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Pueblo Fire Fighters Bestow Honors

Help Pueblo Fire Fighters Honor the "Home of Heroes"

Pueblo Fire Fighters Create Fire Explorer Post

De-Briefing Team Available to Emergency Workers

Traffic accident and power lines!  What do you do?

"Pull to the right" for sirens and lights

Pueblo Fire Fighters Bestow Honors at Annual Awards Dinner
Pueblo Fire Fighters Local #3 awarded honors at it's recent Annual Awards Dinner.  Honored as the "Man of the Year" was Pueblo Police Department Deputy Chief John Ercul, who was honored for his work in building and sustaining the excellent working relationship between the Pueblo Police and Fire Departments.  Chief Ercul also designed the new logo that will be displayed on the city's fire apparatus with the "Home of Heroes" project.

Retired Fire Inspector Charlie Stimmel was honored for his tireless work in support of the union and it's activities during his long tenure with the fire department.

Additionally other members of the department were recognized for their years of service to the fire department, and others in attendance were recognized for their help with restoring antique fire apparatus owned by the Pueblo Fire Department Historical Society, and also for their help with the "Home of Heroes" fire apparatus project.

 

 

Help As Pueblo Fire Fighters

Even the most casual observer in Pueblo knows that the city's fire trucks are yellow instead of the traditional fire engine red.  Some members of the fire department, with the endorsement of Fire Chief Chris Riley, and Congressman John Salazar, are proposing changing the color of the fire trucks to a more traditional color that also honors the Medal of Honor heroes that have called Pueblo home.

While new fire trucks can easily be painted any color during their manufacture, changing the color of the current trucks in the fleet is a costly proposition that the city cannot afford.  For that reason, the fire department is asking for the assistance of city residents and businesses.  To see what you can do to help, click here, and see the color scheme being proposed, and learn how you can help the fire department "Honor The Home of Heroes"

 

Pueblo Fire Fighters Create Explorer Post!

Pueblo Fire Fighters Local #3, in cooperation with the Pueblo Fire Department and the Boy Scouts of America have created Pueblo Fire Explorer Post #343.  Explorers will receive training and orientation in all aspects of the fire service, and will learn valuable life lessons such as respect and responsibility.  Applications are being taken for those interested in this exciting new program.  For more information, visit the Explorers web page here.

De-Briefing Team Available to Emergency Workers

A Critical Incident Stress Management Team made up of volunteers from Pueblo is available to emergency workers (police, fire and EMS) in southeastern Colorado who have experienced stress related incidents.  For more information on the team, including how to contact them, click here.

You're In An Accident!  There Are Electrical Wires On Your Car!

Do You Know What To Do?

This bus driver knew!

An otherwise minor accident recently underscored the dangers of electrical lines and motor vehicle accidents.  In this accident a school bus backed into a street light pole and in doing so, brought  electrical wires down onto the bus.   To make matters worse, the street light came into contact with another set of live lines.  The bus driver did the right thing...she had the students remain on the bus and called 9-1-1.  Pueblo FD Squad 1 and Engine 3 responded and assisted the students and the driver in making a safe exit from the bus.  No one was injured in the accident, and there was little damage to the bus.

If you're involved in an accident and wires come down onto your vehicle, remain in your vehicle until help arrives.  If you try to exit the vehicle and come in contact with a live wire or the vehicle and the ground at the same time, you can be seriously injured or killed.  If you witness an accident involving live wires, do not attempt to remove the wires.  Instead, call 9-1-1 immediately and instruct the occupants of the vehicle to stay inside until help arrives.

If your vehicle is on fire (an unlikely scenario) and you feel that you must exit the vehicle before help arrives, jump clear of the vehicle, making sure that you don't touch the vehicle and the ground at the same time.  Make sure you also don't touch any wires, or fall back against the car.

 

You're driving down the road and you hear a siren. You don't know where it is coming from.

What should you do? Remember this.

Siren or lights: pull to the right -- and stop.

Pull to the far right to let the emergency vehicle pass on your left. Never pull over to the left. Never, ever stop in a traffic lane -- especially on a divided highway!

Pull to the far right and stop for an oncoming emergency vehicle, too -- it may turn left just in front of you.  Drivers in lanes to your left need somewhere to move to -- pull to the right to allow them to pull to the right, too!

Never attempt to pass an emergency vehicle, on either side -- it's driver may turn in front of you, or need to steer to an upcoming freeway exit.

Yield to the emergency vehicle early. Everyone is more safe when the emergency vehicle's driver has a "clear path" to negotiate, without having to guess whether you have seen him or not.

Never follow immediately behind an emergency vehicle to pass traffic. The driver might be forced to make a sudden emergency stop.

Be extra careful when reentering the flow of traffic -- emergency vehicles travel in packs and another may be following or approaching.

 

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