NEWS ITEMS AT OR ABOUT GERMAN TOWNSHIP
German Township Company 9 had a visitor on December 24
The duty personnel had a visitor drop in at Company 9 this afternoon. He said he was on a cross country journey and the winds blew him off course a little. He took time out to have this picture taken with Engine 9.
Annual Election of Board Officers
The election of Board Officers was held on December 13, 2009 as preamable to the Firefighters Christmas Party. The nomination and election of officers of the German Township Fire Department was called to order by Vice President Larry Chapman and handed over to the nominating committee chairperson Devron Farmer. Devron then introduced the slate that was chosen by the committee.
Their nominations were the only ones submitted and they were elected as follows:
President: Tom Cook
Vice-president:
Larry Chapman
Treasurer:
David Mangia
Secretary: There were no nominations and the position remains open.
The nominations were closed and VP Larry Chapman called
the meeting closed and the party began.
The new 2010 officers will be sworn in at the January
Board Meeting (second Tuesday of month, January 12, 2010.)
German Helps Perry Twp Fire Department with fire on Barbara Jane Drive
Perry Township Volunteer firefighters were called to a working fire in residential fire in an attached garage on Sunday morning Dec. 6. Chief Bulger
called it a working fire and under the Suburban Move Up Plan, German sent a
crew to help.
To see more pictures click on the image below.
Some more pictures from 1959
Digging around in the old files, we came up with some more photos from 1959. You can see them here
Bootsie Saved !
German Township Firefighters rescued a cat from the tree in the 8500 block
of Yellowstone Drive Tuesday morning. The owner of the cat just moved into
the neighborhood this past weekend and was distraught. The cat missing since
Saturday was thought to be under the home because she kept hearing the cat
crying.
She could not think of who else to call so she called the fire station
because she knew she had German Township water and so she thought she would
have German Township Fire Department.
She did not call 911 as she thought this was not an emergency so she looked
the FD up in the newspaper.
Firefighter Josh Downey and Firefighter Adam Brock responded to the call and
successfully removed Bootsie from her predicament
Why was Bootsie special? The owner had been sick for about a year and the cat had laid beside her owner the entire time she was recuperating.
Click on pictures for larger version
The 2nd Amendment Patriots Move
The 2nd Amendment Patriots have moved their monthly meeting to a new location- the Sportsman's Club off Peerless Rd . The have been a growing organization and we could no longer comfortably host them because of the number of attendees at their meetings. They sent us this card thanking us for being their host.
Chief John M Buckman III receives the Presidents Award
Chief Buckman was presented the Presidents Award of the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association at the 2009 Indiana Emergency Response Conference held in Indianapolis on the weekend of September 19/20. Chief Buckman not only is the Fire Chief of German Township and is employed by the State as State Fire Training Director. He also is a very frequent flyer, going to conferences and seminars all over the country either as a participant or as a instructor.
Congratulations on your award, Chief.
Kitchen fires - This could save your life and your home
Kitchen Fire - Read first then watch the attachment.
I never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to
cover a fire in a pan! This is a dramatic video (30-second,very short)
about how to deal with a common kitchen fire .. oil in a frying pan.
Read the following.
Introduction, then watch the show ...
It's a real eye-opener!!
At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a
deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An Instructor would don a fire
suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10- foot pole toss water onto
the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.
The water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it
instantly becomes superheated.
The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out.
On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled
a nuclear blast.
Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and
fills the entire room. Also, do NOT throw sugar or flour on a grease fire.
One cup of either creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.
This is a powerful message----watch the video and don't forget what you see.
Tell your family and friends about this video. Or better yet, send this
to them.
View the video
German Firefighters battle stubborn fire in residence on Marx Rd on September 11th.
On Friday evening of September 11th, German firefighters were dispatched to a house fire on Marx Rd. The house and garage were a total loss. A second alarm brought out additional help and water tankers from the Suburban fire departments. Click on picture for more pictures and story.
Lightening causes fire on Darmstadt Rd
During a thunder storm on September 3rd McCuthanville Fire Department along with units from German and Scott were sent to a fire apparently caused by lightening. Other units from the Suburban Fire Departments also moved in to cover and soon a second alarm was sounded. Story and more pictures by clicking on picture.
Some pictures taken in 1960 during dedication of new station on Kasson Drive
Some more history of the fire department - scanned copy of a 1971 Fund Raising Brochure. Sorry that some of the text is hard to read and the pictures are washed out, but that was the printing quality in 1971.
Another batch of old pictures. You will have to go to
another page to view them.
Boy Scouts 374 held a ceremony honoring the Flag on Flag Day by properly
destroying damaged Flags.
Mass Casualties Training
On Monday March 30th, German Twp Firefighters were dispatched to a training exercise that involved 2 vehicles and 6 to 8 victims. When they arrived on the scene they found 2 vehicles set up to represent a near head on accident. Most of the first due apparatus were staffed by new firefighters who had little or no experience in such an incident.
Incident commander, Captain Cindy Gries assigned Lt. Scott Laugel to do triage. Scott used the new triage system and soon found that he was being overwhelmed trying to reach the victims in two vehicles with very limited access to both.
After about 90 minutes of action, the exercise was halted so that it could be critiqued. Scout Venture Crew 399 did an excellent job of acting as victims and friends of the victims. The make up "artist", Lt Brooke Hoesli, made it look very real. Channel 14 heard the dispatch and sent cameraman Jim Nolan to cover it. Here is part of his video
While the critique was going on German was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident at Highway 66 and 65, involving an auto and a pickup. One person was transported to the hospital.
Fire Department holds its Annual Awards Banquet at St. Joseph School
On February 21, the members of German Fire Department gathered for presentation of awards to its members and dinner of camaraderie. All had a great time. Pictures and awards can be seen here.
Storm of January 27 & 28 pictures and Darmstadt fire
See a few pictures taken by Chief Buckman (The Centre and his driveway) and Jim Geiser (his car covered in snow and trees down in his yard)
Click on pictures for story:
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Fire Pictures from Darmstadt fire January 29
There are some perks to being Chief!!
On a recent run, a motorcycle driver had some medical problems and German Fire answered the call. He did not want to go to the hospital so he went by auto to our station 8 to rest, so Chief Buckman "volunteered" to ride his bike to the station for him. There were other "volunteer drivers", but rank has its privileges.
