STATION GOSSIP

Prayers go out to Dispatcher Snoopy’s wife Betty for a speedy recovery from her recent surgery.

Stole this off Firefighter Scott Jensen’s facebook. Hope Scott doesn’t mind, but no one could say it better. “Huge thanks to the fine men of HRFD for taking such good care of my son today before they realized who he was! Chief is right, that we are who we are because of all you (we) do! Noah is gonna pull thru just fine. Gonna be a long road but he is one tough kid and made it thru the whole day tear free! What a champ!!” Our prayers and best wishes for speedy recovery go out to Noah, and for strength and comfort for his family to help him through his recovery.

Firefighters raised over $5,000 during the department’s recent MDA Fill the Boot Campaign.

Hi to our fan group that sat out and watched our group truck photo shoot. It took less than 30 minutes to assemble and shoot that picture!

Gone,But not forgotten

Some people come into our lives, And quickly go. Some stay awhile and leave footprints in our hearts.

And, we are never, ever the same.

Firefighter Josh Hoffland’s father, John Hoffland (60) of Rockton IL passed away on August 16.

Our deepest sympathies and prayers to Josh and his family.

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Station Funny

Firefighter Smurf!!

Monroe Fire School Instructors Snapshots

Brandon Tietz and Lt. Mike Huffman taught extrication.

Lt. Ryan Alms and Lt. Jerry McCormick teach an Advanced SCBA and Rescue Class.

THE FIREHOUSE SCENEIs a monthly publication of the

Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District

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September 2012 Fire Chief Don Shoevlin Editor Sheryl Drost

Photo by Sheryl Drost

Pink Heals Tour VisitsPage 11

‘The Fleet’Pages 6&7

BirthdaysSeptember 1st Stefani Layman3rd Ramona Baldoni-Lake5th Adam Eich12th Bart Munger Kyle Alms13th Joe Koeninger Marty Green Mike Powell 25th Carmella Young30th Micah Anderson

October5th Eric Wilkins7th Brandon Tietz Dick Schoonover15th Ryan Alms17th Chuck Hansel22nd Ken Boris26th Tom Aaker29th Sue Null ‘70th’

Total Calls for 2012 1733

Firehouse Scene The Firehouse Scene is a monthly newsletter produced by the Harlem-Roscoe Fire Prot. Dist.

Editor-in-Chief - Don ShoevlinEditor & Layout - Sheryl Drost

The Firehouse Scene is available at Station One - 10544 Main Street in Roscoe and on the department’s website after the second Sunday each month: www.harlemroscoefire.comE-mail submissions to Sheryl:hrfdsdrost@gmail.com

From the Chief’s DeskBy Fire Chief Don Shoevlin

Another grandbaby has arrived! This past month Tammy and I welcomed our latest precious gift of life. Our second grandson, the third grandchild, was born ont August 17 to our youngest daughter Laura and proud daddy William (Will) Paul. Jordan Joseph came in at 8lbs. 15oz. and 21 ½” long, already a football player! The wait seemed long as mom went in on Tuesday and Jordan did not arrive until Friday. Everyone

is doing just fine now. His closet and toy box are already being stocked with “fire” things, so now I am trying to sneak in a little bit of “Da Bears” stuff. You see, somehow his dad became a Cowboys fan, uhg! Tammy and I love this grandparent thing and all the perks it comes with.

School is back in session, high school football has begun and the leaves are beginning to fall. The evening hours will be creeping in sooner as the days of sun light grow shorter. So please be careful of the walkers, runners and bike riders who may still be out in the dusk.

Our annual MDA Fill the Boot campaign was held last week. The firefighters collected your monetary donations in their fire boots while standing at the corners of well-traveled intersections. Because of your generosity, we were able to collect over $5000.00 that was then sent to the regional chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Thank you to all for your help and donations!

At this reading, another Roscoe Lions Fall Festival will be winding down at Leland Park. At our booth, we sold the famous walking taco, lemonade, coffee and had a fantastic raffle. (Winners to be announced Sunday, Sept. 9) We hope that you were able to stop by to say a quick hi and pick up one of the many giveaways we have for you. The firefighters, along with myself, are always eager to visit with you and Thank-You for supporting their association fundraiser. Also a big Thank-You goes out to the many businesses that also donated food and raffles for this fundraising event.

The month of September is a month full of training for our men and women!

A “Disaster Drill” will take place mid-month where we will be working in unison and along-side other local agencies. This drill has been in the planning for over a year and we are very excited to see it unfold soon. More information and photographs will be in next month’s newsletter.

Occasionally, we acquire a structure that we can hold valuable training sessions in for our firefighters. This month we will be allowed to burn such a structure. The valuable skills that can be taught and practiced here can someday help to save a home or possibly a life. We are always grateful for these opportunities that allow us additional training and knowledge.

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The month will finally rap up with our second annual “Crunch Time Symposium”. This full two day event is dedicated to education on vehicle extrication. Participation from ten fire departments will begin with hands on training and finish up with a “friendly” competition by the second days end. You are invited to come join us at Station 3 (Willowbrook Road) on Sunday 9/30 and watch the firefighters use the jaws of life and other equipment needed to finish up a great weekend and month full of events!

We will then enter into October and our annual Fire Prevention Open House. This year it will be held on Saturday, 10/13, at Station 3 (Willowbrook Road). Stop on by from 11:00 to 2:00 for refreshments, tours and giveaways. The officers and firefighters are busy planning for this event and I know that it will be full of activities for kids of all ages! You will also have the opportunity to see equipment, demonstrations and the fine firefighters of your community. A coloring contest will also be going on for the younger children with help from your students schools.

Please check out our website www.harlemroscoefire.com and keep up with the progress of the department and individuals. As always, don’t hesitate to contact me or stop by if I can be of any assistance. Chief Shoevlin

Chief Shoevlin and his wife Tammy show off their third grandchild, Jordan Joseph.

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September 28th - 30thVehicle Extrication Educational Symposium, HOT Evolutions & Challenge will be held at Harlem-Roscoe Fire Station # 3. This three day event is geared toward new rescue personnel teams interested in obtaining vehicle extrication training. Contact Lt. Mike Huffman for details @ 815-623-7867.

Pink Heal Tour Stops at Station One Photos by Marcia Soppe

l-r Firefighters Brent Parrish, Jim Daughenbaugh, Mark Schafman, John Donovan, Tom Lake, Steve Shoevlin, Greg Wernick, Sean Laurent and Lt. Ramona Baldoni-Lake.

EMS Corner

Firefighter Adam Eich was recently matched with someone on the bone marrow registry. He then donated his marrow on August 8. Adam said the feeling was beyond words knowing that what he was doing may just save the recipient’s life.

Why Join the Be the Match Marrow Registry:10,000 patients search the registry every year for an unrelated donor. These patients have leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell, or one of the 70+ conditions that a marrow cell transplant can cure, but they don’t have a match in their family. Only 30% of people have a matching family member. Most patients rely on this unrelated registry.Only half of these patients get the transplant that could save them. Many patients never find a match and don’t receive this lifesaving treatment.We want to help them. Medical technology has given us the treatment, but it can only happen with committed donors standing by to help.Diversity in heritage is critically needed on the registry to match the patients we serve.

Joining the Registry:Fill out and sign a registration form. Give cheek cell samples on long-stemmed q-tips. It takes about 10 minutes to fill out the form and swab. The sample is sent to a laboratory to be tissue-typed. This HLA information becomes part of the registry patients search to find a match. We will contact you if you come up as a possible match any time between now and when you are removed from the registry at age 61 (or ask to be removed).All information, including your contact information, social security number, and HLA typing is confidential. It cannot be given out to anyone outside of the NMDP network or Rock River Valley Blood Center under any circumstances. Social security number is only used to locate you if you change phone numbers or move. It is important we locate you if you come up as a possible match.You must be healthy, between 18-44 years old, and willing to help any patient in need to join. Call Margaret Shannon at 815-761-7395 with questions.

If You Match A Patient:You are only asked to donate if you match a specific searching patient. Most people who join will not go on to match a patient. There is no telling who will get the call.Most marrow cell collections are PBSC, or peripheral blood

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stem cell, collections. The lifesaving cells are removed from the circulating blood, in a procedure similar to donating platelets or plasma. In the uncommon cases where you are asked to donate the liquid marrow in the surgical, outpatient method, you are put under anesthesia so you don’t feel pain. Your body replaces the cells, just like it does when you donate blood.The most common side effect from donating marrow is a sense of well being and pride in knowing that you helped save someone’s life.

Cost:It costs $100 to add each person to the Be the Match Marrow Registry. Please help us meet these costs by making a tax-deductible contribution to the Red Shoe Run. The Red Shoe Run for Donor Awareness is our fundraising arm to help pay for tissue typing new members. Join us on April 13, 2013 at 8am for our 5K Run/Fitness Walk. Learn more and sign up at redshoerun.org.

Contact: Margaret Shannon, 815-761-7395 or mshannon@rrvbc.org. Go to rrvbc.org and click “Marrow Program” to learn more and join the Be The Match Marrow Registry. You might be the one to save a life.

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Field Fire Photos by Sheryl Drost

Firefighters responded to a field on fire off Gleasman Rd. on Aug. 21. It seems a man had been flying a remote-control airplane and it crashed and started a large field fire. With the aggressive effort of the firefighters and and the help of the grass rig, the fast-moving fire was brought under control quickly.

Front page photo - Lt. Jerry McCormick drives the grass rig along the edge of the fire using the front spary to knock down the fire.

Firefighters Ryan Sarver and John Bunger pull hose off an engine to help the grass rig extinquish the fire.

Firefighter John Bunger refills the grass rig after the fire was out.

Mutual Aid Photos by Sheryl Drost

Capt. Mike Drost drops water from the Tender at a mutual aid call to Rockton Fire for a barn fire on Gleasman Rd. on Aug. 17.

Stuck in the RiverPhoto by Sheryl Drost

Harlem-Roscoe Firefighters assisted the Roscoe Police and a towing company to pull a jeep from the Rock River at Riverside Park on Aug. 17. It seems the driver of a jeep thought the river wasn’t as deep as it was as they tried to drive between sand bars out in the river. A Jeep Cherokee was used to try to pull the stuck jeep, but ended up getting stuck as well. Both vehicles had to be towed out.

A second jeep gets stuck trying to help tow the first jeep out of the river.

Firefighters Shannon Burbach and Paul Stanphill donned protective “Mustang” suits to help hook up the jeep in the river to the towing strap.

Rockton Firefighters overhaul what was left of a barn that burned on Aug. 17.

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Joyce and Gary Graeff were back from Montana for a visit this month. And I had the opportunity for my long-awaited interview with Harlem-Roscoe’s first female firefighter as well as the first husband/wife team.

Joyce and Gary joined the fire department in March 1, 1980. They ran out of Station One for 18 years.

When the Paramedic program originally started up, Joyce was the Nurse coordinator for Saint Anthony Hospital. She helped teach the 1st Paramedic class in Winnebago County in 1979; Retired Chief Oscar Presley was a student in that class. Dr. Ray Hoffman was the first Medical Director and everyone operated under his license. She is proud to say that there was 100% passage in that class. She also would set up exams and could sign off on practicals.

Joyce had already been helping on some accident calls as a nurse before they joined. She said it just evolved that she and Gary join the department. She could now ride along and help certify Oscar who was now a provisional paramedic. She said she and Gary would hang out at Oscar’s Barber Shop or at the fire station waiting for calls. Gary would become an EMT and Joyce went on to certify as the first female Paramedic at Harlem-Roscoe. They would run many calls as a team.

To operate an ambulance, it had to be certified that it met state standards and had certain equipment on board. The first ambulance (or Trauma Unit as it was called), 741, had to be inspected frequently. So the guys would pull it out of the bay and check the radio (white box) to make sure it transmitted to Saint Anthony and check the drug boxes.

I asked Joyce about being the first woman on the fire department. She said her joining the department had evolved from her work with the Paramedic program. She said she thinks the firefighters already respected her for her knowledge through the Paramedic program, so she didn’t have any issues being a woman on the department. She added it was always a team effort.

Joyce told how a local minister, Steve Plank, planted the seed for a Chaplains program in their minds and they got the go ahead from Chief Presley. Steve Plank and Dave Wiersbe were the first Chaplains followed by Jim Cole who was already a member of the Federation of Chaplains. She said they also worked on and helped set up protocols for a firefighter funeral.

Gary & Joyce both served on the Coroner’s Jury for 18 to 20 years.

Joyce said they both worked heavily with setting up disaster drills in Winnebago County and were among the founding members under Dennis Lolli. Joyce said they would set up everything and she is a self-proclaimed master at moulage. She says she can make the best intestines. She said they were hands-on and used real stuff. They would go to the butcher and get real bones to use for broken legs and arms. Then Bergner’s would donate all their old makeup for them to use. They even made their own blood. She tells of the time she made some of her intestines for an up-coming drill and put them in the refrigerator at the Station. It seems someone thought they were sausage and was going to eat them!

Joyce would also dispatch from Station One and took the Power Phone dispatching class. They also had a fire phone at their home for a few years so they could take a call or listen in, but they still had to go to the fire station to dispatch.

We talked about the changes in the department over the years. Joyce said the obvious one was the rise of the paramedic program and then the introduction to Hippa Laws. They both agreed how much the skill levels improved in both fire and medical. They said there was a trend for safer equipment and watching the health of the firefighters. Joyce said she was very happy to get nomex hoods to protect their necks and there were good changes in the SCBAs making them better. Gary remembers the time Ken O’Dell sent them into a smoke filled house just to see how much smoke they could handle on their own, and how that would not be allowed today.

Joyce says they called Oscar, Mr. P-R. She said he was always ahead of the game with his visions and was always working behind the scenes to improve the department; That he had the foresight and the insight for what he needed and wanted. She said he believed even though we were small, we were going to be mighty!

Most Memorable

A couple bad accidents still stick in their minds. The time a car load of teenagers were killed after crashing with a dump truck on Elevator and Main. They helped notify the parents and one parent even brought in an apple pie to thank them. And then there was the time two semis crushed a car between them. The driver had been ejected but it would take awhile to extricate the passenger. Two helicopters were landed to transport the patients.

Joyce will never forget the day her boss Dr. Hoffman age 53, went into cardiac arrest and passed away. She said he had the best paramedics, doctors and nurses working him and if there had been a chance to save him, they would have. She also remembers the girl firefighter getting her face burned in a grass fire before they had nomex and then there was the old mansion on Main St. that burned.

Joyce is afraid of heights and remembers a fire where she had the hose line up on a ladder to the second story. Someone opened the door on the first floor creating a flashover out the window, almost blowing her off the ladder. She said she was determined to show she could do this; there was no way she was going to fall and she made it back down the ladder hose and all.

Times Rekindledby Sheryl Drost

HRFD Coloring ContestChildren that attend 1st & 2nd Grade in the Harlem-Roscoe Fire District.Coloring pages to be handed out, colored, and collected in the student’s classrooms. Winners will be displayed during the Open House.Prizes will be awarded in child’s classroom.

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“Have Two Ways Out!”

THINGS TO DOTraining Burn Tower DemonstrationsFire Safety Smoke HouseKids Firefighter ChallengeGet to know your firefightersSit in a real fire truck and ambu-lanceSpray a fire hoseYummy refreshmentsLearn about HRFD Smoke & CO Detector Program

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08/21/12 Rockton Rd. 08/26/12 I-90 08/28/12 Hwy 251 & Bridge St.

08/20/12 Hwy 251

08/14/12 I-90

ACCIDENTS Photos by Sheryl Drost

08/20/12 Forest Hills

08/29/12 Northgate 09/03/12 Hwy 173

Gary remembers preparing the coon for the dinners. He said you would cut off all the fat and the scent glands and soak the coon in vinegar. Then you would cut it up. During one of the Coon and Ham dinner Joyce remembers performing her first Heimlich Maneuver on a lady that was choking. After dislodging the piece of food, the lady said Thank you and went back to eating like nothing had happened.

Joyce remembers the time Oscar was late to a Paramedic Counsel which included doctors, nurses and a representative from each hospital and fire department. When she called him to see where he was he said he had half a head (hair cut) to finish and he’d be there. She also remembers the good times when everyone was crammed into Oscar’s barber shop for the Christmas parties.

They have retired and moved to Bigfork, Montana and have joined the Bigfork Fire Department; becoming involved with the Chaplain program there. They are also Critical Stress Debriefers; they help with notifications, and counseling victims’ families on scene and with their immediate needs. They also bring out coffee and water and food to firefighters on calls. They even help with fundraising. Although she is retired, Joyce keeps her RN license current. Joyce says they feel they are in the LAST BEST PLACE! They invite all their friends and fellow firefighters to stop and visit if ever out west.

Joyce takes a turn on a car during an extrication class.

Joyce on a hose line during a training burn in the 80’s.

Gary runs the insulation vacuum during a call in 1993.

Gary helps carry an accident victim to the helicopter at an accident on Hwy 251 and Prairie Hill Rd. in 1992.

EMS Team Graeff takes care of child victim involved in an accident on Hwy 251 on March 20, 1994.

“Have Two Ways Out!”

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Aerial bucket, 2 Quints, 5 Engine/Pumpers, 4 Ambulances, 2 Tenders, Heavy Rescue Squad, Technical Rescue Truck, 2 Minipumpers, 2 Grass Rigs, 2 Command Vehicles, 2 Minivans, 2 Suburbans, 1 Pickup, 1 Tech Trailer and 2 Boats.

HARLEM-ROSCOE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT‘The Fleet’ - 08/18/12

Photo by Sheryl Drost

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08/20/12 Hwy 251

08/14/12 I-90

ACCIDENTS Photos by Sheryl Drost

08/20/12 Forest Hills

08/29/12 Northgate 09/03/12 Hwy 173

Gary remembers preparing the coon for the dinners. He said you would cut off all the fat and the scent glands and soak the coon in vinegar. Then you would cut it up. During one of the Coon and Ham dinner Joyce remembers performing her first Heimlich Maneuver on a lady that was choking. After dislodging the piece of food, the lady said Thank you and went back to eating like nothing had happened.

Joyce remembers the time Oscar was late to a Paramedic Counsel which included doctors, nurses and a representative from each hospital and fire department. When she called him to see where he was he said he had half a head (hair cut) to finish and he’d be there. She also remembers the good times when everyone was crammed into Oscar’s barber shop for the Christmas parties.

They have retired and moved to Bigfork, Montana and have joined the Bigfork Fire Department; becoming involved with the Chaplain program there. They are also Critical Stress Debriefers; they help with notifications, and counseling victims’ families on scene and with their immediate needs. They also bring out coffee and water and food to firefighters on calls. They even help with fundraising. Although she is retired, Joyce keeps her RN license current. Joyce says they feel they are in the LAST BEST PLACE! They invite all their friends and fellow firefighters to stop and visit if ever out west.

Joyce takes a turn on a car during an extrication class.

Joyce on a hose line during a training burn in the 80’s.

Gary runs the insulation vacuum during a call in 1993.

Gary helps carry an accident victim to the helicopter at an accident on Hwy 251 and Prairie Hill Rd. in 1992.

EMS Team Graeff takes care of child victim involved in an accident on Hwy 251 on March 20, 1994.

“Have Two Ways Out!”

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Joyce and Gary Graeff were back from Montana for a visit this month. And I had the opportunity for my long-awaited interview with Harlem-Roscoe’s first female firefighter as well as the first husband/wife team.

Joyce and Gary joined the fire department in March 1, 1980. They ran out of Station One for 18 years.

When the Paramedic program originally started up, Joyce was the Nurse coordinator for Saint Anthony Hospital. She helped teach the 1st Paramedic class in Winnebago County in 1979; Retired Chief Oscar Presley was a student in that class. Dr. Ray Hoffman was the first Medical Director and everyone operated under his license. She is proud to say that there was 100% passage in that class. She also would set up exams and could sign off on practicals.

Joyce had already been helping on some accident calls as a nurse before they joined. She said it just evolved that she and Gary join the department. She could now ride along and help certify Oscar who was now a provisional paramedic. She said she and Gary would hang out at Oscar’s Barber Shop or at the fire station waiting for calls. Gary would become an EMT and Joyce went on to certify as the first female Paramedic at Harlem-Roscoe. They would run many calls as a team.

To operate an ambulance, it had to be certified that it met state standards and had certain equipment on board. The first ambulance (or Trauma Unit as it was called), 741, had to be inspected frequently. So the guys would pull it out of the bay and check the radio (white box) to make sure it transmitted to Saint Anthony and check the drug boxes.

I asked Joyce about being the first woman on the fire department. She said her joining the department had evolved from her work with the Paramedic program. She said she thinks the firefighters already respected her for her knowledge through the Paramedic program, so she didn’t have any issues being a woman on the department. She added it was always a team effort.

Joyce told how a local minister, Steve Plank, planted the seed for a Chaplains program in their minds and they got the go ahead from Chief Presley. Steve Plank and Dave Wiersbe were the first Chaplains followed by Jim Cole who was already a member of the Federation of Chaplains. She said they also worked on and helped set up protocols for a firefighter funeral.

Gary & Joyce both served on the Coroner’s Jury for 18 to 20 years.

Joyce said they both worked heavily with setting up disaster drills in Winnebago County and were among the founding members under Dennis Lolli. Joyce said they would set up everything and she is a self-proclaimed master at moulage. She says she can make the best intestines. She said they were hands-on and used real stuff. They would go to the butcher and get real bones to use for broken legs and arms. Then Bergner’s would donate all their old makeup for them to use. They even made their own blood. She tells of the time she made some of her intestines for an up-coming drill and put them in the refrigerator at the Station. It seems someone thought they were sausage and was going to eat them!

Joyce would also dispatch from Station One and took the Power Phone dispatching class. They also had a fire phone at their home for a few years so they could take a call or listen in, but they still had to go to the fire station to dispatch.

We talked about the changes in the department over the years. Joyce said the obvious one was the rise of the paramedic program and then the introduction to Hippa Laws. They both agreed how much the skill levels improved in both fire and medical. They said there was a trend for safer equipment and watching the health of the firefighters. Joyce said she was very happy to get nomex hoods to protect their necks and there were good changes in the SCBAs making them better. Gary remembers the time Ken O’Dell sent them into a smoke filled house just to see how much smoke they could handle on their own, and how that would not be allowed today.

Joyce says they called Oscar, Mr. P-R. She said he was always ahead of the game with his visions and was always working behind the scenes to improve the department; That he had the foresight and the insight for what he needed and wanted. She said he believed even though we were small, we were going to be mighty!

Most Memorable

A couple bad accidents still stick in their minds. The time a car load of teenagers were killed after crashing with a dump truck on Elevator and Main. They helped notify the parents and one parent even brought in an apple pie to thank them. And then there was the time two semis crushed a car between them. The driver had been ejected but it would take awhile to extricate the passenger. Two helicopters were landed to transport the patients.

Joyce will never forget the day her boss Dr. Hoffman age 53, went into cardiac arrest and passed away. She said he had the best paramedics, doctors and nurses working him and if there had been a chance to save him, they would have. She also remembers the girl firefighter getting her face burned in a grass fire before they had nomex and then there was the old mansion on Main St. that burned.

Joyce is afraid of heights and remembers a fire where she had the hose line up on a ladder to the second story. Someone opened the door on the first floor creating a flashover out the window, almost blowing her off the ladder. She said she was determined to show she could do this; there was no way she was going to fall and she made it back down the ladder hose and all.

Times Rekindledby Sheryl Drost

HRFD Coloring ContestChildren that attend 1st & 2nd Grade in the Harlem-Roscoe Fire District.Coloring pages to be handed out, colored, and collected in the student’s classrooms. Winners will be displayed during the Open House.Prizes will be awarded in child’s classroom.

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* 11am - 2pm

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“Have Two Ways Out!”

THINGS TO DOTraining Burn Tower DemonstrationsFire Safety Smoke HouseKids Firefighter ChallengeGet to know your firefightersSit in a real fire truck and ambu-lanceSpray a fire hoseYummy refreshmentsLearn about HRFD Smoke & CO Detector Program

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EMS Corner

Firefighter Adam Eich was recently matched with someone on the bone marrow registry. He then donated his marrow on August 8. Adam said the feeling was beyond words knowing that what he was doing may just save the recipient’s life.

Why Join the Be the Match Marrow Registry:10,000 patients search the registry every year for an unrelated donor. These patients have leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell, or one of the 70+ conditions that a marrow cell transplant can cure, but they don’t have a match in their family. Only 30% of people have a matching family member. Most patients rely on this unrelated registry.Only half of these patients get the transplant that could save them. Many patients never find a match and don’t receive this lifesaving treatment.We want to help them. Medical technology has given us the treatment, but it can only happen with committed donors standing by to help.Diversity in heritage is critically needed on the registry to match the patients we serve.

Joining the Registry:Fill out and sign a registration form. Give cheek cell samples on long-stemmed q-tips. It takes about 10 minutes to fill out the form and swab. The sample is sent to a laboratory to be tissue-typed. This HLA information becomes part of the registry patients search to find a match. We will contact you if you come up as a possible match any time between now and when you are removed from the registry at age 61 (or ask to be removed).All information, including your contact information, social security number, and HLA typing is confidential. It cannot be given out to anyone outside of the NMDP network or Rock River Valley Blood Center under any circumstances. Social security number is only used to locate you if you change phone numbers or move. It is important we locate you if you come up as a possible match.You must be healthy, between 18-44 years old, and willing to help any patient in need to join. Call Margaret Shannon at 815-761-7395 with questions.

If You Match A Patient:You are only asked to donate if you match a specific searching patient. Most people who join will not go on to match a patient. There is no telling who will get the call.Most marrow cell collections are PBSC, or peripheral blood

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stem cell, collections. The lifesaving cells are removed from the circulating blood, in a procedure similar to donating platelets or plasma. In the uncommon cases where you are asked to donate the liquid marrow in the surgical, outpatient method, you are put under anesthesia so you don’t feel pain. Your body replaces the cells, just like it does when you donate blood.The most common side effect from donating marrow is a sense of well being and pride in knowing that you helped save someone’s life.

Cost:It costs $100 to add each person to the Be the Match Marrow Registry. Please help us meet these costs by making a tax-deductible contribution to the Red Shoe Run. The Red Shoe Run for Donor Awareness is our fundraising arm to help pay for tissue typing new members. Join us on April 13, 2013 at 8am for our 5K Run/Fitness Walk. Learn more and sign up at redshoerun.org.

Contact: Margaret Shannon, 815-761-7395 or mshannon@rrvbc.org. Go to rrvbc.org and click “Marrow Program” to learn more and join the Be The Match Marrow Registry. You might be the one to save a life.

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Field Fire Photos by Sheryl Drost

Firefighters responded to a field on fire off Gleasman Rd. on Aug. 21. It seems a man had been flying a remote-control airplane and it crashed and started a large field fire. With the aggressive effort of the firefighters and and the help of the grass rig, the fast-moving fire was brought under control quickly.

Front page photo - Lt. Jerry McCormick drives the grass rig along the edge of the fire using the front spary to knock down the fire.

Firefighters Ryan Sarver and John Bunger pull hose off an engine to help the grass rig extinquish the fire.

Firefighter John Bunger refills the grass rig after the fire was out.

Mutual Aid Photos by Sheryl Drost

Capt. Mike Drost drops water from the Tender at a mutual aid call to Rockton Fire for a barn fire on Gleasman Rd. on Aug. 17.

Stuck in the RiverPhoto by Sheryl Drost

Harlem-Roscoe Firefighters assisted the Roscoe Police and a towing company to pull a jeep from the Rock River at Riverside Park on Aug. 17. It seems the driver of a jeep thought the river wasn’t as deep as it was as they tried to drive between sand bars out in the river. A Jeep Cherokee was used to try to pull the stuck jeep, but ended up getting stuck as well. Both vehicles had to be towed out.

A second jeep gets stuck trying to help tow the first jeep out of the river.

Firefighters Shannon Burbach and Paul Stanphill donned protective “Mustang” suits to help hook up the jeep in the river to the towing strap.

Rockton Firefighters overhaul what was left of a barn that burned on Aug. 17.

BirthdaysSeptember 1st Stefani Layman3rd Ramona Baldoni-Lake5th Adam Eich12th Bart Munger Kyle Alms13th Joe Koeninger Marty Green Mike Powell 25th Carmella Young30th Micah Anderson

October5th Eric Wilkins7th Brandon Tietz Dick Schoonover15th Ryan Alms17th Chuck Hansel22nd Ken Boris26th Tom Aaker29th Sue Null ‘70th’

Total Calls for 2012 1733

Firehouse Scene The Firehouse Scene is a monthly newsletter produced by the Harlem-Roscoe Fire Prot. Dist.

Editor-in-Chief - Don ShoevlinEditor & Layout - Sheryl Drost

The Firehouse Scene is available at Station One - 10544 Main Street in Roscoe and on the department’s website after the second Sunday each month: www.harlemroscoefire.comE-mail submissions to Sheryl:hrfdsdrost@gmail.com

From the Chief’s DeskBy Fire Chief Don Shoevlin

Another grandbaby has arrived! This past month Tammy and I welcomed our latest precious gift of life. Our second grandson, the third grandchild, was born ont August 17 to our youngest daughter Laura and proud daddy William (Will) Paul. Jordan Joseph came in at 8lbs. 15oz. and 21 ½” long, already a football player! The wait seemed long as mom went in on Tuesday and Jordan did not arrive until Friday. Everyone

is doing just fine now. His closet and toy box are already being stocked with “fire” things, so now I am trying to sneak in a little bit of “Da Bears” stuff. You see, somehow his dad became a Cowboys fan, uhg! Tammy and I love this grandparent thing and all the perks it comes with.

School is back in session, high school football has begun and the leaves are beginning to fall. The evening hours will be creeping in sooner as the days of sun light grow shorter. So please be careful of the walkers, runners and bike riders who may still be out in the dusk.

Our annual MDA Fill the Boot campaign was held last week. The firefighters collected your monetary donations in their fire boots while standing at the corners of well-traveled intersections. Because of your generosity, we were able to collect over $5000.00 that was then sent to the regional chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Thank you to all for your help and donations!

At this reading, another Roscoe Lions Fall Festival will be winding down at Leland Park. At our booth, we sold the famous walking taco, lemonade, coffee and had a fantastic raffle. (Winners to be announced Sunday, Sept. 9) We hope that you were able to stop by to say a quick hi and pick up one of the many giveaways we have for you. The firefighters, along with myself, are always eager to visit with you and Thank-You for supporting their association fundraiser. Also a big Thank-You goes out to the many businesses that also donated food and raffles for this fundraising event.

The month of September is a month full of training for our men and women!

A “Disaster Drill” will take place mid-month where we will be working in unison and along-side other local agencies. This drill has been in the planning for over a year and we are very excited to see it unfold soon. More information and photographs will be in next month’s newsletter.

Occasionally, we acquire a structure that we can hold valuable training sessions in for our firefighters. This month we will be allowed to burn such a structure. The valuable skills that can be taught and practiced here can someday help to save a home or possibly a life. We are always grateful for these opportunities that allow us additional training and knowledge.

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The month will finally rap up with our second annual “Crunch Time Symposium”. This full two day event is dedicated to education on vehicle extrication. Participation from ten fire departments will begin with hands on training and finish up with a “friendly” competition by the second days end. You are invited to come join us at Station 3 (Willowbrook Road) on Sunday 9/30 and watch the firefighters use the jaws of life and other equipment needed to finish up a great weekend and month full of events!

We will then enter into October and our annual Fire Prevention Open House. This year it will be held on Saturday, 10/13, at Station 3 (Willowbrook Road). Stop on by from 11:00 to 2:00 for refreshments, tours and giveaways. The officers and firefighters are busy planning for this event and I know that it will be full of activities for kids of all ages! You will also have the opportunity to see equipment, demonstrations and the fine firefighters of your community. A coloring contest will also be going on for the younger children with help from your students schools.

Please check out our website www.harlemroscoefire.com and keep up with the progress of the department and individuals. As always, don’t hesitate to contact me or stop by if I can be of any assistance. Chief Shoevlin

Chief Shoevlin and his wife Tammy show off their third grandchild, Jordan Joseph.

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September 28th - 30thVehicle Extrication Educational Symposium, HOT Evolutions & Challenge will be held at Harlem-Roscoe Fire Station # 3. This three day event is geared toward new rescue personnel teams interested in obtaining vehicle extrication training. Contact Lt. Mike Huffman for details @ 815-623-7867.

Pink Heal Tour Stops at Station One Photos by Marcia Soppe

l-r Firefighters Brent Parrish, Jim Daughenbaugh, Mark Schafman, John Donovan, Tom Lake, Steve Shoevlin, Greg Wernick, Sean Laurent and Lt. Ramona Baldoni-Lake.

STATION GOSSIP

Prayers go out to Dispatcher Snoopy’s wife Betty for a speedy recovery from her recent surgery.

Stole this off Firefighter Scott Jensen’s facebook. Hope Scott doesn’t mind, but no one could say it better. “Huge thanks to the fine men of HRFD for taking such good care of my son today before they realized who he was! Chief is right, that we are who we are because of all you (we) do! Noah is gonna pull thru just fine. Gonna be a long road but he is one tough kid and made it thru the whole day tear free! What a champ!!” Our prayers and best wishes for speedy recovery go out to Noah, and for strength and comfort for his family to help him through his recovery.

Firefighters raised over $5,000 during the department’s recent MDA Fill the Boot Campaign.

Hi to our fan group that sat out and watched our group truck photo shoot. It took less than 30 minutes to assemble and shoot that picture!

Gone,But not forgotten

Some people come into our lives, And quickly go. Some stay awhile and leave footprints in our hearts.

And, we are never, ever the same.

Firefighter Josh Hoffland’s father, John Hoffland (60) of Rockton IL passed away on August 16.

Our deepest sympathies and prayers to Josh and his family.

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Station Funny

Firefighter Smurf!!

Monroe Fire School Instructors Snapshots

Brandon Tietz and Lt. Mike Huffman taught extrication.

Lt. Ryan Alms and Lt. Jerry McCormick teach an Advanced SCBA and Rescue Class.

THE FIREHOUSE SCENEIs a monthly publication of the

Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District

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September 2012 Fire Chief Don Shoevlin Editor Sheryl Drost

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Pink Heals Tour VisitsPage 11

‘The Fleet’Pages 6&7