On Saturday, January 7, 2012 we had our annual Installation of Officers Banquet.  The newly elected Fire line officers are

CHIEF George Smith, Sr.

ASSISTANT CHIEF Ed Kiser, III

CAPTAIN Bryan Gregg

CAPTAIN Jay Shipley

LIEUTENANT Ron Lippy

LIEUTENANT Chris Fowler

LIEUTENANT Dave Saulter.

The newly elected Board Officers are as follows:

PRESIDENT Ed Kiser, Jr.

VICE PRESIDENT Todd Sink

RECORDING SECRETARY Kim Smith

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Brittney McElroy

TREASURER Amy Kiser

BOARD MEMBERS Gloria Lewis, Jason Gallo, Matt Ernest, Dave Rosage, and Tim Wengert.

John Richter was appointed as Assistant Treasurer and William "Pope" Zamostny was appointed as the company Chaplain.

Awards this year were as follows:

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-Lisa Panowicz

EMS PROVIDER- Barbara Sparklin

FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR- Bruce Seals

FIRE OFFICER OF THE YEAR- Lt. Chris Fowler

BOARD OFFICER OF THE YEAR- VP Todd Sink

GREG DODD AWARD- Barbara Fowler

EDWIN "BOOTS" RAYNOR AWARD- John Richter

PRESIDENT'S AWARD- Ed Lowery

CHIEF'S AWARD- Lt. Chris Fowler

THE TOP TRAINING awardees were Chris Itnyre with 352 hours, Lisa Panowicz with 326 hours and Eddie Kiser with 105 hours.

THE TOP EMS RESPONDERS were Jason Gallo,  Barbara Sparklin, Brandon Pfiefer.  Meghan Becker, and Chris Fowler

THE TOP FIRE RESPONDERS were Jason Gallo, Bruce Seals, Chris Fowler, Rob McDermott, and Brandon Pfiefer.

Thank you to all came out to help make the night a success!

We regretfully announce the passing of Life Member Andy Fleischman.  Mr. Andy passed away today after a lengthy illness.  The viewing will be held at Stallings Funeral Home in Pasadena on Mountain Road on Tuesday, January 3rd from 3-5 and 7-9.  The Memorial Service will be Wednesday, January 4th at 1000am.  A wake will follow at the Community United Methodist Church on Ft. Smallwood Road.  Please keep his family and friends in your prayers!

On Sunday evening, shortly after 5:00pm, untis were alerted for a possible dwelling fire in the 13-5 box on Riverside Dr.  Caller reported the house was filled with smoke and there was a person still inside, unable to exit the home.  E131 responded 7w2, and arrived to find heavy smoke showing from side alpha.  U13 responded on the ALL HANDS 2w1.  After confirming there was 1 person trapped, E131's crew split, with 1/2 going in & 1/2 assuming RIT.  The Lt. from E10 and the crew from SQ12 also entered the dwelling.  The patient was found and removed and was transported to BWMC.  The fire began flashing and crews on the first floor attemted to make thier way out of the dwelling, eventually exiting through windows.  In total 3 FF's were transported to BWMC with minor injuries.  B13 also responded for staffing 2w0, as well as A139 w/3.  Crews remained on location for several hours knocking many hot spots.  Utility 13 and Brush 13 remained on location until 9am Monday morning on Fire Watch with no further incident.

Good job to all crews for the save, and Thank you to the Alarmers and surrounding jurisdictions for thier help!

Photos courtesy of Heather Rogers, Shawn Coleman & Five Alarm Photography

On Friday November 25, 2011, units were alerted for a reported dwelling in the 10-7 box area.  Engine 131, 5w1, and U13, 2w1, arrived on location to find a split , 2 story dwelling with fire showing on side bravo.  E131's crew, led by Chief 13, immediately pulled lines, and SQ-11's crew assumed RIT.  The crew put a fast knock on the fire that had spread to the 2nd story and attic. 

Photos courtesy of Shawn Coleman.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of member Greg Dodd.  Greg has been battling cancer and at 0119hrs this morning he passed away at BWMC.  In Greg's final days he was surrounded by family and freinds and of course his Fire Department family.  Greg never rode the Fire engine, or Ambo with us, but he was always with us in spirit, and now he will be one of our angels watching over us.  He would always be there to help with fund raisers, Carnival, open houses....whatever was needed, he would do his best to contribute.  Greg had a big heart!  And he loved us all, just as we loved him.  We are all honored to have had Greg in our family and we will miss his smiling face dearly! 

A gathering will be held at McCauly Polniak Funeral Home on Mountain Road in Pasadena from 2-4p on Friday November 18th.  A Memorial service will take place from 4-5p.  Greg will then be taken to the Riviera Beach VFC for a celebration of life from 5:15-7p.  In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Riviera Beach Volunteer Fire Co., in his honor.

Around 1:15 pm Truck 13 was dispatched to Almondbury Dr for the reported house fire. Quint 30 arrived with fire showing form the basement window. Truck 13 was assigned R.I.T duties then was sent in with fire attack to help with hose advancement and overhaul. Ambulance 139 was assigned Rehab. Units cleared around 2;30 pm

 “Change your Clock Change Your Batteries”
According to the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) there were more than 369,500 home structure fires in the United States in 2010. This resulted in 2,640 civilian deaths and 13,350 civilian injuries. Protect your homes and your families. Don't be a statistic!!!

 

While operating on an All-Hands dwelling fire on Bay Drive in the 13-2 box, units were alerted for another dwelling fire also in 13-2 box only blocks away from the first fire, this time in the 100 block of Dunlap Road.  Trk 31 and Engine 201 from the All-Hands assignment, as well as Lt. Fowler on Brush 13 were placed available by Battalion Chief 2 and reassigned to the Dunlap Road call.  A139, driver only, was also added to the assignment.  Tk 31 arrived and reported smoke showing from side alpha. 

  Units were alerted for the reported dwelling fire for the 8500 of Bay Rd. Callers advised smoke coming from the dwelling. While units were enroute, Fire Alarm advised they were recieving multiple calls. Utility 13 Lt.Lippy  arrived on location with heavy smoke showing and established  command and field communications. Engine 133 layed in from Asbury and Bay Rd. LT 13(Fowler)from Brush 13 was fire attack with the crew from E-133. Command advised it was a basement fire. BC -2 arrived and took command and field communications and requested the All Hands Box and a additional Medic Unit. 

 On this day of remembrance, we would like to thank our Military personell, past and present for securing our freedoms!

9/11/01

NEVER FORGET

At 08:22am we where alerted for a house fire on Fieldstone place. E131 went 3 with 1 and was first to arrive to a one story single family home with smoke showing. E131 took a 200ft attack line to side Delta and made entry and had fire attack.  E133 arrived second with 3 and 0 picked up a second hydrant. The two Firefighters from E133 joined E131's crew and helped with fire attack and ventilation. The home owners cat two hamsters and two reptiles where saved. After extensive overhaul all units cleared at 11:37am.

Hurricane Irene wrecked havoc on the East Coast this weekend,and the boys and girls from the beach stepped up to the plate and up staffed the station.  At the height of the storm, we had 30 volunteers staffing equipment and running calls. Due to our level of staffing we were able to get a reserve engine that was placed in service as E133.

In 24 hours the station handled around 50 calls.  Utility 13, and Brush 13 ran a bulk of the calls, investigating wires down, trees down, and trees on houses.   Luckily there was only one fire through the night. E131, E133, and Truck13 handled a shed fire behind a dwelling.  In addition, A139 was staffed with 3 volunteers running medical calls.

Sunday, Utility 13, and Brush 13 have continued to run calls throughout the county for storm damage.

Thank you to all the volunteers who turned out to help thoughout the storm.  We would also like to thank the communities for your patience, and ask that you keep an eye out for your neighbors!  REMEMBER- Generators produce DEADLY carbon monoxide.  DO NOT keep generators inside your homes or garages.  Keep them outside!  And make sure not to overload any electrical extension cords.  Be safe!

On Sunday afternoon, units were alerted for a reported dwelling fire in the 10-17 box area.  E131 6w0, TK13 3w1, and BR13 2w0 returning from a pump out, responded.   E131 arrived to report smoke showing from the chimney.  Upon further investigation, AC13 from TK13 confirmed a chimney fire.  Crews from E131 and TK13 entered the dwelling on the first floor and the attic to check for extension into the dwelling with negative results.  Units remained on scene for approximately 1 hour.

A bad storm hit the Pasadena area Friday night and The Beach House stepped up to the plate and had 4 units staffed running calls.  The storm was hitting hard while a group had just sat down for a spaghetti dinner.  The calls started coming in around 6:45pm with E131 6w1, being dispatched for alarms sounding at a Daycare center in 10's are in Lake Shore Plaza.  As the engine approached the location of the call, they found a car submerged in deep water in the parking lot, with the occupant still inside.  After assuring that the occupant got out safely, the crew investigated the daycare and found it to be a good intent call.  Engine 131 ran 4 more calls after that for wires down, trees down, and a flooded basement.  While E131 was out, E134 ran 4 calls, while TK13 staffed the station with the ambo.  A total of 9 calls were handled by both engines in   about 90 minutes 

On behalf of the Riviera Beach Fire Company we would like to welcome Aaron's rental to the community as well as thank them for there support. Aaron's donated a 32" TV to us to raffle in this years carnival. They also donated a brand new laptop computer for us to control our new digital sign board out front of the fire house. Thank you Aaron's and welcome to Pasadena.