| C-shift Transfer |
| Wed. Jun 25th 2008 |
D/E1 / PM / HM Coloson has been promoted to Lt. and transfered to Station #7 C-shift Ft. Mccoy. ...
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| A-shift Transfers |
| Wed. Jun 25th 2008 |
FF / PM / HM Taylor was promoted to D/E 1 and transfered to Station #15 A- shift Salt Springs...
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| New Edition to the Hornets Nest. |
| Mon. Jun 9th 2008 |
Stray Mutt wandered into the Firehouse yesterday during a storm and decided to hang out for a while. B-Shift was on duty and fed him pork chops. It took 12 hours and several tries before C-Shift was able to get him a much needed bath. Should he stay several names have been kicked around. S...
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| Lieutenants Gragen and Calder are each assigned a new Lieutenant candidate for training. |
| Sat. May 10th 2008 |
Before getting promoted as a Lieutenant each member of the current list is assigned to a Lieutenant for a short field training program. FF/DO Dean Seegobin has been assigned to LT. Gragen and FF/PM Pat Asselin has been assigned to LT. Calder. The field training lasts 5 to 10 shifts and then th...
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| Transfers |
| Fri. May 9th 2008 |
FF/EMT Marshal Runkles and FF/EMT Blake Williams have exchanged shifts on a mutual to accommodate Williams schedule for Paramedic Training. 3rd year rookie Kevin Christensen is looking forward to having the Junior Williams on the shift....
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| Congratulations |
| Fri. May 9th 2008 |
The Members of The Hornets Nest would like to congratulate D/O Dean Seegobin from Engine 1 B-Shift and D/O Ray Coloson from Engine 1 C-Shift on making the Lieutenant List. 16 firefighters began the process in January and 10 were placed on the list for promotion. With two new firehouses under c...
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| Live Burn Trailer comes to District 1. |
| Wed. Apr 9th 2008 |
The Departments Live Burn Trailer is now in service at Firehouse 19. Members of the Hornets Nest have already been rotated thru several evolutions with more to come over the next few weeks. The trailer is used for live fire attack, vertical ventilation, search and rescue and rapid intervention...
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| B-Shift trains on the A-Kit |
| Sun. Apr 6th 2008 |
B-Shift used some down time to run a quick hazmat scenario. Lt. Gragen advised the crew that they had a leaking 150 Lb chlorine cylinder at a prison and due to weather they could not ventilate the room. The two Jr. members of the shift Kevin Christensen and Marshal Runkles quickly do...
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| March 5th Hazmat Team Training. |
| Wed. Mar 5th 2008 |
This months training took place at the fire college and consisted of a MCI scenario that incorporated air monitoring, rapid entry, victim removal, gross and technical decon, research, triage, chemical identification and mitigation. The drill was evaluated by Capt's Mathais and Schultz. 16 Team Membe...
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| A- Shift performs some wide area search training with other units in District 1. |
| Mon. Mar 3rd 2008 |
The crew from Engine and Squad 1 A-Shift did some multi company training with other units from District 1 at Station 11. The training was wide area searches and RIT. Masks were covered with press and seal to simulate a smoke filled environment. Firefighters are required to perform two hours of train...
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