OCFD Citizen's Fire Academy Alumni Association
CFAAA Newsletter, May 2015
CFAAA DISPATCH
Published monthly by the Oklahoma City Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association
Rob Anderson-Editor
May, 2015
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MAY CFAAA MEETING SCHEDULED
Six members were in attendance during the April CFAAA meeting, held April 16, at station 13.
Station 13 was built in part as a result of the construction of the General Motors assembly plant, in 1977. The station was placed as close to GM as possible to lessen the response time when a ride was necessary.
When built, the station was in a very rural area, however, the area has grown to be very urban.
The engine only station has a very broad area and includes the area that is adjacent to Tinker, with Del City limits to the north, Bryant to the west, south to Indian Hills Rd and Post Rd to the east.
The area serves a variety of demographics, plus many industrial businesses and Boeing.
We thank Lt. Brian Cosner, Lt, Chris Burgess, Trace Brown, Josh Wayland and Cpl. Kevin Wallace, for their hospitality.
The next CFAAA meeting will be May 21 at station 32. Station 32 is located in Surrey Hills, just south of Northwest Expressway, on Mustang Road. Time is 6:30. Please bring enough food for yourself and eight firefighters. Plus, guests are always welcome.
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KANSAS HIGH LEVEL FACILITY USED BY OCFD
Map of Crisis City, located in Salina, Kansas
Crisis City is a multi-use, fully functional training complex for local, state and federal responders, emergency management professionals, public and private industry safety professionals and military operations in support of civil authorities.
Crisis City was originally opened to train Kansas first responders in various areas, but is also open to varied agencies from other states. Among those first responders is OCFD Lt. Mark Edwards.
At this point, the facility has seven venues plus a headquarters building for classroom training. A rail venue has train cars which can be set to various scenarios, an urban village, which is a mockup of a town for disaster rescue, a farm with barn and other features, a tower which can train for numerous tower rescues, collapsed structure, an aircraft venue for simulated crash rescue, and pipeline area, which includes an overturned truck, drill head, small structure, vehicle accident scene and trench. The facility, which sits on several acres, can be expanded.
The facility opened in October 2009 and is operated by the Kansas office of Emergency Management.
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2015 CFAAA MEETINGS
All meetings start at 6:30 PM. Please bring food for enough firefighters on the shift, plus a couple other people.
May 21-Station 32- 12233 N. Mustang Rd-373-1628
June 18- Station 26-7025 SW 119, 745-6607
July 16-Station 18-4016 N. Prospect, 425-3006
August 20-Station 28-7101 S Anderson Rd., 737-4040
September 17- Station 11- 900 NW 50TH, 841-2400
October 15- Station 4-NE-14200 Hogback Rd., 396-8092
November 19-Location to be announced-Annual business meeting
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OCFD PROMOTIONS
The CFAAA congratulates the following members of OCFD and wish them well in their new positions.
Major
Benny Fulkerson 4-24-15
Joseph Graham 4-17-15
Jim Kruta 4-14-15
Captain
Brock Gibbons 4-16-15
Brian Hauk 4-16-15
Johnny Hoffman 4-6-15
Gary Jackson 4-6-15
David Meyer 4-16-15
Dustin Renner 4-6-15
Scott White 4-6-15
Dale Scott Wilson 4-6-15
Lieutenant
Joshua Rochester 4-21-15
Sergeant
Marcus Koch 4-18-15
Jay Stovall 4-18-15
Shane Fletcher 4-18-15
Matthew Capshaw 4-18-15
Jason Wyatt 4-18-15
Scott Douglas 4-18-15
James Boyer 4-18-15
Justin Lorenzen 4-18-15
Michael Taylor 4-18-15
Steven Long 4-18-15
Emergency Management Liaison
Benny Fulkerson 4-24-15
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CFAAA HAPPENINGS
CFAAA hats are on sale for $15.00 each. Contact Keith Sossamon for purchase.
To order shirts, contact Lee Lehner.
Several colors are authorized; however, the main uniform will still be dress whites. CFAAA is also allowed a jacket available in dark blue.
Allow one to two weeks for delivery.
If you are interested in helping and would like to volunteer, please email John Fink at 1jdcfink@sbcglobal.net.
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2015 DUES NOW DUE
2015 CFAAA dues are now $20.00.
Send checks payable to CFAAA to Treasurer Sandy Lookabaugh:
2241 SW 117th St
Oklahoma City, Ok. 73170
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A NOTE TO PASS ALONG
A reminder. If you take pictures of a fire, accident, or other event involving OCFD, before posting, you must submit them to the on duty PIO, for approval. This only includes OCFD. Any pictures taken of departments outside Oklahoma City, or the State of Oklahoma, are not under this policy, unless OCFD is involved. Email brian.stanaland@okc.gov until the PIO position is filled.
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RIDE-A-LONG
Tess Hague
Have you done a ride-a-long with the Fire Department? We would like to hear about it, especially if there was an exciting ride. Email Rob Anderson with details. If there was more than one, I will publish the most exciting.
Be sure to add the station number, shift color (if you know it), and some of the names of firefighters.
To schedule a ride-a-long, contact Tess Hague at 297-3314, Monday – Thursday 8:00 AM till 2:00 PM and she will get you scheduled.
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IMPORTANT EMAIL ADDRESSES
President: James Augenstein
Vice-President:
Lee Lehner
Secretary:
Carole Anne Koger
carole-ann@sbcglobal.net
Treasurer:
Sandy Lookabaugh
Member-At-Large:
David Dozier
Newsletter Editor, Rob Anderson, roba1955@yahoo.com
Volunteer Coordinator, John Fink, 1jdcfink@sbcglobal.net
949-2373, Cellular 208-1391
Hospitality Chairperson, Bertha Augenstein
bertha1a@ att.net
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FINAL NOTES
The CFAAA Dispatch is published monthly by the Oklahoma City Citizens FireAcademy Alumni Association, and is published with permission from the Oklahoma City Fire Department.
We thank Chief Keith Bryant, and the entire fire department staff for their courtesy and cooperation.
Copyright 2015 CFAAA and Oklahoma City Fire Department
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