KEENE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTION

Promotion announced by Keene Fire Chief Mark Howard:It is with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Jarrod Houston to the position of Lieutenant Fire Operations effective March 1, 2015

Lieutenant Houston will be joining the supervisory team lead by Capt. Johnson on A-Shift to lead the assigned members.

Lieutenant Houston has served the City of Keene over the last 11 years. He joined the Keene Fire Department on February 16, 2004 as a firefighter/EMT assigned to C- Shift. Lieutenant Houston became a Nationally Registered Paramedic on May of 2009.

Before coming to Keene Lieutenant Houston worked for the Brattleboro Fire Department as a career firefighter from Sept. 5, 1995 till his departure to work at Keene Fire. He was also a volunteer member of the Hinsdale Fire Department from 1994 to 2004.

Over the last 21 years in the fire service he has become a NH Certified Level II Firefighter, Fire Instructor I, Paramedic and Hazardous Materials Technician. He has also attended other training programs covering services provided.

I wish Lieutenant Houston the best with his new responsibilities and his promotion.

COORDINATING COMMUNICATIONS

Fire Mutual Aid Chief's Vehicle operating at the 2nd alarm fire at Stratton Base Lodge. This vehicle is deployed, when available at usually 2nd alarms and greater to coordinate communications between departments. It is equipped with many mobile radios with many different frequencies. This fire included the dispatching of departments on 2 different frequencies (KEF-980 and KCF-415) and 2 different fire ground frequencies were assigned for this fire. This vehicle helps to monitor all the frequencies involved in an incident. Photo of vehicle by Dale West. Photo of radio set up in back by Tom Redin.