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Explorer Scouts put on training exercise for German Firefighters

The scouts from Explorer troop 399 again did a great job of acting as injured victims of a hay ride that went bad. Click on image to see pictures.

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Assistant Chief David Bretz is Kiwanis Firefighter of the year

The Kiwanis Club of the East Evansville named Assistant Chief David Bretz as Volunteer Firefighter of the Year at their 13th annual awards dinner on Thursday October 18, 2007. Chief Bretz has been a member of the German Fire Department for 19 years. Although he is the facilities manager at Holiday Health Care he has made about 60% of the runs this year. The chief is always glad when someone else has incident command so that he can get in there and get his hands dirty. Congratulations to Assistant Chief Bretz!!

For more pictures taken at the presentation click here.

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Halloween Party

German held its annual Halloween party, click on picture for more pictures.

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Another raffle winner at St. Joseph Church

Another winner of a raffle at St. Joe Church, the Harls, collected their winning- use of the German Fire Department Conference room. They decided to have a "non-birthday birthday party." They invited a few of their friends and all had a good time. They were treated to an unexpected extra when Chief Buckman and Captain Gries showed up at headquarters during the party. They all went on a tour of the headquarters/ company 9 complex. Rumor has it they even got to ride on an engine.
Somehow they all stayed still long enough to get some pictures.

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German 8E8 appears in Nut Festival Annual Parade

A crew of firefighters and their friend rolled down Franklin St. in the Annual Nut Festival parade.
Click on picture below to see some more pictures:

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German Firefighters demonstrate emergency tools for Boy Scouts

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Firefighters test new fire suppression agent.

During the weekly training session on Monday September 10, German firefighters tried out a new fire suppression agent made by Fire Cap.
See the pictures and story by clicking on thumbnail:

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Nick Adams Promoted to Division Chief

Captain Nick Adams was officially promoted to Division Chief at Monday August 20th training session. Chief Adams was presented his Division Chief's Badge at the beginning of training by Assistant Chief David Bretz. Chief Adams will assume the designation as 8A5. The Captain spot will remain vacant until the promotion process runs its course. Chris Lemon stepped down from the Division Chief's position because of personal reasons. Thanks for your service Chris and congratulations to Chief Adams.

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St. Mary's LifeFlight Comes to Monday Night Training

St. Mary's LifeFlight came to German Twp. Firefighter medical training on Monday August 20th . The copter made its appearance shortly before dark and put down in the back of Cynthiana Heights Elementary School.
See pictures on Indiana Fire Services Hot Shots Web Page or click on picture.

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Snow in June? No it was the Green Division training with foam.

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June 18th Stand Down

The German firefighters had a Stand Down training session on June 18th.
This was part of a national effort to reduce accidents and fatalities on the job at the fire departments.
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Mobile Home Fire on Evanston Dr

On a hot Father's  Day, German and McCuthanville Fire Departments were called to a fire in a mobile home on Evanston Dr.
See the story and more pictures by clicking on picture:

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Big Turnout for Public Safety Day April 28th

A wonderful April day brought out the citizens of our community to see their fire department, Ohio Valley Search and Rescue Crew, and the Red Cross show them their equipment, personnel, and services. The turn out was great. Assistant Chief David Bretz took over 300 pictures. Trying to get everyone's picture available to all. Click on the picture below to see the pictures.

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Venture Crew 399 stages mass casualties scenario for training exercise

Scout Venture Crew 399 put on a great scenario for training the firefighters in staging an incident in which a number of scouts and leaders pretended that they had been injured while repelling from some cliffs. See the pictures of the lifelike makeup and injuries they had as the firefighters worked on them in an area that was not too easy to access.
Click on Picture to see the story.

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2006 Annual Awards Banquet

The annual awards banquet was held on February 17 at St. Joseph School Cafeteria. Members were rewarded for their services to the citizens of German Township. The "star" of the show was Division Chief Brett Stucke who was honored for his 30 years of service. See the pictures and other awards presented click on Chief Stucke's picture

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Recruit Class in Burn Bus

On January 20 the recruit class had their first taste of a live fire. Captain Marsh and Lt. Hoesli had them put all the things they had learned in the classroom to the test. Getting to go in a real fire is very exciting for these recruits.
Click on the thumbnail for the picture story.

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NEW RECRUITS RECEIVE CERTIFICATION

On Monday January 15, three of our new members received their certification for completing Indiana mandatory firefighter training. Matt Molinet and Dustin Botzum will now become probationary members for one year. Joey O'Neal has been on the department and decided she wanted to be a firefighter and completed the training. Division Chief Chris Lemon made the presentation. Captain Jason Marsh, recruiter, congratulated all. Click on thumbnails for larger version.

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Chief Buckman Roasted

Chief John M. Buckman III was roasted Saturday January 20th at St. Joseph school cafeteria to celebrate his 30 years as chief of German Fire department. As they say, the pictures are being processed (?) and will appear later this week. Here is a link to the story in the Courier Press.
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J. R." - 36 YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG !

After 36 years of service on German Fire Department, Jim- known as JR among his friends-is still
going strong. Captain Cindy Gries wrote this article about him.
I hope that you all take time to read it. Click on image below to read article.

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Cat starts fire in house on Kleitz Rd

On October 23, 11:16, German Township Fire department was dispatched to a house fire on Kleitz Rd. Firefighter Jim Geiser, who lives a couple doors away was first on scene and found that another neighbor had used an old fashion fire extinguisher- a wet towel- to extinguish the fire. The fire was caused by the cat knocking over a candle and igniting some papers and a kitchen chair. Everyone was out of the residence and arriving firefighters examined the scene and used a vent fan to clear the remaining smoke. Damaged was limited to the chair, floor and table. The cat disappeared and was not available for interrogation.
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After Two years
Eastbrook Mobile Home Park Tornado

On November 6th 2005,shortly before 2:00am a tornado tore through the Eastbrook Mobile Home Park and destroyed most of the homes. The same tornado had hit Ellis Park Race track (On Nov. 25 an air-condition unit from Ellis Park was found in the debris at Eastbrook). The storm then continued trough Newburgh, doing considerable damage to a number of sub-divisions then grazed Booneville and struck hard again in northern Warrick County. There were many deaths. Due to the number of pictures there is a special page for these pictures. Eastbrook Pictures

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