardiner Road, Gardiner, WA. 98382-8778
360-797-7711

Jefferson County Fire District # 5

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Chiefs Newsletter

October 30th, 2008

First and foremost I hope this letter finds each you and your family’s well. The Board and I want to thank you for your dedication to our community and the citizens we serve.

I want to congratulate FF / EMT Jay Stickney for all the awards he took first place in during the Mill Creek Fire Department Recruit Academy.  Way to go Jay and we wish the very best for you and your new career!

Eric Brucker and George DeBruyn attended the VFIS Driver Training Instructor course in Aberdeen.  New thoughts on responding code in water tenders are coming down the pike at us.  Thank you Eric and George!

I have signed Emily, Tom, Jared and Eric up for the Rapid Intervention Team Training Class next month held at Clallam Fire # 3.  It is a full weekend of intense training that gives staff a good feel for what to look for, how to respond, and to most importantly overcome a very bad event.  Let me know if you have an interest in going.

All of the Christmas lights have been put up by Tom and Jason and are working.  Thank you, gentlemen, for all the effort you put into the projects.

NW Medical Services completed defibrillator testing for both of our agencies.  All of the units checked out in full operating order.

The Annual Awards Banquet is going to be rescheduled after the first of the year.  I hope each of you will understand; I am just not up to it at this point.  The incentive checks will come out before December 1st so that you will have your funds available for the holiday season.

I want to thank each of you that have stepped up to the plate!  Right now the most important thing to do is respond, train and be supportive of each other.

I am two weeks into the five week treatment program.   I do chemo / radiation five days a week, and just chemo on the weekends.  We look forward to a full recovery several months from how as time and God allows.

Respectfully,

Bob Wilson

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Joint Awards Banquet

Below are pictures from this years Joint Awards Banquet, see story below. (Click on picture to see full sized image.)

Chief’s Newsletter
December 4th, 2007
 
Greetings:
 
Congratulations to Barb Knoepfle in her bid for the seat of fire commissioner!  Barb has also just successfully completed an EMT IV certification class.  Awesome!
 
I want to acknowledge Bev Horan for her years of service to the community.   Thank you Bev for all that you have done and we sincerely want to wish you the best in the coming years.
 
Fire District # 2 & # 5 held our joint awards banquet on November 30th at the Quilcene School.  The dinner was provided by the Quilcene High School Vocational Cooking Class.  Eighty individuals attended and they were served a prime rib dinner.  The guest speaker addressing the volunteers and guest was Bridgette Smith Executive Director of the Board of Volunteer Firefighters Pension and Relief Fund.  Jay Stickney and Jason Royer jointly received the 2007 Recruit of the Year award. Barb Knoepfle and Eric Brucker each received Emergency Medical Technician award for 2007. Jim Koutnik and Joe Vierra each received the 2007 Firefighter of the Year award. 
 
Jason Royer and Jay Stickney from Quilcene will be graduating from the North Kitsap Fire Academy on December 8th.  They have both done extremely well in the class and we look forward to working with them in the future.  Most importantly, we will work to help them in their attempt to become career firefighters. Both Jay and Jason will be helping with some of the shift coverage for the Gardiner / Discovery Bay community.
 
Stephanie Batson should be winding up the Clallam County EMT class this month. I am sure Stephanie will do just fine through the testing process.  We look forward to having her on Board as a responder.
 
The SCBA’s hydro testing project is in the last round of bottles being shipped over.  Flow testing on the SCBA regulators will take place in December. 
 
We will be holding a small mini fire academy for the new staff starting in late January.  The classes will be Friday 6-930pm and Saturday 830-5pm each week for three weeks. Our desire is to have the students review the book and computer classes prior to attending the classes.   
 
I want to wish each of you a great time during Christmas and New Years.  Be Safe!
 
Sincerely,
 
Bob Wilson
Fire Chief

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