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VOL. XCII
SEPTEMBER 2015
NO. 1
FEATURES
2015 California Firefighters Summer Olympics
CONTENTS
Presidents Message .........................................................................05
Battalion News .................................................................................16
The Retired Guys ............................................................................35
Department in Action
Glassell Park brush fire exposes church .....................................36
Station Fridge ..................................................................................39
Kitchen Table Wisdom
Pre-33 commercial and officer development ..........................40
Retirement Luncheon
Dr. Robert Scott .....................................................................43
Retirement Dinner Announcements ...............................................45
Mailbox .............................................................................................46
Memorials ........................................................................................48
Wendy Cummings Memorial ...........................................................49
Dollars and Sense ............................................................................51
LAFD History
September 11, 2001 Never Forget ..........................................52
Minutes of the Board of Trustees .......................................................55
Classifieds ........................................................................................58
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The Firefighters Olympics began in 1970 as
an opportunity for all California Firefighters to get
together in friendly competition which promotes
physical fitness and provides an informal forum for
exchanging ideas. The games are governed by the
California Firemens Athletic Association, with a
local association bidding to be the host and bring
the games to their community.
The United Firefighters of Los Angeles City
Local 112 hosted the 2015 event in Los Angeles. The Warner Center Marriott was the host
hotel where a few of the events were held
and was also the site of the Gala
Dinner and Casino Night on the
last evening following the
sporting events.
6 September 2015
BOWLING
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Scores started rising in Doubles play.
Again, all LAFD members advanced to the
semis. Curry, bowling with Delano Roberts,
found his form in qualifying play and threw
11 straight strikes. He followed that with seven
in a row and put 268-256 back-to-back on the
scoreboard. The Roberts-Curry combo finished
2nd in the morning, and then ran away and hid
in the afternoon as Roberts tallied a 256 and
Curry chipped in a 231. They struggled in the
championship match vs. L.A. County, but Currys 3-bagger in the 9th and 10th frames rallied
the squad to a dramatic 4-pin victory and Gold.
Molina teamed up with Keenan Porche
and Martin paired up with Raymond Keene in
B Division, and both teams advanced in the
morning and then again in the afternoon. Keene
and Martin slipped into the finals by just 15 pins
(eliminating John Sanchez and his Oakland
partner), but Martins 198 got them to game #2
vs. Molina and Porche the first time these two
teams had ever faced each other in the finals at
the Olympics. Keene made a mockery of the
match, throwing 10 straight strikes for a stunning 287 the highest game thrown by anyone
the whole week. Molina and Porche settled for
Bronze, and Martin and Keene wrapped up the
Gold a game later.
Moe Torres was paired up with Pasadenas Andre Jones in C Division, and Hey,
Moe tossed a magnificent 247 game in the
morning. However, a loss in the 1st Stepladder
Final contest ended their day.
The Team event wrapped up play on
the final day of competition. The three morning games completed the All Events portion of
Moe Torres
Daniel Curry
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HORSHOE
EVENT
SOCCER
8 September 2015
Gold Medalists:
Newport Fire Department
Horseshoe Medalists
HANDBALL
H
The next LAFD event will be the Annual LAFD 3-Wall Invitational at Venice Beach
on September 12, 2015.
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TRAP, SKEET
& SPORTING
CLAYS
T
hanks go out to Dan Curry and Ed Martin for all of the many hours they put in
on the Olympic project.
And thanks to all of our team members
for making this a very well run three days. It
was because of your expertise and many years
of experience that this came off so smoothly.
The shotgun events were held at the
Triple B Clays facility in South El Monte. It
is very well run and the targets were excellent.
Thanks to Billie Barsotti for allowing us to use
her facility and all of the little incidentals to
make every event run efficiently.
As usual the best things happened, not
on the field of competition, but back in the hotel where the stories were told and retold.
Rick Kay, who didnt make it this year,
took some of the hardest hits. Im amazed he is
still standing. There was one that really stood
out - if youre not at least 35 years old this
might not make any sense to you, so ask the
Bull Engineer.
When Rick was promoted to A/O he
would answer the business phone, A.O. Kay.
When you say it a little faster than normal it
works.
10 September 2015
I had the pleasure of sharing a room
with Ricks longtime shooting buddy, Larry
Bickly. All of you parents surely remember
standing next to your childs crib and listening
to the little squeaky sounds made when they
passed gas in their sleep.
Priceless.
Did you know that guys in their 60s
make the same squeaky sounds? It doesnt
sound possible due to the ravages of age but
there it was.
Priceless.
I am sorry not to have any stories of
super human gastronomic feats, although there
was this pickup truck sized Cobb salad, but
Steve Dodge is getting older and he is just a
shadow of his former self. There were some
questions though about the disappearance of
several doughnuts. Steve denies everything but
those of us in the know doubt his story.
As you know, we award the Pink Hat
Award each year to the team shooter with the
lowest total score. To avoid embarrassing some
of the prior recipients I wont mention their
names, but there were two Italian guys and
another who was a comic book cowboy hero
in the 1940s who had an Indian companion
named Little Beaver.
This year the award went to Bill Green,
Carpenteria FD retired. Its a wooden plaque
with individual brass plates with the recipients
name and the year of accomplishment. Did I
mention the pink hat and a pink LAFD trap and
skeet team t-shirt?
Bill e-mails to tell me that he has misplaced the award and therefore is not actually
the official recipient. I informed him that this
stunt had been tried before so we have several
spare plaques for just such an occasion.
I also mentioned that the jamokes who
pulled such a stunt were contacted by Don Vito
personally, who counselled said jamoke on the
error of their ways, and that Carmine and Nunzio would take him to the pier at 0300 for a
short boat ride . . . if you get my drift.
Miraculously the plaque reappeared almost immediately. Sometimes you just have to
explain thing properly.
If I may be allowed to editorialize for
just a moment, there are 3000 active LAFD
members and thousands more retired. It is a
disappointment that we were only able to have
seven of them in the shooting events. The other
events probably found themselves similarly situated. We sponsored the games but there were
some events that had to be run by people from
outside the LAFD. Now thats embarrassing.
In all fairness I understand that the
overtime situation is out of control and the
members are up to their eyeballs in SOD.
Im not putting this on you but on management. When DROP began, it should have
been very simple to calculate how many people
needed to be hired and on what exact date. I
know that it is not quite that simple, but guys,
you had years to figure this out
There is an old saying that poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. This looks a lot like poor
planning.
Thanks for allowing me to vent. I hope
to see you next year, somewhere in Northern
California.
If you are interested in learning about
trap, skeet and sporting clays contact me at
(805) 551-8518 or daoldwestsidekid@yahoo.
com
SOFTBALL
O
GOLD
John Fowler
Garden Grove
99
SILVER
John Hagerman,
L.A. City
98
GOLD
John Fowler
Garden Grove
91
DOUBLES SKEET
SILVER
BRONZE
Brad Hagerman
Scott Scherer
L.A. City
Garden Grove
84
81
GOLD
John Fowler
Garden Grove
86
SPORTING CLAYS
SILVER
BRONZE
Brad DeVrieze
Jeff Regan
Garden Grove
Kern County
72
70
TRAP
GOLD
SILVER
John Hagerman Larry Bickly
L.A. City
L.A. City
99
96
GOLD
Larry Bickly
L.A. City
93
BRONZE
Brad DeVrieze
Garden Grove
94
BRONZE
John Fowler
Garden Grove
95
TRAP HANDICAP
SILVER
BRONZE
Matthew Estrada
Steve Dodge
L.A. County
L.A. City
89
88
TRAP DOUBLES
GOLD
SILVER
RONZE
John Hagerman John Fowler
Larry Bickly
L.A. City
Garden Grove
L.A. City
96*
95
90
*Shootoff
HIGH OVERALL SHOOTER
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
John Fowler John Hagerman
Larry Bickly
Garden Grove L.A. City
L. A. City
547/600
524/600
511/600
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CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTER
KIDS OLYMPICS
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12 September 2015
GOLF
T
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RIFLE &
PISTOL
TABLE
TENNIS
14 September 2015
Scott Wise
and brought home the Gold in the B Division.
All in all, the event was a great success as we
Brian Bueler
Kerry
MISC.
EVENTS
Wes Schroeder
OVER THE
LINE
T
he 2015 Summer Olympic Over-TheLine Tourney was played on a beautiful day at Santa Monica Beach. Sean
Millett was the LAFD coordinator. 12 teams
entered the tourney and were split it into an A
pool and B pool.
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Elyse Klein made the winning bid for a
dinner and tour of Fire Station 10 at the Hope
for Firefighters silent auction. She brought
along a few of her friends and said, We had
an AMAZING time. The guys were all so nice
and great cooks!
Salutations all you LAFDians and
family. Carlos Danger back this month with
some good news and good rumors. All you
Battalion 2ers out there please keep your
stories coming.
First well talk about some movement. Leaving our Battalion is FF to Capt I
McRoberts (Captain Toad). Congratulations
sir for all the SOD youve been working to fill
all the vacant spots. 47s you will be losing
a valuable member. Another off to the Drill
Tower was Captain Brian Stires. His legacy
lives on for all he has done with the Highland
Park community and positive impact on 12-A.
I think that he kind of got sucked down there
though by his old TFC, along with the rest of
the hand picked staff at the Drill Tower, but
thats neither here nor there.
Secondly lets talk about overhauls and
taking ownership of your own first-in. Seems
staffing issues shut down one of our trucks,
so the members staffed the 200. So I think the
mentality was, no truck, no overhaul tools,
lets go watch the other guys do our overhaul
for us. I think we all know what the right
thing to do is - take care of your own. Take
ownership!
Rumor has it that a captain candidate
doesnt act captain because, according to
reliable sources, he says he has that job down
already and its easy. My advice - watch your
words wisely and let actions speak louder than
words.
Another rumor on the street was a captain was sent to a triple house to clean house.
But it looks like the house just had a tornado
Glad we can still have fun without
some hurt feelings. Wonder where this person
found their lost shirt?
Fire Station 80 at LAX was the scene
for a retirement BBQ honoring Brian Allen.
Friends and co-workers filled the huge apparatus bay on July 19th to wish all of the Allen
family well.
batt4news@yahoo.com
18 September 2015
So another summer is coming to an
end, and I must apologize for the couple of
months missing from our beloved Harbor
Battalions news. Not much has changed, were
still responding to calls professionally and
courteously, the Port still seems like a scene
out of the movie Final Destination, and
Kaiser remains as one of our best customers.
It wouldnt be a positive addition to
news if we didnt mention the Harbor Battalions participation in the Police and Fire
Games this past June (yes, I am that far behind, sorry). Super Mate Dave Bender played
ice hockey. The LAFD had very few members
in the games and no hockey team so Dave
hooked up and played on the Riverside PD
team. In true LAFD fashion the team united
for several wins on the ice and ultimately
brought home a silver medal. Engineer Kathy
Main competed in five swim events and
brought home three golds and two bronze
medals, proving engineers can truly handle
any water problem. Daves wife Julie Bender,
a ground breaking (one of the first female
firefighters in LAFD history) retired LAFD
firefighter, competed, and maintaining great
LAFD tradition, won golds in her five events.
In other news, the infamous Richie
Vallin finally left 85s for greener pastures. I
heard that he now has to make the coffee, put
the flag up, and empty the trash, as he is the
new rookie. Though no one at 101s has actually seen him show up to work, they expect
Thats all I have for the past couple
of months, so please keep doing what youre
doing, and also send me some good stories for
the next one . . .
HarborRats6@yahoo.com
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Greeting from the far west! Lets kick
off this month with saying farewell and good
luck to FF Bower - 93s to 96s, FF Kindred
- 93s to 77s. Welcome to the Battalion FF
Koa - 9s to 93s, FF Saure - 11s to 93s, CII
Cordobes - 88s to 93s, CI Stanley - ISTS to
104s, and FF Carton - 89s to 72s. Congratulations to FF Kneisler in his promotion, taking
him from 93s to FPB and good luck in your
careers next chapter. We know how hard you
worked for it! Last but not least, congrats to
the following members in their promotions
and welcome to the battalion: FF McRoberts
from 47s to CI at 93s, FF Smith from 3s
to CI at 93s, FF Lynch at 39s to Engineer
at 93s, FF Montoya at 91s to engineer at
105s, FF Jamal at 57s to engineer at 105s,
FF Boothe at 39s to engineer at 93s, A/O
Aguirre at 27s to CI at 104s, FF Lew at 52s
to CI at 105s, FF Tumbleson at 87s to CI at
93s. Good luck and best wishes in your new
assignments!
We all love to keep our cars clean,
well . . . most of us anyhow. Remember when
buying a brand new car to get the Armor All
package. What is the Armor All package
you ask? Whelp, that package would include
any electrical failures you might have if you
over lube the interior of your truck and have
the starter button not function because of
being over protected. Word has it theres a
picture floating around somewhere in the Battalion of the glorious whip getting towed to
the local dealer for a new starter button. I only
wish I had the conversation on recording! The
last thing I heard on this issue was the owner
of the vehicle is still trying to connect to his
dial-up internet to file a complaint. But rest
assured readers, the issue was resolved and he
has toned down the over-spray.
In the last issue, we talked about how
hard the battalion worked on everything for
inspection. One part of the whole clean up
idea is throwing out the old and leftover stuff
lying around the station. This philosophy was
practiced at one of our stations where a pile of
sleeping stuff was lying around long enough,
thrown out because of not being in a locker,
and no recent SOD members claiming such
pile. The station, having determined that they
couldnt place its owner, decided to throw it
in the dump outside for safe keeping. Well, as
time went by, a certain member was looking
for his misplaced bedding only to discover
that it found a new home. As the stories is
told, the offending member felt so troubled by
throwing the bedding away that he gave the
victim a whopping $600 to get new bedding.
Now I know were all asking ourselves, what
type of bedding was this guy using!? Was
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ve been
going to the
same dental office for
longer than I
can remember.
Unfortunately
my good guy
dentist retired
and most of
his office staff
sadly followed.
I never gave
much thought
to the individuals who scheduled appointments
or who took care of insurance matters. Now
that most of the original group is gone I can appreciate how efficient they were and how well
the office functioned. Kind of reminded me of
FS 14s front office!
Now things are different. I know things
change, but the individuals that run the office now are similar to zombies - cell phone
zombies. Now when I walk into the office at
least two of the zombies are textin and the
others have their faces pushed against computer screens. None of them have the time or
inclination to stop what theyre doin to look
up. Whats the word Im looking for? Oh yea,
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callin the newspaper office
was flawed and have reinvented the office
loudly demanded to know
procedures, meanin that one phone call aint
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There was quite a long pause on the
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email, just give me a phone call. Besides, I got that explains why no one was at church either.
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The fire quickly moved through a large, open attic. Two operations were conducted; one to extinguish the brush fire, while additional resources initiated a coordinated interior fire attack
and roof ventilation operation on the church.
36 September 2015
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40 September 2015
unchecked when relieving cos. Finally, Ill request additional resources earlier than expected
and ensure the IC understands my current and
expected needs.
CII Hare, FS 5-A: With two cos operating in
my Division Ill immediately contact them and
take command. Ill assess the fire environment
and the effectiveness of these F/A teams. On
a large structure such as this Ill ensure that
streams are directed at the ceiling area. Its easy
to direct stream application on the contents
while disregarding the decaying trusses above.
When managing cos in my Div its essential that I coordinate with other Div Supvs
as well. Its equally important they understand
my tactical intent in order to avoid conflicting
action or risky deployment of personnel. Ill
monitor all interior tactical updates as well as
progress reports from the other Div Supvs,
specifically Roof Div.
Success is dependent on the coordination and oversight of each Div Supv. If Im
Working or volunteering outside of the
fire service prevents us from being lulled into a
complacent and one-dimensional civil service
way of thinking. Working with school, sport,
church and or non-profits gives us the opportunity to be exposed to fiscal and political expectations, which allows us to understand and
assist our agency with the ever-changing demands and expectations of the fire service from
the communities we serve.
CII Sharrar: Leaders must never become
complacent about their professional development. Regardless of your time in rank or job
seniority theres always room for growth and
improvement. I believe a leader must be competent, and the best way I know to do this is to
remain in active and challenging assignments.
All leaders must be actively involved
in their crews training; a good crew can often
teach you as much as you teach them. Participating in drills not only keeps your skills sharp,
but you also demonstrate to your crew that
self-improvement should never end. If youre
disinterested in their training youll not only
lose credibility, but your crew will likely adopt
a similar lack of interest as well.
Its important that leaders focus on their
crews performance, while at the same time being open to critique and input from those they
command. Each day you or your members will
be given chances to make good decisions and
improve as a leader; take advantage of this.
Make sure you learn from your own decisions
and actions as well as from the misguided
choices of others.
In next months KTW article Captains Tom
Kitahata, Greg Shirley and Paul Egizi will discuss (1) their preferred HR hose lay and (2)
motivating their commands.
September 2015 41
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42 September 2015
commentary on disasters and traumatic incidents to the local, national, and international
media. He has appeared on ABCs Nightline,
World News Report with Peter Jennings, CBS
Evening News, NBC Today Show, CNN News,
Canadian Broadcasting Company, German
Public Television, and Nippon-Japanese Television. Dr. Scotts commentary has been quoted in the print media as well, including, U.S.
News & World Report, New York Magazine,
National Geographic Magazine, Los Angeles
Times, and USA Today.
In 1993, Dr. Scott received a high honor
and special recognition - the Clara Barton National Honor Award for Meritorious Leadership
was presented to him by the LA Chapter of the
American Red Cross. Dr. Scott had spent over
a decade volunteering and providing support
and consultation to the American Red Cross.
He had been instrumental in initiating a community based volunteer Crisis Response Program for the Los Angeles Area (composed of
psychologists and mental health professionals
from the surrounding local communities). The
success of the program was modeled nationally which eventually became the National Red
Cross Volunteer Program for Disaster Mental
Health Response Network (DRN).
September 2015 43
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LAFRA:
I had the honor of working with
Monty [Majesky] and Bill Whitcher at
old 27s. I remember my classmates that
were rookies in Battalion 13 always talking about this Majesky character, an awesome hard-charging A/O. Well I never met
Majesky until I promoted to engineer in
1984. By now my vision of Majesky was
that of Paul Bunyan, a giant of a man!
Much to my surprise, at my first structure fire with 33s, out steps the A/O out
of Truck 33. I asked Captain Mackey,
Who is that? He chuckled and said thats
Majesky.
Needless to say that vision of Paul
Bunyan went right out the window. What
he lacked in stature and brawn he made up
for it with knowledge and experience that
he passed on to all of us.
REST IN PEACE MONTY, you
will be missed
Bob Rosario
Santa Rosa Valley, CA
LAFRA,
Monty to me was an inspiration/
mentor/friend. He encouraged me to certify on the Heavy U for a back-up operator and then I became his relief at 27s and
56s. He taught me how to command the
Heavy U and not take guff from anybody
while performing my job. People have told
me I was a Majesky Jr. on the Hook, and
I always took that as a compliment. The
kindness and generosity he showed towards me and my family will always be
remembered and forever cherished. R.I.P.
my friend!
Dane Jackson
Simi Valley, CA
46 September 2015
Dear Andy,
Please accept this donation to the
Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firemens
Fund in memory of Edward T. Fox. I first
met Eddie at Fire Station 89 in the early
1960s. Eddie had just made engineer and
I was a rookie a year off probation. We
were friends for over 50 years and I have
so many fun and happy memories of our
times together. He always had a smile for
everyone and I will miss him greatly.
Sincerely,
Robert K. Young
Clarkdale, AZ
Dear Andy,
Please accept this donation to the
Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firemens
Fund in the name of my father, Edward
T. Fox. Thank you for all the support you
give the members and their families, it
makes me proud to be a member of the
LAFD family. I received a heart-warming
surprise, the encased flag honoring my
father. He loved the LAFD and enjoyed
reflecting back on his career and the members he worked with.
Thank you again,
Rick Fox, engineer retired
Quartz Hill, CA
Widows & Orphans Fund
Please accept this contribution on
behalf of Pilot Craig Fujimoto, retiring
on 7/25/2015 from Fire Station 49. I spent
many years working alongside Craig. He
was a great member of the LAFD. He will
be missed.
Richard F. Rush, FS 111 retired
Dana Point, CA
P.S. Andy, we will never forget the beautiful presentation you did at my husbands
services two years ago.
Please accept this donation to the
Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firemens
Fund in memory of Captain Jack Fitzger-
Create a Legacy
The Eternal Flame Society is a special group of firefighters, family, friends and
supporters who have included a gift to the Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firemens
Fund in their Estate Plans.
Theyre visionary and uncommonly dedicated. Their kindness has helped our
firefighter families overcome unexpected challenges for more than a century.
We invite you to join these dedicated individuals helping to secure the future of
your firefighter family. With your help, the Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firemens
Funds second century will be as extraordinary as its first.
Planned gift arrangements include:
Bequest through a will
Gift through a living trust or other non-charitable trust
Gift of life insurance, real estate or other assets
Beneficiary designation in retirement plans
September 2015 47
MEMBERS
Edward T. Fox, Engineer. Appointed October 22, 1946.
Retired on a service pension January 1, 1973 from FS 89-A.
Passed away July 9, 2015.
Monty D. Majesky, Apparatus Operator. Appointed February 10, 1968.
Retired on a disability pension December 18, 1993 from HU 56-A.
Passed away July 14, 2015.
Eugene M. Francik, Fire Inspector. Appointed March 18, 1947.
Retired on a service pension July 1, 1973 from FPB BRUSH CLEARANCE UNIT.
Passed away July 15, 2015.
Farold L. Westwood, Captain. Appointed January 29, 1959.
Retired on a disability pension June 7, 1981 from FS 47.
Passed away July 19, 2015.
Howard F. Romps, Fireman. Appointed July 1, 1959.
Retired on a service pension October 21, 1988 from FS 59-C.
Passed away July 27, 2015.
Mark A. Villasenor, Firefighter III. Appointed February 16, 1975.
Retired on a service pension February 21, 2009 from FS 74-B.
Passed away August 1, 2015.
Charles C. Hamblin, Fireman. Appointed February 1, 1955.
Retired on a disability pension November 17, 1974 from FS 96-B.
Passed away August 5, 2015.
Thomas J. Zumwalt, Fireman. Appointed October 22, 1946.
Retired on a service pension March 31, 1978 from FS 79.
Passed away August 6, 2015.
James Simos, Fireman. Appointed January 15, 1979.
Retired on a disability pension May 4, 1990 from FS 103.
Passed away August 9, 2015.
Steven L. Robinson, Fireifighter III. Appointed October 2, 1986.
Active - Metro Communications.
Passed away August 9, 2015.
FAMILY
48 September 2015
On June 25, 2015 a celebration of
life was held for Wendy at Bannings Landing
Community Center in Wilmington. The following is a portion of the eulogy delivered by her
brother, Mark Cummings.
Wendy fire service career began at CalState Northridge where she passed her EMS
training. She drove for Pruner Ambulance until
1982 when she became part of the Los Angeles
City Fire Department.
All during this time Wendy loved the
water and our family boat which began her adventure at sea, living on a succession of boats
until her pride and joy: Willow, a Pacific Seacraft Orion. As many of you know, Wendy put
her back and heart into her career as a paramedic and retired after 20 years of service. Wendys
career produced many firsts:
First woman to receive a service
pension from the LAFD.
First woman to compete in the Fireman
Olympics.
First EMS worker to have a documen
ted blood to blood exposure to AIDS.
Other accomplishments with the Fire Department:
Director of LA Paramedic Relief
Association
President of the LA Paramedic Relief
Association.
Peer Supporter
CISD Team Member
Member of the State and World Cham
pionship Firemens Volleyball Team
UFLAC Negotiating Team
LAFD Team Member sent to New York
on 9-11-2001
President of the prestigious Hole in the
Head Club
After retiring from the LAFD, Wendy
worked for the Harbor Patrol in Avalon for five
years, then with the Harbor Patrol in the city of
Santa Barbara for five years.
Upon retirement from Santa Barbara,
Wendy finally got to start her long awaited sea
journey, spending the better part of two years
September 2015 49
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LAFD History - Never Forget The World Trade Center Attack, September 11, 2001
to assist their FDNY brothers. The CISM mission evolved into a completely unprecedented
Firefighter Assistance Program, which was delivered at and near ground zero as well as at
various FDNY Fire Stations and other sites.
Working with many other agencies for the firsttime, FEMA honored the combined efforts by
making the teams the first FEMA sponsored
program in the history of CISM. Several LAFD
Officers were also sent as a part of the Incident
Support Team for the Task forces sent to the
disaster.
Total destruction.
52 September 2015
- -
14:14:07
SPECIAL NOTICE
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON MEMBERS DEPLOYED TO
NEW YORK CITY
LAST WEEK, THE LAFD FEMA USAR CA-TF1, A
LAFD CISM TEAM AND FEMA IST MEMBERS WERE
DEPLOYED TO NEW YORK CITY. THE DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS UNIT HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH THE MEMBERS FAMILIES
AND HAVE PROVIDED THEM AN EMERGENCY PHONE
NUMBER TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE.
MEMBERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST ANY
FAMILIES IN YOUR AREA BY CALLING THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS UNIT DURING OFFICE
HOURS (0700 TO 1730 HOURS) AT (818) 7569674.
HOWEVER, MEMBERS ARE DISCOURAGED FORM
CALLING THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS UNIT
AT THIS TIME TO OBTAIN A PERSONAL UPDATE
ON THE STATUS OF THESE TEAMS. ATTACHED,
IS A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE USAR, CISM AND
IST TEAMS DEPLOYMENT HISTORY AND A LIST
OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE DEPLOYED.
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
LAFD RESOURCES
PATCHED TO NEW YORK CITY
DIS-
0700 HOURS
MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED, FED AND COMMENCED
RESCUE OPERATIONS. SINCE THAT TIME, THEY
HAVE CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN RESCUE
AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS.
RESCUE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS:
* CA-TF1 WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO TEAMS UNDER THE COMMAND OF DEPUTY
CHIEF RUEDA AND ASSISTANT CHIEF DEFEO,
RESPECTIVELY.
*
OPERATIONAL PERIODS ARE 12-HOUR INCREMENTS.
* TEAMS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH NUMEROUS
BODY EXTRICATIONS.
* REPORTEDLY, THE TEAM IS FATIGUED, BUT
MAINTAINING HIGH SPIRITS.
* CA-TF1 IS PROJECTED TO BE DEMOBILIZED
ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
*
PROJECTED RETURN DATE IS SEPTEMBER
21ST AND ARRIVAL TIME TBA.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 1400 HOURS
LAFD CISM TEAM, CONSISTING OF 25 MEMBERS, ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE LAX TO NEW YORK
- ABORTED WHEN LAX SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS
IN WAKE OF ARRESTS MADE IN NEW YORK.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001 1300 HOURS
- - ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
14:14:07 09/19/01 -- PAGE 2 --
USAR CA-TF1 DISPATCHED TO THE JACOB JAVITZ CONVENTION CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY
AND ESTABLISHED BASE OF OPERATIONS (BOO).
NEW YORK CITY FROM LAX (TOTAL OF 22 MEMBERS). CISM TEAMS WERE DEPLOYED AND ARE
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE LAFD USAR
TEAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY
FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE CISM TEAMS RETURN
IS TBA.
MEMBERS DEPLOYED FOR USAR CA-TF1:
URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM
NEW YORK CITY INCIDENT
NAME ASSIGNMENT
ARNOLD, DANIEL W.
FS 90B
AVERY, GREGG M.
FS 66A
BERKERY, STEVEN J.
FS 39C
BOWIE, GARY R.
BATT 4A
BULLOCK, HOLLYN D.
FS 88B
BURAU, THOMAS M.
DISASTER
PREPARED NESS UNIT
CARBAJAL, JESUS P.
FS 26B
CARRERA, OMAR F.
FS 90C
CASAS, LOUIS JR.
FS 75B
CORDOBES, ROBERT S.
FS 88A
COOPER CHRISTOPHER, A.
RECRUIT
TRAINING
DEFEO, ROBERT J.
DIVISION 1A
DENNING, RICHARD L. JR. FS 72B
ECKSTEIN, MARC
QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT
FREEMAN, DAVID W.
FS 48B
FRY, CRAIG A.
IN-SERVICE
TRAINING
GOLDSWORTHY, JAMES R.
FS 90C
GRUBE,CHARLES J.
FS 63A
HAUS, THOMAS J.
BATT 14C
HISSONG, STEVE M.
FS 20A
HORST, STANLEY D.
FS 8C
JACKSON, DANE M.
FS 56A
KAWAI, CHRISTOPHER S.
PLANNING
SECTION
KITAHATA, THOMAS D.
FS 3C
KLAMECKI, RONALD H.
FS 88B
LABRIE, BRIAN J.
FS 98C
LESINSKI,JAIME R.
FS 4B
LIMA, FRANKLIN V.
FS 39C
LOPEZ, STEPHEN R.
FS 33B
MANNING, TERRANCE J.
DIVISION 1C
Manning, TIMOTHY V.
DIVISION 2A
MESSNER, LANCE S.
AIR
OPERATIONS A
MILLS, HENRY C.
FS 5A
MITCHELL, SCOTT D.
FS 88A
NAEOLE, ALAN C.
AIR
OPERATIONS B
OJEDA, ERNESTO
FS 88B
POIRIER, ALFRED.
BUREAU OF
EMERGENCY
SERVICES
OUINLAN, SCOTT
FS 66C
REX, KEVIN L.
BATT 10A
REYES, DONALD B.
FS 81A
RICKEY, JEFFREY K.
FS 39B
ROSE, COREY G.
EMS DIST. 10A
RUDDELL, CHARLES B.
FS 88B
RUEDA, MARIO D.
BUREAU OF HUMAN
RESOURCES
SANDERSON, GREGORY A.
AIR
OPERATIONS B
SANDS, TODD J.
FS 88A
SAXELBY, MARK J.
FS 88B
SEARS, BARRY J.
FS 90B
STIGLICH,JAMES L.
FS 35B
TELLER, DERESA D.
FS 104B
TERRILL, GREGORY J.
FS 88C
TIETZ, KURT
FS 4A
VALAS, MICHAEL
FS 88A
VAN DYKE, TRUMAN
FS 71B
WEST, GREGORY A.
BATT 17A
WHITE, CRAIG L.
FS 98C
WHITE, WADE A.
FS 66B
WILCOX, ROBERT C.
BATT 10C
WILLIS, JARVIS R.
BATT 13B
WISE, JACK H.
DRILL TOWER 89
September 2015 53
* Fridays from 0800 to 1200 are work days on the Ralph J. Scott Fireboat
54 September 2015
RATIFICATION OF MINUTES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
REPORT
ROLL CALL
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Juan Albarran, President
Robert Steinbacher, Vice President
Andrew Kuljis, Secretary
Trustee James Coburn
Trustee Joe Vigil
Trustee Rick Godinez
Trustee Mark Akahoshi
Trustee Chris Stine
Trustee Jeff Cawdrey
Trustee Steve Berkery
Trustee Steve Ruda
Trustee Frank Aguirre
Trustee Steven Domanski
Trustee Tim Larson Pension
Trustee David Lowe Pension
Todd Layfer - Executive Director
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Trustee Chris Hart (Excused)
Trustee Tyler Tomich (Excused)
Trustee Doak Smith (Excused)
Trustee David Ortiz (Excused)
Trustee Craig White (Excused)
Trustee Gene Bednarchik (Excused)
Trustee Francisco Hernandez (Excused)
Trustee Barry Hedberg Pension
(Excused)
GUESTS:
Bob Olsen, L.A. Retired Fire & Police
Lee Kebler, L.A. Retired Fire & Police
INVOCATION & Flag Salute
Rick Godinez led the invocation. Tim
Larson led the flag salute.
discussion or objections.
Motion carried to pay the usual and
customary bills in the amount of
$1,737,756.71.
The committee recommends and I so move
to approve up to $6K for the purchase of
a new document scanner. There was no
discussion or objections.
of $18,617.09
The Estate Planning benefit in the amount
of $3,950,
The Life & Accident Withdrawals in the
amount of $4,668, The Life & Accident
Death Benefits in the amount of $36,000
The Relief Death Benefits in the amount
of $63,000
There was no discussion or objections.
MEMORIALS
William D. Czernek
Charles H. Harvey
Lars H. Nelson
Eldon W. Pearcy
Herbert H. Heath
Vernon C. Samworth
Clyde Ralston II
Charles W. Anderson
John W. Galvin
Albert Rea
Roy Armstrong
Kenneth B. Willmore
Brian B. Berenger
Duane V. White
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JAMES E. GILLUM
JAMES P. LANGSFELD
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