Keene's old engine 2 (Rosie) in front of the new central station. Photo by Mike Burke.
HISTORIC DAY AT FIRE MUTUAL AID
A dream come true after 50 years of operating in the same room. Fire Mutual Aid and the City of Keene Fire Dept. close on the sale of the old Central Fire Station to Fire Mutual Aid. Fire Mutual Aid Chief Phil Tirrell taking the keys to the building from Keene Fire Chief Gary Lamoureux
Fire Mutual Aid Chief Phil Tirrell; President of Board of Directors, Retired Walpole Chief Harry Boynton and Keene Fire Chief Gary Lamoureux
Signing the final paperwork to purchase the old Keene Central Station. Clockwise from left Attorney Bill Prigge, representing Fire Mutual Aid;President of Mutual Aid BOD Harry Boynton;Chief Phil Tirrell;Attorney Tom Mullins, City of Keene;Keene Fire Chief Gary Lamoureux
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BRATTLEBORO RETIRED ASSISTANT CHIEF JOHN E. WHEELDEN SR.
Arrangements for retired Brattleboro Asst Chief John Wheelden ( and a volunteer in Vernon & Wilmington) have been finalized and are as follows;· Calling hours – Friday, December 14 2p-4p and 6p-8p at Ker Funeral Home on High St· Funeral – Saturday, December 15 at noon at St Michaels Church on Walnut St· Burial at Morningside immediately following the service· Reception at the Elks after burial.· BFD will attend calling hours in the evening. There is a fire service prayer at 7pm. Please meet at Central Station no later than 6:15p · BFD will join other FD’s in forming an honor guard at the church and cemetery on Saturday. Please meet at Central Station no later than 11:15. BFD Eng 1 will lead the funeral procession from the church to the cemetery, a Vernon engine will follow the hearse.ALL PARTICIPATION WILL BE IN CLASS A UNIFORM (no badge covers) .
In Memory of Retired Ass't Chief John E. Wheelden Sr. Click on this link
Picture is from John's 80th Birthday Party
Retired Chief, T. Howard Mattison; Retired Ass't Chief John Wheelden; Retired Chief David Emery Sr.
LOOKING FOR FIRE GEAR
My name is Steve Gassett I'm a firefighter with Hinsdale Fire Department. We have recently established a Fire Explorer Program in Hinsdale. Like most Explorer programs we are in need of fire gear, I was wondering if you could post on your web site we are looking for gear. Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
Thanks, Steve Gassett Head Advisor-Explorer Post 788 802-451-8605 cell 603-336-5512 fd ExplorerPost788@GMail.com Hinsdale Fire Explorers on Facebook
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.
NEW KEENE CENTRAL STATION RIBBON CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE
Friday December 14th and Saturday December 15th. The ribbon cutting will be on the 14th at 1300. Tours will also be available on the 15th from 0900-1500. Be sure to watch the video embedded in the newspaper article.Click here for newspaper article
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.
FOLLOW ALL INCIDENTS AS THEY ARE DISPATCHED ON TWITTER
You can now follow all the incidents that we dispatch via Twitter. You need to have a Twitter account. After you are signed in to your Twitter account, click on this link Click Here for the link and click on "follow". You can get these sent to your phone by a text message if you set your phone to receive the text on your Twitter Account.
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.