SOUTHWESTERN NH DISTRICT FIRE MUTUAL AID WILL BE CONDUCTING A TRAINING SESSION ABOUT FIRE MUTUAL AID AND PROPER RADIO PROCEDURES AT THE FALL MOUNTAIN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL OFF ROUTE 12A IN LANGDON ON SEPTEMBER 20th AT 1900 HOURS.ALL AREA DEPARTMENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
17 years ago today - Sawyer Farm Fire in Jaffrey. Over 100 head of cattle perished in the fire. Extensive mutual aid sent to the fire.
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
4 years ago today on August 21, 2012 - Mo's Market Fire on Route 30 in Jamaica. 3 alarm fire with many additional tankers sent as far away as Chester, Vt. and Chesterfield, NH. Dispatchers on duty were Lt.Tom Redin and Dispatcher Kassie (Dupre) Lunderville.Photo of the fire by Chris Liller (49C1)
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY - 19 years ago today on August 19, 1997 was the Carl Drega incident in Colebrook NH where 4 people were murdered including 2 NH State Troopers. This incident sparked the birth of what is now known as InterOperability in New Hampshire. Different agencies involved in this incident could not talk to each other on two way radios in 1997.CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE INCIDENT
COMEDY NIGHT IN RINDGE
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Lt. Jay French for 9 years of dedicated service to Fire Mutual Aid.
BENEFIT BARBECUE IN LYNDEBOROUGH
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
2 years ago today on August 12, 2014 - The new dispatch center at Fire Mutual Aid opened.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AGENDA
MEETING NOTICEBOARD OF DIRECTORS
LOCATION: SWNHD FIRE MUTUAL AID HEADQUARTERS 32 VERNON ST. KEENE, N.H.
DATE: Wednesday August 10, 2016
TIME: 1900 Hours
AGENDA: Introduction of Guests: Approval of the June 8, 2016 minutes Report of the treasury Chief’s monthly activity report
COMMITTEE REPORTS: By-Laws Committee Regional Training Committee Public Relations Committee
OLD BUSINESS: Charlestown: Attorney Additional talk back frequencies
NEW BUSINESS: Request from the Union that they plan to start negotiations. Vehicle replacement quest
PERSONNEL ISSUES:
CORRESPONDENSE: 91:A request Lisa Jacobs, Fitzwilliam
OPEN DISCUSSION: Suggestions for the good of the order
ADJOURNMENT:
DR. HARRY CARTER IS COMING TO KEENE SEPTEMBER 24TH
Mark your calendars for a day long seminar with Dr. Harry Carter on Saturday September 24th at The Best Western Hotel in Keene. More details on the seminars will be posted soon!About Dr. Harry Carter: Dr. Harry R. Carter, FIFireE, CFO, is a veteran chief fire officer, an internationally-known municipal fire protection consultant, author, writer, and lecturer. He currently serves as a fire commissioner and is Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners for Fire District #2 in Howell Township, New Jersey. Dr. Carter has also served on the adjunct faculty of a number of community colleges in New Jersey, as well as the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He formerly served on the faculty of the School of Public Safety Leadership at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He retired in 1999 as a Suppression Division Battalion Commander with the Newark Fire Department in New Jersey. During his tenure in Newark, he served as Chief of Training, Commander of the Hazardous Materials Response Team, and Administrative Assistant to the Fire Chief. He is also a past Fire Chief and former Training Officer of the Adelphia Fire Company, located in the Adelphia section of Howell Township, New Jersey. He currently serves as the fire company Chaplain. He also serves as Chaplain for the East Freehold Fire Company in Freehold Township, New Jersey.
Dr. Carter is a Fellow of the United States of America Branch of the Institution of Fire Engineers, Great Britain (FIFireE). He is currently serving as Immediate Past President for the branch. He is a Life Member and former President of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and is also a former President of the New Jersey Association of Fire Districts and the New Jersey Society of Fire Service Instructors. He is a Life Member of the National Fire Protection Association.
He has been a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine since 1990, and has been a long-time participant at their Firehouse EXPO in Baltimore, Maryland. His weekly commentary appears on the front page of Firehouse.Com where he is their senior correspondent. He also serves as a contributing editor for the Pennsylvania Fireman.
He has been a frequent contributor to Fire Chief and Fire Engineering magazines. For many more than 15 years he wrote a monthly column for The Voice, the membership magazine of ISFSI. A frequent lecturer at seminars in the United States and Canada, Dr. Carter has appeared at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) since 1979. He has lectured in twenty-six of the United States and in three Canadian Provinces. He is an honorary Citizen of the Province of Nova Scotia.
He has authored or co-authored fourteen textbooks and written more than 2,500 articles for all of the major fire service trade journals and websites, as well as peer-reviewed journals. He has also been published in the New York Times, and the Asbury Park Press.