The Fort Johnson Volunteer Fire Company Inc. would like to congratulate our 10 new Candidates to our company.
Dwight Hurd, Jayson White, Mike Boyer, Dennis Youngs, Sebastian Elliot, Andrew Millard, Nick Millard, Ivelisse Mercado, Adam Wall, and Vincent Saj.
We look forward to having you in our family!
The members at the Fort Johnson Fire Company would like to Welcome 2014 Honorary Junior Member, Tyler Seddon.
Tyler is from Pascoag, RI and is Battling his 2nd round of leukemia.
Here is a little about Tyler: Tyler is just like any other typical little boy. He also happens to have cancer.
Here are a few easy steps you can take to help take to make our roadways safer for our Emergency personnel and others and help decrease Firefighter Fatalities and injuries. Please remember these every time you are on the road. Do your part to keep our roadways safe!
1. Focus on Driving: Do not talk on your cell phone, eat, hunt for items in your vehicle or engage in other distractions while driving. Know the laws on distracted driving in your jurisdiction and follow them.
2. Give Emergency Vehicles the Right of Way: When you see or hear an Emergency Vehicle with its lights and sirens activated, slow down, move to the right and stop if possible. Once the Emergency Vehicle passes, to not follow the vehicle too closely, give it plenty of room.
3. Move Over: When you see an Emergency vehicle on the side of the roadway, slow down and if possible move over safely one additional lane away from the incident. Forty-seven states have now enacted the “Move-Over” Laws and can be ticketed.
4. Never Drive on the shoulder of the highway. This is not only illegal but also dangerous, as Emergency Vehicles use the shoulder to get to traffic crashes and other incidents.
5. Watch Firefighter’s/Police Officer’s hands as they direct traffic.
6. Only drive while Sober.
7. Drive within the speed limit. Remember the speed limit is a maximum. With Weather permitting, you may always drive slower.
8. Keep the volume in your car at a reasonable level. You need to be able to hear an emergency vehicle.
9. Don’t wear headphones while you drive, it is also against the law.
10. Always remember, the Emergency Vehicle may not be going to help you, but may be going to help your family or friend.
Congratulations Mike Brown for earning the 2013 President’s Award. All of your hard work this past year is well appreciated. If the firehouse could talk, I’m sure it would thank you too!
Congratulations to Tiffany Bottisti for earning the 2013 Firefighter of the Year Award! You’re hard work and dedication to Fort Johnson Fire Company is greatly appreciated!
Congratulations to Kim Pelosi for earning the Rookie of the Year award for 2013. You certainly are somebody for new members to look up to and this award is well deserved.
We would like to Congratulate the following members for completing training classes in the last few months!
Jaime Swezey and Sabrina Bottisti ——> Principles of Fire Investigation
Jaime Swezey, Sabrina Bottisti, Tiffany Bottisti and Nick Kolesnikov ——> Amtrak Training
Tiffany Bottisti, Kimmy Pelosi and Robin Cedeno ——-> Scene Support
Apolo Cedeno ——> Firefighter 1
That time of year is approaching. Recruit NY is back in full swing and we are taking part in it again this year. If you ever wanted to be a firefighter or an EMT now is the time to contemplate whether you have what it takes or not to do it! Volunteer fire departments around the state need your help! Dwindling numbers over the years have shut down departments and also put a lot of lives at risk. We will be holding our recruiting session and open house on Saturday April 26th at Station 2 located at 369 Golf Course Road.
IS THERE FIRE IN YOU?
I would like to congratulate our new candidate Dwight Hurd who has joined us in the last few months! you have shown great desire and potential for becoming something great! Keep up the good work!
Congratulations to our new EMT’s – Noel Cedeno and Joe Rafferty Sr. These two members passed their written and practical EMT exams.
Have you ever thought about being a Volunteer Firefighter or EMT?
Was there ever an emergency and you didn’t know what to do?
Do you want your college tuition reimbursed?
Do you want to learn a valuable trade?
Come join us at our Open House at Station 2 on Golf Course Road, just West of the intersection of State Route 30 and Golf Course Road, behind Rite Aid – on April 21 and April 22!
Come join our Fort Johnson Family!
