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-------------------------------------------------------------- 04/01/2005 NEW FULL TIME FIREFIGHTER / EMT FIREFIGHTER / EMT MARK HARYASZ JR. FROM WILBRAHAM HAS RECENTLY JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS ONE OF OUR NEW FULL TIME MEMBERS. MARK IS ALSO A CALL FIREFIGHTER/ EMT ON THE WILBRAHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT. WELCOME ABOARD MARK! --------------------------------------------------------------- PROMOTED FIREFIGHTER SCOTT BRIDGES, ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT VETERANS OF 10 YEARS, HAS RECENTLY BEEN PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT AT THE MAIN STREET STATION. CONGRATULATIONS TO SCOTT! ---------------------------------------------------------------- AWARDS BANQUET 2005 THE ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET WAS HELD THIS YEAR AT "THIRSTYS", SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH AT 1800. AMONG THE AWARD RECIPIENTS WAS CAPTAIN ALAN MCKEON FOR HIS 30TH YEAR OF SERVICE TO THE WARREN FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALONG WITH CELEBRATING CAPTAIN MCKEON'S 30TH YEAR, FIREFIGHTER SETH BLACKWELL MARKED HIS 20TH YEAR OF SERVICE. OTHER CELEBRANTS WERE LT. JOE COMO, 15 YEARS; FIREFIGHTER MIKE JACQUES, 15 YEARS; FIREFIGHTER BILL ACKERMAN, 15 YEARS; FIREFIGHTER ED MCKEON, 15 YEARS AND LT. SCOTT BRIDGES, 10 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------ HAZMAT SPILL A RECENT HAZMAT INCIDENT CAUSED A MUTUAL AID RESPONSE FROM THE WEST BROOKFIELD MASS FIRE DEPARTMENT. WARREN CHIEF JIM DOLAN CALLED FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF THE HAZMAT UNIT OF THE WEST BROOKFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HELP MITIGATE A FUEL OIL SPILL IN WARREN. THE NEIGHBORING TOWN OF WEST BROOKFIELD HAS DEVELOPED A HAZMAT TRAILER OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WEST BROOKFIELD CHIEF TIM BACHELOR AND HAZMAT COORDINATOR WALTER AMBACH RESPONDED WITH THEIR TEAM AND PROVIDED VALUABLE ASSISTANCE AND MATERIALS IN A TEAM EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE 1000 GALLON SPILL (SEE THE PHOTO GALLERY FOR MORE INFO) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/11/2005 MOCK MVA
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WARREN FIRE AND RESCUE CONDUCTED A MOCK MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE QUABOAG REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. THE MOCK MVA WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF, THE WARREN POLICE, FIRE AND THE LIFE FLIGHT TEAM FROM UMASS. SHOWING THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT DRIVING UNDER CONDITIONS THAT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.
_________________________________________________________________ GOOD LUCK TOM!! FIREFIGHTER / EMT TOM BRINK HAS DECIDED TO MOVE ON TO NEWER ADVENTURES AND HAS LEFT THE DEPARTMENT. WE WISH TOM GREAT SUCCESS IN HIS NEW ENDEAVORS. WE WILL MISS TOM AND HOPE HE WILL REMAIN SAFE AND HEALTHY! __________________________________________________________________ 06/20/2005 TEXAS BOUND! JOE AUSTIN HAS DECIDED TO MOVE BACK HOME TO TEXAS!! JOE JOINED OUR RANKS BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2004. WE WISH JOE GOOD FORTUNE IN HIS NEW LIFE IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS! _________________________________________________________________ 06/18/2005 MORE CHANGE LONG TIME FIREFIGHTER, KEVIN FRAZIER, HAS MOVED TO MONSON AND HAS MADE APPLICATION TO JOIN THE MONSON TEAM. KEVIN WAS WITH US FOR 12 YEARS. GOOD LUCK TO KEVIN!! ___________________________________________________________ OUTWARD BOUND FULL TIME FIREFIGHTER/EMT MARK HARYASZ HAS MOVED ONTO GREENER PASTURES AND HAS TAKEN A FULL TIME POSITION WITH A PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. WE WISH ALL THE BEST TO MARK ON HIS NEW ADVENTURE! ____________________________________________________________________ RETURNED 08/22/06 FIREFIGHTER KEVIN FRAZIER HAS RETURNED TO THE ROSTER OF THE WARREN FIRE DEPARTMENT. WELCOME BACK KEVIN!! ____________________________________________________________________ NEW FIREFIGHTERS!! 10/15/2006 THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED ITS LATEST RECRUIT TRAINING CLASS. 5 NEW FIREFIGHTERS HAVE GRADUATED TO FIRFIGHTER AND ARE NOW ON THE ACTIVE DUTY ROSTER. CONGRATULATIONS TO JOE WEDGE, MERRILL THOMPSON, MATT LAMAY, DANA WINWARD AND PAUL CONN. CLICK ON THE TRAINING LINK TO VIEW SOME OF THEIR TRAINING PICS _______________________________________________________________________________________________ WARE FIRE 11/06 A RECENT STRUCTURE FIRE IN THE NEIGHBORING TOWN OF WARE BROUGHT THE WARREN FIRFIGHTERS TO WARE ON A MUTUAL AID CALL TO HELP IN THE EXTINGUISHMENT. SEE PICTURES ON THE PHOTO GALLERY _____________________________________________________________________________ NEW FIREFIGHTER / EMT 06/07 THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY HIRED ADAM LAVOIE AS ITS NEWEST PAID FIREFIGHTER/EMT. ADAM COMES TO THE WARREN FIRE & RESCUE TEAM FROM THE NEARBY TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE MASS. WELCOME ABOARD AND ALL THE BEST! ______________________________________________________________________________ NEW BRUSH TRUCK 06/07 MEMBERS OF THE WARREN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR NEARLY A YEAR ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BRUSH TRUCK FOR THE MAIN STREET STATION. THE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND THE FRUIT OF THEIR LABOR AND MONEY CAN BE SEEN ON THE APPARATUS PAGE. THE TRUCK WAS RECENTLY DONATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WILL SHORTLY BECOME A PERMANENT ADDITION TO THE FLEET!. THANKS TO THE AMBITIOUS MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION! ______________________________________________________________________________
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