Fire Line - St. Lucie County Fire District

ST. LUCIE
COUNTY FIRE
DISTRICT
Fire Line
Winter, 2011
Knupp and Lentz named Employees of the Quarter
MDA Boot
Drive Kicks
Off in
February
Next Fire
Board
Meeting:
January 19
at 3 p.m.
Citizen Fire
Academy
starts
January 31 at
5:30 p.m.
Lt. Deborah Knupp was
named Firefighter of the
Quarter and Scott Lentz
named Employee of the
Quarter by the Fire District. Both were honored
at the December Fire
Board Meeting.
Lt. Knupp recently organized the completion of
smoke detectors in 80
homes in the Spanish
Lakes community in Port
St. Lucie.
“Lt. Knupp’s outstanding
performance in Fire Prevention has allowed the
District to maintain quality
services while reducing
staffing and funding. Her
commitment to the organization and the community
is apparent in her efforts
both on and off duty,” said
Fire Chief Ron Parrish.
Knupp is also a key player
in the Fire District’s Big
Heart Brigade.
Scott Lentz has been instrumental in overseeing
the construction of Station
#3 in Port St. Lucie as
well as fire stations over
the last several years. He
managed work done, as
part of a FEMA grant, to
harden the fire stations and
better prepare the buildings to withstand hurricane winds.
Emerson Named Florida Fire Marshal of Year
Quarterly Newsletter
If you have anything you
would like covered in any
upcoming issues of either
newsletters, contact
Catherine Chaney, PIO at
621-3333.
Deputy Chief Buddy Emerson was recognized at the December Fire
Board Meeting for being named Florida Fire Marshal of the Year
“Scott has saved the District thousands of dollars
each year by utilizing his
experience in repairing,
replacing and maintaining
our 20 buildings,” said
Fire Chief Ron Parrish.
Lentz has taken on additional responsibility including: SCBA, HEPA
filter testing, on scene support service, the inmate
program, and yard services.
Published by the St. Lucie County Fire District for their employees and friends.
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Fire Line
News from the Chief
2010 Fire Board
Rufus Alexander,
Chair
Ft. Pierce
City Commission
—
Jack Kelly,
Vice Chair
Port St. Lucie
City Council
—
Shannon Martin
Port St. Lucie
City Council
—
Chris Dzadovsky
St. Lucie County
Commission
—
Edward Becht
Ft. Pierce
City Commission
—
Frannie Hutchinson,
St. Lucie County
Commission
—
Governor’s Appointee
vacant
Congratulations
to
Released
Paramedic
William
Bryant
As we finish another year,
we all need to take a
moment to review the
past and make plans for
the future.
This past year continued
to be a challenge because
of the economy. State
and local governments
across the country have
been forced to do more
with less. The Fire
District is financially
positioned better than
most local governments,
but we need to have the
economy turn around now
or we will find ourselves
is dire straits.
We continued to cut and
tighten everything we
could. I want to thank all
of you for your continued
help and support to
achieve a lean budget,
without compromising on
service. I am constantly
amazed at all the challenges we face and overcome.
This coming year brings
the promise for a brighter
future. The economy
shows some signs of a
slow recovery and there
seems to be more
optimism. Most people
have come to the realization that slow growth is
the “new normal.”
My wish for the New
Year is that the economy
grows, but more importantly that people better
realize the need for solid
public safety services.
They better understand
the need for fire-rescue,
law enforcement and
emergency services. In
order to achieve that, we
each need to step out of
our comfort zone and
reach out to the public.
We need to be champions
for the Fire District. I
challenge each of you to
become more active in the
community, through your
church, your civic clubs,
your sports activities. If
we have 400+ individuals
reaching out and better
explaining the fire
service, we will have a
core of supporters in the
general public. We need
those supporters.
I hope the each employee
will work hard to
strengthen the relationship they have with their
peers, friends, families,
Fire District, and the
community.
Sincerely,
Chief Parrish
Firefighters
Giving Back
Congratulations to Erin
Boyajian who participated in the American
Lung Association Fight
for Air Climb in Ft.
Lauderdale. She was part
of a team of 20 climbers
and 6 spectators who
raised $3000 for Lung
Cancer.
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Explorers Competition
EXPLORERS
Four explorer posts competed in individual competition during the Great
Florida Fire School's
Fire Explorer's Challenge. St. Lucie County
Fire District Fire Explorers Post 448 won 1st
place in the Female competition, 2nd place in the
Male 14-17 competition,
1st and 2nd in the Male
17-21 competition. There
were 26 participants this
year.
“True heroes do
more than
rescue, they
inspire,
encourage and
console.”
SCBA Training
TRAINING
November Training @
IRSC = SCBA & Air
consumption drills. The
drills were done on air
while doing different
tasks to show individual's what their air consumption was while
performing firefighter
activities.
"Our Family Serving Yours"
Welcome to the newest members of the SLCFD family
ST. LUCIE COUNTY
FIRE DISTRICT
January Birthdays
Patrick Nicolette,
son of Derek
Nicolette, I.T.
5160 NW Milner Drive
Port St. Lucie, Florida 34983
BARNES JR, DWANE A
BERGERON, ANDREA D
CHAMBERS, JENNIFER L
CRISTALDI JR, MARK M
CRITTENDEN, WILLIAM R
DANNER, TROY J
Phone: 772-621-3400
E-mail: info@slcfd.org
DEAN, MICHAEL E
DIAMOND, JASON A
EMERSON III, GEORGE H
ERNST, MATTHEW A
GARCIA, CARLOS A
GARRIGAN, WILLIAM T
GERMAIN, JACQUES E
GOSNEY, JOHN M
HARNAGE, STEVEN J
HAY, MERADETH N
HERCHENRODER, DONALD
JOHNSON JR, ROBERT K
KECK, BARBARA A
Dylan Rinker, son of
Jared Rinker
Marek Maples, son
of Ryan Maples.
KIMBALL, ROD A
KING JR, JOHN R
MARTIN, TRAVIS M
MICLEA, EMIL I
MONACO, JESUS G
MORRIS, JACOB A
MOSELY, WILLIAM F
MULLINS, JON D
PEDREIRA, ROBERT B
POOL, PHILLIP A
POOLT, ARTHUR S
ROBINSON, JANNA L
SCHOOLEY, ROBERT A
SMITH JR, ROBERT E
STOLZER, CRAIG P
TREU JR, WILLIAM L
David Allen Olson, III,
son of David Olson
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VARNEY, BRANDON J
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WALLS, SONNY R
WILSON, NICHOLAS S
Mission
To protect life and property by providing safe, efficient and quality
emergency services, fire prevention and education for our community.