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SWNH Director's Corner: Notices and Reminders

Next Mtg. Location: The January 2006 meeting was confirmed with Chief John DeSilva-Amherst Fire Department. It will be at the Amherst Central Fire Station @ 177 Amherst St. Amherst NH on Wednesday January 18, 2006, @ 1900 Hr. The last Statewide New Hampshire meeting was held in Manchester Station 8, Wednesday November 9 (2nd Wednesday of month) at 19:00. Station 8 is on East Industrial Drive between Candia Road and Island Pond Road. Pizza and soda was provided.

To all Statewide Members:

Due to the executive boards extremely busy summer schedule and no response back from the two areas that we wanted to have a summer outing we were not able to secure a place for a summer outing. We are still exploring the possibility of something before snow flies. The new bank account is being established this weekend. All dues payments made will be deposited this weekend.

The mail is being picked up regularly from the new post office box so feel free to send your suggestions via snail mail or via e-mail.

S-3 has been repaired and should be functioning as before

Sincerely
Rick Todd - Chairman

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	SWNH RECENT FIRES 12/25 - Hudson N.H. - 2nd Alarm 12/25 - Windham N.H. - Working Fire 12/25 - Lawrence MA. - 3rd Alarm 12/24 - Sanford ME. - 2nd Alarm 12/19 - Somersworth N.H. - 2nd Alarm 12/19 - Fitchburg MA. - 2nd Alarm 12/19 - Merrimack N.H. - Working Fire 12/19 - Manchester N.H. - 2nd Alarm 12/18 - Pittsfield N.H. - 2nd Alarm 12/17 - Barre VT. - 2nd Alm Fatal x5 SWNH FIRE LOGS SINCE 1996 . .		SWNH RECENT RESCUES 12/30 - Belmont N.H. - MVA Fatal x2 12/25 - Concord N.H. - MVA 12/19 - Canterbury N.H. - MVA 12/17 - Fremont N.H. - MVA 12/17 - Bradford N.H. - Search, fatal 12/16 - Boston MA. - MVA SWNH RESCUE LOGS SINCE 1996 . .

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NH Fire-Rescue Photos -- Photos by Mark Donovan SW75

December 17 2005 - Click on photos for larger image

12.17.05 - 1900 - Winchendon MA - 2nd Alarm - 6 Hillside Terrace - 1 story wood frame dwelling 30x40

NH Fire-Rescue Photos -- Photos by Mark Donovan SW75

December 2005 - Click on photos for larger image

Note tieoff to tree

Tire tracks off road before striking tree

Patient on backboard, prepared for transport

12.21.05 - 13:20 - Fitzwilliam NH - MVA - Able Road off Fulham Hill

SWNH - Events and Notices

THe New England FOOLS
Present:
First Annual
FIRE BUFF PHOTO Night
JANUARY 20TH 2006

ELK’S HALL 45 LOW ST, NEWBURYPORT MASS
TIME: 7PM– 11PM

The New England FOOLS have brought you quality hands-on and lecture series trainings, and now its time to sit back, relax and enjoy. The New England FOOLS will be sponsoring their first annual fire photographer’s photo event with some of the North Shore's most prominent fire photographers. There will be three presenters that will begin at 7pm sharp, come join us for a great night of multiple alarms!
There will be light fare and a cash bar.

Presenters
Jim Daly—Saugus Fire Alarm
Rick Nohl—Belmont Fire
Damian Drella—Saugus Fire

Admission $6
Tickets will be available at the door
NOTE: Please call and let us know you will be attending so we can get an accurate count

Deadline for reservations is January 13th Any questions, email President@NEFOOLS.org

Sat, February 11, 2006 - 7th Annual North Country Firefighters' Ride-In and Poker Run - Colebrook NH

Prizes awarded for best costume, most participants from a single fire department, and more. Registration at Colebrook Fire Dept. from 8 a.m. to Noon, and ends by 3 p.m. at the Beecher Falls Fire Station. Poker Run is $5 per hand and $20 per family. For more info, call Joel Young at 603-538-6563, Steve Young at 802-266-8963, or Brett Brooks at 603-237-4853 (evenings). Snowmobilers leave Colebrook Fire Station, snowmobile to Pittsburg, and then to Beecher Falls by 3:30 p.m. New Hampshire will be honoring Vermont registration for this ride.

Phone: 603-538-6563
Location: Colebrook Fire Dept.
Time: Events start at 8 a.m.
Price: $5 per hand and $20 per family for poker run

Sun, May 28, 2006 - Pittsburg NH - Car Wash & Bake Sale

Car Wash & Bake Sale sponsored by Pittsburg Class of 2008, Pittsburg Fire Station, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Phone: 603-237-8939
Location: Pittsburg Fire Station Route 3
Time: 11:00am

2006 DATE ??? was held Saturday Feb 5, 2005 - Littleton NH
FROSTBITE FOLLIES PARADE
5:00 PM
Main Street
Littleton
(603) 444-6561

Saturday November 26, 2005 - Warren-Wentworth Ambulance Service

31st Annual Penny Social .at the Warren Village School. Doors open at 6pm. For info, or to donate items, please call 764-4383 or 764-9494.

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Fire News In Brief and Events Archives for 1999-2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005

Scanner Updates

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER

New frequency for SWNHDFMA
TAC 6, 159.45 with PL of 4Z (136.5).

WQDS508 Hollis, Town of [we are a city and we will use radios for emergency communications).
ctrl pt 1 - 9 Silver Lake Road Hollis NH 603-465-2303
10/20/05 License Issued Special Temporary Authorization
1 - 40 KMRA around 42-46-25.0N 71-38-10.0W (HILLSBOROUGH) NH 154.89 MO 50x50e

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

Biddeford Maine Fire 158.7825R

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Fire Act Recent Grants

Updated 11/06/05

Allenstown Fire Department Operations & Safety $142,957.00

Marlow Fire Department Operations & Safety $46,550.00
Nottingham Fire-Rescue Operations & Safety $71,250.00

Surry Fire Department Operations & Safety $66,500.00
Gilford Fire-Rescue Department Operations & Safety $133,082.00

Salem Fire Department Operations & Safety $193,571.00
Kingston Fire Department Operations & Safety $79,517

Rye Fire Dept, Operations & Safety $113,123
Pittsfield Fire Department Operations & Safety $41,192

Nashua Fire Rescue Operations & Safety 143,317.00
Londonderry Fire/Rescue Operations & Safety 138,500.00 ............. ............. .............
Moultonborough Fire / Rescue Operations & Safety 58,633.00
Bedford Fire Department Operations & Safety $40,219.00

Winnisquam Fire Department Operations & Safety $73,609.00
Antrim fire Dept. Operations & Safety $61,392.00

Newport Fire-EMS Operations & Safety $18,240.00

New Durham Fire Department Operations & Safety $75,050.00
Bow Fire Dept Operations & Safety $18,620.00

Effingham Fire/Rescue Dept. Operations & Safety $114,000
Raymond Ambulance Inc. Operations & Safety $41,790

Carroll - Twin Mountain Fire Dept. Operations & Safety $38,000
Middleton Fire & Rescue Vehicle Acquisition $104,500

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Rescue Notes:

Who/What has the:
Hydraulic rescue tools, lighting, etc...

BELMONT NH
1994 Medic-Master 10kW generator

HOLLIS NH
1998 Hackney Heavy Duty Rescue Truck - Rescue 1
Fire/Rescue Operations - Hydraulic Tools for Vehicle Rescue
Water Rescue Equip - SCBA Air Cascade System

Apparatus News

DECEMBER 2005

ALEXANDRIA NH
Dec 18, 2005 New Delivery - Alexandria 30 Engine 2 2004 Valley/International 5600
1250 GPM Front Mount
1200 Gallon tank
700' 4", 1400' 2 ½" hose

Features:
All Wheel Drive FoamPro System 8 SCBA 9 HP Positive Pressure Fan 350 GPM Portable Pump 5 Kw Portable Generator

WINDHAM NH
KME Tanker 1 - a 3,000 Gallon Tanker Truck
KME Forestry 1 - a Ford 550 with a 250 gallon tank

JANUARY 2006

New Deliveries - Apparatus News

Partial Listing NH Fire Freqs:

  33.640  136.5  MACC Base Milford Area
  33.640  136.5  Brookline Fire
  33.780  136.5  Bedford Fire
 151.175   d466  Londonderry Fire
 151.220         Amherst Fire
 151.235         Lebanon Fire
 151.250  103.5  Nashua Fire
 153.890  186.2  Souhegan Valley Amb
 153.950  136.5  Hudson Fire
 153.950  141.3  Hanover Area Fire
 153.980  136.5  Merrimack Fire
 154.070  136.5  Newport Fire
 154.130  114.8  Derry Area Fire
 154.130  141.3  Hanover Area Fire
 154.145  136.5  Hampton Area Fire 
 154.160  136.5  New Boston Fire
 154.175  146.2  Windham Fire
 154.175  136.5  Ossipee Valley Fire
 154.190  136.5  Seacoast Fire
 154.205  136.5  Claremont Fire
 154.250  136.5  Weare Fire
 154.280         Statewide Fireground
 154.295  210.7  Dover Fire
 154.310  136.5  Washington Fire
 154.325  103.5  Nashua Fireground
 154.355  136.5  Concord Area Fire
 154.355  136.5  Pittsburg Fire
 154.370   d723  Farmington Fire 
 154.370   d125  Milford Fire 
 154.385  136.5  Somersworth Fire
 154.400  136.5  Exeter Fire
 154.400  136.5  Twin State Fire
 154.430  136.5  Keene Area Fire
 154.445  136.5  Sunapee Fire
 154.995  136.5  New London Fire
 155.955  136.5  Hudson Fire 
 158.745  210.7  Pelham Fire
 158.745  123.0  Cornish Fire
 158.880  136.5  Goffstown Fire
 159.900   d331  Laconia Area Fire
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 800 MHz trunked Nashua

Misc Notes

Windham Fire Chief Messier Resigns

Chief Donald Messier Resigned on December 2, 2005 to return to his home town of Somersworth NH as Fire Chief.

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On This Date in Fire Rescue History Fire Rescue History NH, New England and Beyond Dates with a c. ( circa ) indicates date incident was reported.

Dec 30, 2002 - Brattleboro - VT - 3rd Alarm - Rte 30 - Brattleboro Memorial Hospital - Fire in the physical therapy wing - Staging area Rescue Inc Parking lot - Mutual Aid Westmoreland, Hinsdale, Putney, Vernon, Keene, Chesterfield, Dummerston, Marlboro VT, 9m3, 38c1, 19c3,to scene Westminster to cover Putney- Rescue Inc 101 and 102 plus 6 additional Ambulances over initial response - Keene 2 ambulances, DiLuzio 2 ambulances, LeFevbre 2 ambulances directly to scene at back of Ganette bldg and report to rescue 2 - Patients to Cheshire Hosp and Franklin Hosp - Raybar Bus company providing buses to keep ambulatory patients warm

Dec 31, 1875 - McIndoe Falls - VT - Peabody Mill destroyed by fire

Dec 31, 1917 - Derry - NH - Box 32 - Rear of Pillsbury Block off West Broadway - Paint Shop on floor two gutted, with fire through roof - Close exposures protected

Dec 31, 1925 - Haverhill - MA - General Alarm - 3 stores and an office building burn causing $300,000 loss - Mutual Aid Merrimac, Methuen, West Newbury

Dec 31, 1926 - Nashua - NH - Main Street - Fire heavily damages Goodrich Block

Dec 31, 1952 - Stoddard - NH - Forest Road (Rte 31) - Spalding Tavern burned

Dec 31, 1982 - Boston - MA - 78 Salem Street - North End Fish house - Restaurant fire with heavy damage

Dec 31, 1982 - Londonderry - NH - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Brittany Arms Apt nr Gilcreast Rd - 3 Story Brick Occupied Apartment Building - Five fatalities 3 others hospitalized

Dec 31, 1987 - Burlington - VT - Fatal Plane Crash - Burlington Int'l Airport - Single-engine Piper Lancer crashed short of the main runway 15, during emergency landing killing 2 adults, serious injuring 3 young boys

Dec 31, 1987 - Manchester - NH - Fire fatal - Titus Ave - Single family dwelling, 2 young sisters perish in suspicious fire (Murder/Arson)

Dec 31, 1992 - Rochester - NH - Rte 11 Northgate Apartments - Fire in one unit

Dec 31, 1997 - Newington - NH - 3rd Alarm - Abandoned housing at Pease Tradeport - Four-unit wood-framed dwelling, former Air Force housing

Dec 31, 1999 - Grand Isle - VT - Working Fire - 346 US Rte 2 by draw bridge - Barn fire fully involved

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She Enjoyed Her Police Scanner Marjorie C. Brenton

PORTSMOUTH - Marjorie C. Brenton, 85, of 245 Middle St., died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, at SunBridge of Portsmouth after a brief illness....

...WE REMEMBER: Her knowledge of the escapades of the local populace was legendary, ... She liked to keep track of events in the city by listening to her police scanner. Portsmouth Herald Obituary

BARRE VT -- Fire kills five A fast-moving fire killed a woman and four children early Saturday morning.

Kimberly Stoltz Foster, 30, her daughter, Tory, 12, her son, Brett, 9, and her stepdaughters, Christa Foster, 8, and Mikayla Foster, 6, were killed after the fire broke out in their second-story Eastern Avenue apartment. Barre Times Argus Story

PLAINFIELD (Meriden Vlg) NH -- Fatal Fire Investigation Continues Meriden -- Officials yesterday continued to investigate the deaths of four family members found Wednesday in the remains of their fire-ravaged home.

The autopsies on the four bodies were not completed yesterday afternoon because the medical examiner needed to do additional work, John Raymond, assistant director of the New Hampshire Fire Marshal's Office, said around 3:30 p.m . Valley News Story

PLAINFIELD (Meriden Vlg) NH -- Fires Scar the Upper Valley Meriden -- A family of four is dead after a powerful fire early yesterday morning tore apart their two-story home, destroyed the cars in the driveway and blackened maple trees in the yard.

Authorities late yesterday afternoon recovered the bodies of the four people who lived at the century-old colonial-style home on Chellis Road, less than a mile from the Kimball Union Academy campus on Main Street. Autopsies to determine the exact cause of death are scheduled for today. Valley News Story

GOFFSTOWN -- Details To Be Revealed Soon On Police-Fire Merge More details about the plan to integrate Goffstown's police and fire departments are expected Monday, Dec. 5.
"What we're going to hear about next week is just a little bit more about what we're going to do to take the process to the next step," said Gossett McRae, chairman of the board of selectmen. "I'm not suggesting that we're going to have a final plan by next week." Goffstown News Story

GOFFSTOWN -- Board stays the course in fire, police decision The proposed transformation of the police and fire departments into an integrated department of public safety has proven difficult, and selectmen say voters won't be part of the decision.

At its meeting Monday, Dec. 5, the board of selectmen voted to continue a 90-day experimental program using part-time EMS staff at the Pinardville station around the clock. The program began on Sept. 19 and has cost $34,000 to date, according to Goffstown Fire Captain Steve Tower. Goffstown News Story

COLEBROOK -- Fire Chief Phillip Ducret to Retire in January After 25 years with the Colebrook Fire Department, Chief Phillip Ducret has announced that he will retire on January 1. Candidates for a new chief will be nominated at the Colebrook Fire District Meeting on Tuesday, November 8, and elected at the following meeting on the first Tuesday in December. Colebrook Sentinel Story

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