Thank you to everyone that helped out with the recent certification testing. Every one of the Fire Fighter 2 candidates achieved a perfect score on their practical evaluations; no re-tests!

VFIS, our insurance carrier, has published an interesting flyer on the increase in the number of roll over accidents involving emergency service vehicles. You may find it here: http://www.vfis.com/pdf/RiskControlAlertvol03no1.pdf

Here's the info

DEM updates their information through Twitter at http://twitter.com/sjcdem . They are reporting that the outage was caused by a motor vehicle accident on the mainland.

Outage

It sounds like the current power outage is region wide. How is your emergency preparedness? San Juan DEM @ http://joomla.sanjuandem.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 will supply ideas on how to be prepared.

High Stakes

The company officers have set a high standard for the Physical Ability Tests scheduled for June station drills. The eleven station, fire ground task based, event includes two hose advances, carrying and raising a ladder, hose hoisting, and other skills. Officer's times ranged from 08:05 to 10:11.

Pack Test Times

OK, the time to beat for this year's pack test, or any to date for that matter, is 30 minutes and 50 seconds! Check the FireCo site for pack test times and sign up.

What's in a name?

Dutch Hill Rd., on page F09 of your map book, has been renamed Bay View Dr. No residences there yet, but utilities are being installed.