Rookie Dinner

By: Battalion Chief David Polikoff 

Eating well at FS12-A

It has been a long standing tradition that when a rookie comes off probation, he/she will cook dinner for their shift. The rookie is to cook the dinner with their own hands and the meal will be free of charge for the shift. The rules the recruits are told in the academy, is that the meal will be good, creative and expensive.

This past Wednesday Firefighter Clinton Pfarr, Fire Station 12-A Shift, lived up to the tradition. On the menu was:

Prime rib
Crab cakes
Mashed potatoes
Fresh green beans

For desert Apple pie and Ice cream

Bravo Firefighter Pfarr and congratulations on coming off probation.

Rookie Training

By: Battalion Chief Mark Davis

The B-Shift "rookies" gathered at Station 16 on Tuesday for some familiarization training on Truck 716 - which is a tractor drawn ladder truck equipped with vehicle extrication equipment in addition to the normal ladder truck complement of equipment.

The folks are shown in this photo learning basic info about one of the power saws.

Tuesday's training was lead by LT Sean Regan with FF Reggie Hill and FF TJ Carlin assisting.