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November 16, 2011 |
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November 1, 2011 |
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Training for the month of November has always included live fire evolutions for the firefighters of Saline Valley. However this year, the live fire evolutions are exploring new tactics and keeping the firefighters closer to home.
In years past, the District has had surrounding agencies cover the Saline Valley stations while our firefighters had to go to Festus Fire Department’s training tower to complete their live fire training scenarios.
This year, members of the District participated in a class that not only explored different tactics, but also provided plans for an easily constructed burn building meeting NFPA and ISO requirements. |
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Rock Community Firefighters also attended the class and erected the structure behind their Station #5. This has allowed for our firefighters to train with mutual aid districts, which is also required by ISO and keep our firefighters in their stations as they rotate over to Rock Community for the live fire evolutions. The District has always enjoyed a strong working relationship with the surrounding agencies and this opportunity gives the firefighters the chance to reinforce these working relationships.
The District plans on erecting this structure early next year for more in house and mutual aid trainings. |
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On November 15th the District hosted the National Weather Service’s Skywarn Storm Spotter class. The class was held at Station #1, 1771 Springdale Blvd, Fenton, MO 63026 and was provided free of charge to the public and surrounding agencies. Approximately 35 people attended the class.
The class was taught by a Meteorologist from the National Weather Service in St. Louis. As firefighters are often handling emergencies during bad weather or responding to weather related disasters, the class was provided to help firefighters make more informed decisions while working an incident based on weather conditions they observe.
At the end of class the attendees were given the option to be added to the Storm Spotter database.
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November 28, 2011 |
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The District once again took part in the Land of the Giants Truck Club’s Annual Toy Drive! Each year the District partners with the truck club and the Antonia Fire Protection District to collect toys and other donations for local families in need and unable to provide Christmas gifts for their families. The event took place on Saturday, December 3rd at the Fenton Wal-Mart in Gravois Bluffs.
During the drive, firefighters from Saline Valley and Antonia stood outside the Wal-Mart to collect donations. There were several show trucks parked in the parking lot including the St. Louis based Monster Truck - BIGFOOT. Saline Valley rotated apparatus from all three stations up to the event for them to be on display. The Antonia Fire Protection District also had apparatus on hand. The truck club served BBQ with the also going to benefit the toy drive as well. |
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All of the donations collected are sorted and distributed to the Saline Valley Fire District, the Antonia Fire District and Our Little Haven. From there the donations are delivered to those families in need. The names of the families are provided to the distributing agencies through various outlets and requests.
If you would like to donate, but cannot make it out to Wal-Mart on Saturday, please feel free to drop off your donation at any of the three Saline Valley Fire Stations before Saturday. |
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January 4, 2012 |
