Fire Department Newsletter – January 2024
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Table of Contents
FD Calendar Pg. 3
Mentors Pg. 8
Promotional List Pg. 13
Station Repairs Pg. 9
Training Pg. 14
Announcements Pg. 4
Budget Pg. 6 Call Volume Pg. 5
Apparatus Repairs Pg. 10
Deployments Pg. 15
Call Volume Pg. 6
Hiring Process Pg. 11
Civil Service Pg. 16
Station Remodel Pg. 7
School Line Up Pg. 12
Call Volume Pg. 5
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Event Calendar
January 2024
January 13 DeSoto High School State Championship Football Parade January 22 Civil Service Meeting @ 1:00PM January 27 Annual Medal Ceremony @ 10:00AM-Bluebonnet Room
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Announcements
ESO: Admin is working on loading all information into ESO. Once all information is loaded, training will begin.
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CALL VOLUME Month of December
Station 261: Q261: 244 E261: 0 M261: 284 BC260: 27 COM260: 0 Station 262: E262: 233 M262: 263 B262: 5 Station 263: E263: 224 M263: 274
Busiest Engine: Quint 261 Busiest Ambulance: Medic 261 HOT House: Station 261
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CALL VOLUME Year of 2023 Apparatus Responses
Station 261: Q261: 1145 E261: 1405 M261: 3116 BC260: 253 COM260: 2 Station 262: E262: 2464 M262: 2869 B262: 87 Station 263: E263: 2409 M263: 2984
Busiest Engine: Quint 261/Engine 261 Busiest Ambulance: Medic 261 HOT House: Station 261
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Station Remodel Update: New Update
Station 263:
Scheduling a meeting with Building Services and city management to address needed repairs on Station 263 with the pause possible cancellation of the station remodel.
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Mentors Mentors:
Probationary Firefighters (Probation End Date)
Ethan Fulton …………………….. Ethan Martin (1/11/2024) Scott Busby ……………………..Zach Garcia (1/11/24) Mike Clater...................................Jaylyn Williams (8/6/24) Alvin Skelton................................David Anthony (2/6/24) Billy Scroggins….........................Justin Crawford (8/6/24) Daniel Kennedy…………………..Benjamin Gilbert (10/16/24) Chad Hasty………………………..Paige Hine (11/13/24)
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Station Repairs
Station 261: Two Roof Leaks: Had meeting with City Manager and Director of Development services on this issue. I’ll keep everyone posted. Plug in Dinning Room: Repaired Dish Washers: Will be ordering new Dishwasher. ETA To come. Privacy Fence Gate: Repaired Station 262: Roof leak in Admin: Had meeting with City Manager and Director of Development services on this issue. I’ll keep everyone posted. Dishwasher: Will be ordering new Dishwasher. ETA To come. Station 263: Urinals: Repaired
DFTC: No Reported Issues
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Apparatus Repairs
. Station 261:
BC260: In Service Q261: In Service M261 : Out of Service: Overheating @ Shop E268 : Reserve @ Station 261 School Engine (806): In Service at the School COM260: In Canton for Roof Repairs and updates Station 262: . E262: In Service M262 : In Service M267: Out of Service E267: Reserve @ Station 262 B262: In Service Station 263 E263 : In Servcie M263 : Our of Service at Shop awaiting Fuel Pump. M268: In Service @ Station 263.
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Hiring Process
No Openings Currently in the Department. We are fully staffed.
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School Line Up
August 2023 Paramedic School: August 21 – March 13 Jordan Gomez
Zach Garcia Ethan Martin Nick Pollard Isabel Leath
David Anthony Jaylyn Williams August 2024 Paramedic School: Justin Crawford
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Current Promotional List We have no active current promotional List. After Civil Service Approval, the promotional test date will be Monday, May 6, 2024.
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Upcoming Training / Conferences Regional EMS CE Jan 2-4 : Groups 1 & 2 Jan 9-11 : Groups 3 & 4 Leadership Symposium: January 7-10 Chief Whitacre Chief Southard Rope Operations: January 8-12 Driver Operator –Aerial: January 16-19 Daniel Kennedy Chad Hasty Clayton Parrish Ben Villano Mike Clater Ethan Fulton Regional Fire CE – Electrical Vehicles January 16-19 & January 22-26 Rope Technician: January 22-24 Civil Service Conference: January 31-February 2 Chief Southard
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Deployments
No current Deployments
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Civil Service
Meeting: January 22nd @ 1:00PM at Station 262 EOC: Approval of Source list for Engineer, Captain, and Battalion Chief. Approval of Promotional Test Date: May 6, 2024
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