DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT

It is with regret that the Brattleboro Vermont Fire Department announces the passing of Retired Assistant Chief John E. Wheelden Sr. John served the Brattleboro Fire Department for 57 years. He retired from his career position in 1987, but served on the Call Force until 2009. John also served as a volunteer with the Vernon Vermont Fire Department and the Wilmington Vermont Fire Department. He is a Honorary Life Member of Brattleboro and Wilmington Fire Departments. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced at a later date.

13TH ANNIVERSARY

Please remember tomorrow, December 3rd, the Worcester Massachusetts six firefighters who died in the line of duty at the tragic Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire on December 3, 1999. Never Forget. Worcester 6

CHESHIRE COUNTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS MEETING AND DINNER

Cheshire County Forest Fire Warden's Dinner and meeting will be Tuesday, December 4th at the church in Nelson. Dinner at 1900 hours, meeting at 2000 hours, and Yankee Swap to follow. Also a reminder for all members to submit up to date contact info to the Secretary as we are updating our by-laws and all members must be notified.

A NEW TOOL FOR OUR RESPONDERS

You can now see the live activity at Southwestern NH District Fire Mutual Aid Dispatch Center on line.Simply click on the following link: Click here for the link

Under connect to your department, click on the link in small print that says, click here for a list of active agencies. Then click on Southwestern NH District Fire Mutual Aid. The active calls that are in progress will show on your screen. You will see the street the call is on, the cross streets (if provided), the type of call, times, and responding units. If you click on “Show Details” you will see the units status and a Google map will be displayed showing on the map the location of the call. To hide the details, click on “Hide Details” and the details will go away. The calls you are seeing are actual calls that are going on. When the call is finished, the information for that call will go away. This site refreshes automatically. Our responders can actually save this web site to their smart phones and use this as a tool. We are dedicated to providing the most up to date tools in the industry to further support our responders.