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JANUARY 2015
December - COUNTY MEETING INFORMATION
DATE: Thursday, January 29, 2015
TIME: 7:30 P.M.
HOST: Hartville Fire Department
LOCATION: 411 E. Maple St., Hartville
PROGRAM: Dr. Peter Listerman, Medical Dir. at Akron City Hospital, and is in
charge of the EMS training program at Hartville Fire. He will discuss firefighter
health and wellbeing.
If you are from a neighboring department to North Canton Fire, PLEASE at-
tend this meeting; Jackson Twp. Fire, Plain Twp. Fire, Uniontown Fire, Greentown Fire,
Canton City Fire, Canton Twp. Fire, etc.. ALL others are appreciated!
Refreshments will be served following the meeting and program.
2015 SCFFA
MEETING & EVENT SCHEDULE
February 26 - Massillon Fire Dept.
March 26 - Mohawk Valley Joint Fire Dst
(formerly Waynesburg/Sandy Fire)
To be held at the Sandy Twp. Bldg
April 30 - Uniontown Fire
May 28 - Louisville Fire
June-July-August - NO MEETINGS
September 24 - Strasburg Fire
October 29 - East Sparta Fire
November 12 - Canton City Fire
December 10 - Alliance City Fire
**************EVENTS *************
Scotch Doubles - February 14, 2015
SCFFA Ron Hart Golf Scramble - May 9
May 18 - EMS Week Kick Off Breakfast
October 6 - Fire Prevention Breakfast
October 10 - 24th County Memorial Service
PLEASE DO NOT schedule trainings or other
events that will be the same day as these if
at all possible.
KEEP THESE DATES OPEN!
Executive Board Members
President: Gary Coen - [email protected]
330-966-9142 330-499-3404
Vice-President: Jerry Markle - [email protected]
330-823-5865
Treasurer: Becky Ault - [email protected]
330-327-5261 123 Cayuga NW Canton, 44708
Recording Secy: Mark Garber - [email protected]
330-353-0756
Chaplain: Rev. Ronald Bryant - [email protected]
330-699-2546
Corresponding Secy: Cathy Hart - [email protected]
330-327-7514 306 Wooster NE Navarre, 44662
SEND NEWSLETTER INFO to [email protected] or
send pm to Cathy Garman Hart on facebook!
Zone #1 Rep: Bob Eicher - [email protected]
330-832-7477 330-418-3765
Zone #2 Rep: Randy Branch - [email protected]
330-488-2125
Zone #3 Rep: (Vacant)
Zone #4 Rep: Greg Oswald - [email protected]
330-447-7902
Zone #5 Rep: Eric Benson - [email protected]
330-936-0297
Asst. Zone #1 Rep: Bob Coen - [email protected]
330-499-8610 330-704-6303
Asst. Zone #2 Rep: Joe Hafer - [email protected]
Asst. Zone #3 Rep: Karla Nevel - [email protected]
330-484-2941 330-327-0598
Asst. Zone #4 Rep: James “Smitty” Smith 330-484-3108
Asst. Zone #5 Rep: Bill Toulson - [email protected]
330-639-7699
Webmaster Kenny Brown -
STARK COUNTY FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
COUNTY MEETING SET-UP
Guidelines
2 - 8’ tables and 6 chairs for officers at the
front of the room
1 American flag in the room
Approximately 40 to 50 chairs for members
attending
Program: Either a speaker with general fire/
ems information for good of all OR
Certified CE (continuing education) training related information to offer those in
attendance
(anything from 20 minutes to an hour or so of
information)
Refreshments: WHATEVER your department would like to serve. Suggestions: cold cuts for sandwiches, chips and cookies; pizza, vegeta-ble tray and cake; pasta, salad and brownies; or even chili, cornbread and dessert. Drinks:
possibly coffee, soft drinks, water or punch.
We are continually asked regarding the above information. If you have any questions concern-ing a meeting YOUR department will be hosting, please just contact any board member at their telephone numbers provided on the left of the front page of the newsletter.
Thanks to all who host our meetings.!
Happy New
Year!
PAGE 2 SCFFA NEWSLETTER January 2015
Stark FDRU is
currently looking
for additional
volunteers
countywide and
beyond. If you
would like to help your fellow
firefighters and be a part of the FDRU
please fill out our online application
on our web
site www.starkfdru.org or contact
us to make arrangements to get an
application. We are always looking
for donations of equipment, gear,
cash, vehicles etc. if you have or
know anyone that has unwanted
items or that would be interested in
being a corporate or associate spon-
sor, please let us know. Donations
are always appreciated!
Contact
Chief Steve Clark at 330-701-7852 or
Asst. Chief Bill Toulson
at 330-639-7699.
Strasburg Fire Rescue Training
ALLEN KEITH CONSTRUCTION WE MAKE IT RIGHT AGAIN
We restore damage caused by
Fire-Vehicle-Mold-Storm-Water-Mildew
24 Hour EMERGENCY Service - 800-392-7000
Canton: 330-455-5481 Akron: 330-699-5668
Showroom: 2735 Greensburg Rd., across from the airport
Insured Loss Specialists Courtyard Marriott
330) 494-6494
Hotel offers a 24 hour market, breakfast buf-
fet, lobby bar, business center, indoor pool, fitness
center, free HSIA & guest laundry.
4375 Metro Circle NW, Canton, Ohio 44720
Orion Construction
24 Hour Emergency Service Board-ups - Tarps - Rebuild Fire/Water Damage
330-244-9708 7801 Cleveland Ave. N.W., North Canton, Ohio 44720
www.orionohio.com
BLASIMAN FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
& EXIT LIGHT SERVICE
Ron Blasiman
State Licensed and Insured
Office: 330-821-6107 320 Hester Avenue
Cell:330-257-2063 Alliance, Oh 44601
State ID#54-76-1006 www.blasimanfire.com
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES
SUNPRO
Corporate Offices 7640 Whipple Ave NW
Office: 330-966-0910 North Canton, Ohio 44720-6924
24 HR: 800-488-0910
Fax: 330-966-1954 www.sunproservices.com
Dangerous Residue:
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Instant Results!
State of fire art sample testing
Testing methods approved by Ohio Dept. of Health CDC
safety elements, ltd. 330-715-9075
E-mail:[email protected]
Visit us at www.hazmatandmore.com
Chad Mutersbaugh and
Melissa Heather
Are Engaged Chad is a Lieutenant with
North Lawrence Fire Department and
Melissa is a dispatcher with
Stark Summit Ambulance
J. BOWERS CONSTRUCTION
3113 Mogadore Rd. Akron, OH
Disaster Restoration Specialists
Toll Free: 800-289-9050
Canton:330-453-9340
Akron:330-628-4807
Fax:330-628-8473
www.J.Bowersconst.com
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE
RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR
CHIEF JIMMIE HERSTINE
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
SOCIALIZING BEGINS AT 6:00PM
DINNER BEGINS AT 7:00 PM PROGRAM TO FOLLOW AT THE ATWOOD
LAKE RESORT - 2650 LODGE RD SW SHERRODSVILLE, OHIO 44675
(330) 735-2211 $20.00 PER PERSON, CASH BAR
ROOMS AVAILABLE AT DISCOUNTED PRICE UNDER QUAD AMBULANCE . TICKETS CAN BE ACQUIRED FROM ANY MEMBER OR AT THE
STATION CAN CONTACT MARY SCOTT (330) 323-3369
Please RSVP by February 14, 2015
Stark FDRU assists
fire personnel
at a Canton Township Fire
CHANGES IN
CHIEFS
Louisville Fire - Chief Rod Bordner
Bethlehem Fire & Rescue, Inc. Chief
<Richard Annen
Bethlehem Assistant Chief
Tom Bragg >
Brewster Fire Chief
<Chris Colucy
Brewster Assist. Chief Jen Mohler>
Mohawk Valley Joint Fire District Chief
<Jim Marraccini
Mohawk Valley JFD
Assistant Chief Tom Ely >
SCFFA SCOTCH DOUBLES
Saturday, February 14
Valentines Day Fund Raiser
$30 per COUPLE
PAGE 3 SCFFA NEWSLETTER January 2015
SCFFA RONNIE HART
MEMORIAL
GOLF
SCRAMBLE
Saturday
May 9, 2015
SAVE THE DATE
TRADE A SHIFT
BE THERE!!!
PAGE 4 SCFFA NEWSLETTER January 2015
Murdocco Restoration
"A new beginning in restoration and a new beginning for
"YOU" after an unforeseen water, fire or storm disaster”
24 Hour Water/Fire/Storm Service.
Phone: 330-880-0424
Emergency: 330-697-2268
Mark Murdocco-President
1224 Oak Ave. SE., Massillon, Ohio 44646
Crews just rescued a horse from
a pond at Butterbridge Stables. from Canal Fulton/Lawrence Township Fire
A team consisting of police officers, firefight-
ers and volunteers helped an approximately
1,500 pound horse escape the chilly waters
of a frozen pond Friday afternoon at Butter-
bridge Stables.
Firefighter Erik Smith, of the Lawrence Town-
ship/Canal Fulton Fire Department, said a black-colored, male horse wandered onto
the frozen pond about 4 p.m. January 8, 2015 in the 5600 block of Butterbridge Road
NW and fell through the center portion of the 5- to 6-foot deep water.
Firefighters were able to chip a path through the ice using sledge hammers to reach
the animal, Smith said. About a dozen people were then able to help pull the horse
from the pond using a rope.
“Once we got to him with a rope, he was able to gain his footing and pretty much walk
up to shore,” said Smith, adding that the horse was likely in the pond for at least an
hour.
The horse was taken into a heated garage and was being cared for as police and fire-
fighters left the scene, Smith said.
RAMSBURG INSURANCE and Financial Services
Phone: 877-903-2223
“PROTECTING YOU,
SO YOU CAN PROTECT US”
Comprehensive programs designed for fire departments and
their members. General Liability - Fire Trucks and Equip-
ment, Group Accidents, Sickness, Life and Disability Plans
LEADERS IN THE INSURANCE CLAIM INDUSTRY
DESIGN RESTORATION Reconstruction - New Construction Residential - Commercial
24HR EMERGENCY SERVICE
800-716-7123 or 330-563-0010
4305 Mt. Pleasant Rd. Suite 103, North Canton, Ohio
Visit us at www.designrestoration.net
Winona Fire Department and Hanover Twp. Vol-
unteer Fire Department are excited to announce
their 1st Annual Fire Symposium (at United High
School - Columbiana County) with speaker Chief
Billy Goldfeder! Save the date - March 28, 2015!
PAGE 5 SCFFA NEWSLETTER January 2015
STARK FDRU RAFFLE
Fourth Annual Benefit Raffle $500 CASH PRIZE
Drawing October 31, 2015
Donation $5 ea or 5 for $20 (winner need not be present)
Benefitting Stark Fire Dept. Rehab Unit Call 330-701-7852 for tickets
We would like to thank the
Canton Professional Firefight-
ers Local 249 for your gener-
ous contribution to the Stark
FDRU. We really appreciate your support and
it is a pleasure to be able to work with all of
you. Thank you very much, we look forward
to working with you in the future.
(Due to limited space in this newsletter, I was unable to post
ALL of the FDRU’s thank-yous for the various departents...they
will however be in the February SCFFA Newsletter - my apolo-
gies to Stark FDRU and the departments who support them)
The new medic squad has arrived at
Bethlehem Fire and Rescue, the boys
did a great job on the specs!!
It looks pretty sharp!! Congratulations!
Bolivar Fire - Luckiest person
ever. Car slid on ice
and rolled over
partially ejection of
driver through the
sunroof. When the
car came to a stop on
its roof, the driver
was over a large
drainage ditch. Driver
had minor injuries are
should be just fine.
Thanks to Capt. Ross, Shane, Randy, Joe and Stewie from Dover
Fire for the assist.
PAGE 6 SCFFA NEWSLETTER January 2015
Congratulations
STARK FDRU
member and
Lexington Fire member
Tyler McIlvain on passing your EMT,
Good job!
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEDIVAC
Kobie J Brooks, BA, NREMT-P
Business Relations and Development
Call: 216-509-7880
(Observer) 216-844-2678
1-877-UHC-EVAC www.UHMEDVAC.com
$12 each contact 330-701-7852 to order...
Thank you Curtis and Laura for finishing the squad.
It looks great.
*bcr brahlers’s cleaning & restoration 111749 Strasburg-Bolivar Road NW
Bolivar, Ohio 44612
(330) 874-0008 [email protected]
888-749-7887 www.brahlersstop.com
“We Restore Beauty”
Strasburg - new EMTs
Corey Lumley
and Brock Metzger
Rapid Response Restoration, Inc. 24 hr.
Emergency Services: 330-605-2295
7890 Navarre Road SW, Massillon, 44646
Ph: 330-832-3288 Fax: 330-832-4008
Steve Toohey, CEO 330-904-3651
[email protected] www.mrrapid.com
PAGE 7 SCFFA NEWSLETTER January 2015
Grace Egli
Daughter of Amy and
Rob Egli (Prince George’s
County Fire/EMS)
and granddaughter of
Sue and Chuck Egli
Washington Twp. Fire,
took 1st Place Hoop
Shoot Contest
Well done Grace!
Good job Perry
Twp. Fire,
Massillon Fire
and
Stark Rangers ! Two calves rescued from Perry Township pond
Perry Township firefighters successfully rescued two calves from a pond this morning. A third calf died.
Stark FDRU attends
Jackson Fire Expo
SCFFA T-shirt, Sweatshirts and
Full Jip Hoodies
On Sale NOW!
Ask a SCFFA Executive Board Member
BONNIE’S ENGRAVERS GALLERY
and SIGN CREATION
330-830-1271 Trophies-Banners-Posters-Plaques
Key Chains-Wedding Glasses and Gifts
www.engraversgallery.com
10 Lincoln Way East, Massillon, Ohio 44646
Tom Hughes and Chief Steve Clark of Stark
FDRU, Mark Murdocco and Mike Richmond
of Murdocco Restoration and Steve Toohey
of Rapid Response Restoration
Stark County Fire Fighters
Association
Scotch Doubles
Valentine’s Day
Bowling Fundraiser!!!
Saturday - February 14- 10 P.M.
Be there by 9:30 P.M. AMF Hall of Fame Lanes 5155 W. Tuscarawas, Perry Twp. Canton
GRAND PRIZE
FREE night stay at
Courtyard by Marriott, North Canton
includes Breakfast for two!!!
$30 per COUPLE! Price includes bowling, use of alley shoes and ball, snacks, and door prizes.
Call now...limited number of tickets available…Cathy - 330-327-7514 * Becky - 330-327-5261 *
Gary - 330-499-3404 * Or ask any board member!
PAGE 9 SCFFA NEWSLETTER January 2015
Wind & Fire #89 - ACBC
If you would like to be a Special Child
Sponsor, make a donation, or become a
member CALL 330-575-1519 or 330-323-2872 Or
catch us on the run!
To mail a donation: Wind & Fire #89, P.O.
Box 54, Louisville, Ohio 44641 PLEASE
make checks payable to: ACBC
(Aluminum Cans for Burned Children)
TO ALL MEMBERS:
Meetings are held the third Thurs-day of each month,
excluding June, July and August, with a guest speaker and topic re-lating to Fire Prevention and Fire Investigation.
All meetings are held at
Belgrade Gardens, located at 3476 Massillon Road, in Green.
Meetings start promptly at 11 a.m.
Lunch following at noon.
Cost of lunch for members is $10.
Guests are welcome to attend up to three meetings before becoming a member.
The mission statement of the FDEA is:
“To create the opportunity for rep-resentatives from the fire service, industrial safety field and the in-surance industry to expand commu-nications and share knowledge per-taining to Fire Prevention & Fire Investigation”
CANTON POLICE & FIREMENS CREDIT UNION
530 McKinley Avenue NW Canton, Oh 44702
330-453-2467
“Serving all fire and safety personnel and their fami-
lies” Dedicated to responding to our members
financial needs by providing a variety of quality low
cost financial services. www.cpfcu.net
Heaters, food, drinks
EMS support, seating, etc.
Rane Sommers
Hartville Fire
“After 14 months, lots and lots of hours, sometimes
70+ a week, leaving home at 8am and getting back at 6am the next day for a few days a week, I can say I’m done. Finally. I’m a Paramedic. Thank you to all my classmates who made it fun, and all my instructors from the begin-ning of basic my junior year 2010 all the way to today. Couldn’t have asked for better teach-ers, and they really made these last few years
fun. Now I can legally Sign, Rane Sommers, FFII, NREMT-P”
CONGRATULATIONS Rane!
BREWSTER FIRE
Utilizes FDRU TEAM
for Personnel Rehab
Ringin’
in the
NEW
YEAR!
2015
Sam, grandson of SCFFA Recording
Secretary Mark Garber and his
wife Patty. He is the son of
Amanda Garber and Mike Tresler.
PAGE 10 SCFFA NEWSLETTER January 2015
WILMOT FIRE & RESCUE
BENEFIT - HAM DINNER
WILMOT, OH – All-You-Can-Eat
Ham Dinner
(includes
scalloped
potatoes,
green beans,
applesauce, coleslaw, dinner
rolls, a slice of pie and beverage)
served Family Style on Sunday,
February 8, 2015 from
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Adults - $8.00, Children 4-10
$4.00, Children 3 and under are
FREE. The meal is served in the
Wilmot Fire Hall at 204 Mill
Street Wilmot, Ohio. Church
groups welcome. All proceeds to
benefit Wilmot Fire & Rescue
a volunteer department.
Carry Out Available.
(330) 359-5995
FRIGID Temps - “FIRSTS” in MA - FIRST Class operations!
For the first time in probably ever, we find an Akron Fire Department pump, on McKinley Ave SW
in Canton. Their trench/collapse personnel assisted with the house explosion today. Russ Volkert
I bet you are right, or at least in a very, very long time. We had a pump down from Canton twice,
the last time was in 1926. Christopher Tritt Tell me about. I was at Harrison Ave. and West Tusc.
when Hudson and Akron got off 77. What a site. Solid effort Canton Fire.
Canton Fire responded to a structure fire on McKin-
ley Ave SW late this morning. On arrival units found
a 2 story house that had exploded and was on fire.
The fire was extinguished and the the Canton Fire
Technical Rescue Operations Team was requested,
as well as the Ohio Region 5 USAR Team and Mara-
thon Fire Department Technical Rescue Team. The
units used listening devices and search cameras to determine if there were any victims in the un-
stable structure. It was determined that there may have
been potential victims, and the building was shored and
rescuers entered the structure to do a search. No victims
were found. Thank you to all members from the Mara-
thon Fire Department and the Rescue Technicians from
the Region 5 USAR team for all you assistance on the cold
day. Thank you to Stark FDRU for assisting us today, it
was greatly appreciated.
Stark FDRU is in need of a roof
mount light tower. if anyone has one sitting
around or knows of one that an individual or
dept. may have, that they would be willing to
donate to us for a tax credit, please let us
know. We are a non profit 501C3 Thanks!
T-Shirts Available
up to 2XL
Call 330-701-7852
STARK COUNTY FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
CATHY HART
306 WOOSTER ST NE
NAVARRE, OHIO 44662
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