DeSoto Fire Rescue Monthly Citizen Newsletter.
Fire Department Newsletter – December 2023
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Fire Department
Table of Contents
FD Calendar Pg. 3
Mentors Pg. 7
Promotional List Pg. 12
Station Repairs Pg. 8
Training Pg. 13
Announcements Pg. 4
Budget Pg. 6 Call Volume Pg. 5
Apparatus Repairs Pg. 9
Deployments Pg. 14
Station Remodel Pg. 6
Hiring Process Pg. 10
Civil Service Pg. 15
School Line Up Pg. 11
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Event Calendar
December 2023
December 4
Christmas Tree Lighting: 6:30PM-Town Hall December 6 Employee Awards Luncheon: 11:30-Bluebonnet Room December 7 Terri Kordsmeier Retirement Party: 4:00PM-DFTC December 9 Fire Department’s Annual Christmas Party: 11 AM @ Emerald Event Center
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Announcements
ESO: Currently working on Data Migration. After the first of the year, we will start sending out training dates. Fire Hydrants: With the change in City Manager, we have had to pause on our progress with outsourcing fire hydrants. This year is a flow year, and every hydrant will need to be flowed. After this year, regardless if hydrants are outsourced or not, we will only do flows every five years. There will no longer be a year inspection. Holiday Schedule: Starting the week of Thanksgiving and running through the month of December, we will move to the Holiday Schedule. The parameters surrounding that will be emailed out to everyone prior to it beginning.
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CALL VOLUME
Month of November
Station 261:
Q261: 209 E261: 1 M261: 235 BC260: 19 COM260: 0
Busiest Engine: Engine 263
Busiest Ambulance: Medic 263
Station 262:
E262: 201 M262: 254 B262: 5
HOT House: Station 263
Station 263:
E263: 250 M263: 256
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Station Remodel Update: New Update
Station 263:
Bids have been opened and the remodel is on pause. Conversations are being had on putting this off and building multiple new stations instead.
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Fire Department
Mentors Mentors:
Probationary Firefighters (Probation End Date)
Antoine Lewis ……………………..Tyrus Poe (12/6/2023) Daniel Kennedy …………………..Jordan Gomez (12/6/23) Demarcus Shaw ………………….C. Henderson (12/6/23) 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: Roofers have been contacted. No timetable for repairs
Door Locks: Contractor approved to make repairs.
Dish Washers: Parts have been Ordered
Washing Machine: Waiting for approval to repair.
Station 262:
Roof leak in Admin: Roofers have been contacted: No timetable on Repairs
Station 263:
Bay Heaters: Repaired December 1, 2024
DFTC:
No Reported Issues
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Apparatus Repairs
. Station 261:
BC260: In Service Q261: In Service M261 : In Service E268 : Reserve @ Station 262 School Engine (806): In Service at the School COM260: In Canton for Roof Repairs Station 262: .
E262: In Service M262 : In Service M267: At Dealership for Break Issues E267: In Service @ Station 263 B262: In Service Station 263 E263 : Out of Service. At Industrial Power FW for Warranty work (Engine/Transmission) M263 : Our of Service at Cummins for Generator Issues. 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
March 2023 Paramedic School: Dates TBD
Justin Crawford
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Current Promotional List We have no active current promotional List.
The plan is to have the Civil Service Commission certify the study material in January of 2024. At the same time, we will set a test date 90 days from the approval of the study material. Plan on promotional tests to be in April of 2024.
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Upcoming Training / Conferences
No Scheduled specialized training or Conferences for December
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Deployments
No current Deployments
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Civil Service
No meetings scheduled for the month of December
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