A Bloomfield Volunteer Fire Department Newsletter February 2011

Spring may be here

along with a bad

fire season

Congratulations Jeff....kinds looks

like a running back with his grip on

the ball... ahh plaque.

2010

FIREFIGHTER

OF THE

YEAR

Jeff Behling was chosen by his peers as theBloomfield Firefighter of the Year for 2010. Jeffentered the department in January of 2010 andsince has shown his zeal for the departmentand community. Jeff has completed hisFirefighter I and is an EMT-B. CongratulationsJeff.... this award is most deserved.

Other awards given out at the banquetincluded:

C Life Member badge to Adana MohlerC 15 Year Plaques to Pat Lucero and

John MohlerC Best Squad Award to Squad EC Plaque to Auxiliary in appreciation for

service to the departmentC Johnny Gage Award to Rusty “DDC”

Slaugh

CONDOLENCES

C To Deputy Chief Curtis Lynch

and his family on the loss of his

father, Eddie was a member of

the Bloomfield Fire Department

and life long resident.

C To Captain John Mohler and his

family on the loss of his paternal

grandmother Georgie Mohler.

Georgie was a founding member

of the Auxiliary.

C To the family of former

Bloomfield Firefighter and NMSP

Officer Kevin Garlington.

Deputy Chief Curtis Lynch presents

Friend of the Department plaque to

Carroll and Illa Vaughn for their

continued support of the fire

department. Also recognized but

unable to attend the banquet was

XTO Energy.

THOUGHTS

AND

PRAYERS

TO......

Blanche Wagoner,

mother of David

Wagoner, who

recently underwent

surgery. She is

currently in

SJRMC.

R.L. Stockard who

suffered injuries in

a motorcycle

accident and is in a

hospital in the

Dallas area.

Larry Marcum

former SJ County

Fire Chief who is

recovering from

surgery in Texas.

Bloomfield Fire Dept.

George Duncan, Fire Chief 505-632-6363

fire@bloomfieldnm.com

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Tina (#2), Julian, Richard and Katie wait patiently for the

meal to be served (yes Jessica that is red meat).

State Fire Academy Instructor Dave Romero

prepares to test Steve Miller on a PPE drill (he

passed).

NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY WEEKEND

RELAY FOR LIFE

A basketball game

to benefit the Relay

for Life will again be

held in Aztec on

March 31 at 1730

hrs.

Sign up on the board

in the kitchen if you

wish to participate.

MANY THANKS

To all that helped with the banquet.

Of course the Auxiliary was there in

force leading up to the event and

spending the greater part of their

Saturday morning at the Parish Hall

decorating. Those involved

included: Kim Moore, Katie Ivy,

Robbyn Rader, Dona Lynch,

Michelle Olbert, Kim Duncan and

Desiraie Bounds

Thanks as well to Capt. Mohler, Bo

Rice, Travis Olbert, Sean Eckstein,

Ryan Varnell and Jeff Behling for

all they did preparing for the

banquet. Thank you to all that stayed

and helped clean up after the

banquet.

MORE THANKS

To Captain Mohler for making all

the arrangements for the NFA

weekend. Thanks as well to Travis

Olbert for instructing the Incident

Safety Officer course.

AUXILIARY

VALENTINE

DINNER

Thanks to the Auxiliary

f o r p l a n n i n g a n d

preparing the Valentine

dinner. Those involved

were Katie Ivy, Dona

Lynch, Kim Duncan,

Cindy Wagoner, Michelle

Olbert, Kim Moore and

Desiraie Bounds and their

spouses. Delicious !

Sorry about no photo.... I

know we took some but

they are no where to be

found.

Bloomfield Fire Dept.

George Duncan, Fire Chief 505-632-6363

fire@bloomfieldnm.com

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The “Sparky” fire prevention

dog outfit was picked up

through a Assistance to

Firefighter grant. The costume

will be used in the schools and

other events preaching fire

safety.

Brandon Milton drills on the

operation of Engine 1, engaging the

pump, deploying the deck gun and

raising the light tower. His time ....

40 seconds.

Relay For Life Event

A basketball game to benefit the

Relay for Life will again be held in

Aztec on March 31 at 1730 hrs.

Interested? Sign up on the board

in the kitchen.

Copyright © March 2011 Bloomfield Fire Department

Chamber of Commerce

Duck Race

The fire

department has been

involved in this for a number

of years and we could use

some help putting it

together. This will be held on

May 14 around 1300 hrs.

Wanna Help ?

Sign up on the board

Apparatus

Operations

These classes

resume on

Tuesday, March

15 at 1900 hrs.

WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING

Tentative dates for Pack Test

April 9 - 0800 hrs.

April 16 - 0800 hrs.

April 21 - 1900 hrs.

April 28 - 1900 hrs.

Red Cards - To be Red Carded and thus eligible to be deployed

on Wildland fires you must have a S-130 and S-190 certification

and complete the Pack

Test. The pack test

consist of walking 3

miles within 45 minutes

while carrying a 45 lb.

pack. Easy you say...

yeah the first mile

is......

Also., we need Engine

Bosses to operate

apparatus at wildland fires. To qualify as an Engine Boss you must

have the aforementioned as well as S-131, S-133, S-290, S-230 and

S-231. This allows you to drive/operate apparatus on a State or

Federal fire.