Our condolenses go out to Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy Anthony Forgione. He was shot and killed Tuesday morning as he tried to apprehend a man who escaped from the hospital. R-6 ran a call earlier that day @ 205 Shell on the man who later shot the Deputy.

" The dude was really whacked out" said one of R-6 crew members of the shooter. This is a terrible situation and our prayers go out to the Deputy's family.

Check out the NWF news story here

Congrats to Capt. Shannon Stone & Capt. Danny Fureigh for recent promotion testing and appointment in October, to the Battalion Chief position on the B & C shift respectively. Great Job guys!

Congrats to new E-Board members:

President Larry Diamco

VP DJ Stone

Secretary Scott Mayville

They hope to continue in the direction of the previous administration by good relations with the Chief and City staff. They are excited about the future of our Local and the progress that will be made in the upcoming 2 years!

Special Ops responded to an interior hazmat "white powder" call today. Check out the Daily News story here

 



Last night T-6 R-6 responded to a MVA on South. Upon arrival two cars narrowly missed a head on collision. Luckily nobody was injured. The accident is under investigation by the FHP for possible alcohol related influences. 

Congratulations to the following individuals for placement on the Captain's promotional exams: 

D/E  Anthony Brady
D/E  Larry Diamco
D/E  Kris Kempf
D/E  A.J. Calabro

If all goes as planned, these Drivers will promote to Captain in October of this year. Congrats brothers-job well done!

Special Ops responded to an unknown powder call recently, check out the story here

Check out a few members from 2601 & surrounding Dept.'s compete in the "My 1st Tri" comp on Eglin AFB here

Florida’s Professional Firefighters Announce Boycott of the City of Clearwater

The Florida Professional Firefighters today is urging its 26,000 members, along with the 280,000 professional fire fighters across the nation and Canada, to boycott the City of Clearwater for their unethical and illegal treatment of its fire fighters.

The boycott stems from several years of issues ranging from illegal demotions and firings, to sexual harassment of female firefighters by Clearwater city manager William Horne and Clearwater Fire Chief Jamie Geer. 

The taxpayers of Clearwater have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars funding a personal war by Horne and Geer against the Clearwater Fire Fighters Association (CFFA).  This personal war has led to defeat in every legal battle Clearwater has entered in to.

In addition to the money already spent, Clearwater taxpayers have yet to pay for the 26 pending grievances and 1 sexual discrimination case that has yet to be resolved.  In tough financial times, the potential to exceed $1 Million in costs is a reality, not a dream.

In response to the way the City of Clearwater has decided to treat its fire fighters, all firefighters coming to Florida are being advised to avoid the Clearwater area as a vacation destination.   All fire fighters living in the area are asked to spend their money in neighboring cities and not Clearwater.  This boycott will last as long as Clearwater Firefighters are treated as second-class citizens.

For more information on the boycott, as well as the illegal treatment of Clearwater’s firefighters, contact:
 
- John Lee, President of the Clearwater Firefighters Association at (727) 804-5064. 
- David Hogan, Secretary/Treasurer of the Clearwater Firefighters Assn. (727) 647-5659

Please take a moment to visit their web site: www.saveclearwaterfire.org.

MVA story here on the Daily News site. E-7 & E-2 handled the call along with OCEMS. Unfortunatley the pt. involved may have been paralyzed by the accident. We hope for the best recovery.

Members BC Gene Large, FF/EMT DJ Stone, FF/EMT Steve Abbott participated in the annual "Gate to Gate" run on Eglin AFB. BC Large completed the 4.3 mile course in a whopping 31 minutes and the "young bucks" finished in a time of 51 minutes. Good times were had by all!

C-Shift fire 05.26.08

C-Shift E-7 had a working house fire in OCW E-2's district Sunday. E-7 first due to find heavy fire in the garage area and a 2.5 was pulled for a quick knock down. FD's OCW, Eglin were on tap to work the fire.

Check out the story from the Daily News here

 
 FF/Medic Jeremy Morgan           FF/EMT Justin Britt

Meanwhile kudos are in order for R-6 crew on the "B". Medic Jeremy Morgan & EMT Justin Britt acted quickly on a reported "diabetic emergency, unresponsive pt." Upon their arrival
the pt. was found to be in V-Fib not breathing. Quick action on the part of the crew, using ALS measures, had the woman consious & talking by the time EMS was ready to transport.

Great Job everybody on their respective proper actions on these calls!

Congratulations to the following individuals for placement on the Engineer's promotional exams: 

Firefighter Mark Pifer
Firefighter Jeremy Morgan
Firefighter DJ Stone
Firefighter Jack Chandler
Firefighter Thearon Shipman

If all goes as planned, these firefighters will promote to Engineer on October of this year. Congrats brothers-job well done!

Check this unique call with a beer truck. Special Operations responded to this at the request fo Niceville FD.Click here!