Sullivan County Firefighters' Parade 2014

A special section of the

September 5, 2014 • Callicoon, NY • Section F

Hosted by the

Monticello Fire

Department

Saturday, Sept. 132 p.m.

Broadway • Monticello

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Two years ago, Monticello FireDepartment Chief ScottSchoonmaker came to his

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According to past chief Alan Kesten,one of the event organizers, “Wequickly formed a committee andbrought our plan to the countyFirefighters Association.”

Slated for Saturday, September 13,this year’s Parade will kick off at 2p.m. on Broadway, in front of St.Peter’s Church. This year’s event,though, will include tons of activitiesfor area youth, beginning with the 9a.m. truck inspection, which will takeplace on Sturgis Road in the village,near the ShortLine bus terminal. Itwill give everyone a chance to getclose to the apparatus.

The parade portion of the day-longevent will wind its way east onBroadway to the Monticello FireDepartment on Richardson Avenue,where as Kesten related, the paradewill disband.

But that’s not it.

“Once the parade actually dis-bands, we’ll have all kinds of events atthe firehouse,” explained Kesten.“We’ll have a bouncy house for thekids, we’re working on face painting,games and more... we’ll also have var-ious vendors there and local organi-zations on hand, food, beverage, livemusic with the Slam Allen Band andeven an area marching bands compe-

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Hudson Valley Pipe and Drum Corps;Liberty by the Liberty High SchoolMarching Band; Bloomingburg by theWalker Valley Drum and Bugle Corps;and the Rock Hill FD by The Ed Mal-oney Pipe Band.

Once the procession winds its wayto Richardson Avenue, a marchingband competition, complete withprize money will take place, accom-panied by live music from band “TwoHour Delay,” from about 6:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m.

At approximately 7 p.m. over 100 tro-phies will be presented to the variousfire departments on hand. “For themost part, every fire department willgo home with something,” said Kesten.

But there’s more: at nightfall, theMonticello FD will be putting on a fire-works display at Somerville Field, rightdown the road from the firehouse onRichardson Ave.

Lauding his hometown fire depart-ment, Kesten said, “Monticello doesn’tdo things small. We’re the largest Sulli-van County fire department and thecounty seat... we handle in the range of

1,400 call per year”Added Kesten, “We’re really hoping

for good weather. We think we’ve got itall figured out and the Monticello FireDepartment is extremely proud to behost to the Parade... It’s gonna be spe-cial.”

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A special section of the

September 5, 2014 • Callicoon, NY • Section F

Hosted by the

Monticello Fire

DepartmentSaturday, Sept. 13

2 p.m.

Broadway • Monticello

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During last year’s SullivanCounty Volunteer Firemen’sParade in Narrowsburg, theMonticello Fire Dept. wasout in full force as driverMichael Bernstein gavePast Chief Richard McCler-non a ride in one of thecompany’s antiquefiretrucks.

The Sullivan County Democratwould like to thank the Monticel-lo Fire Department, and espe-cially Alan Kesten, for all of theirhelp in producing this special

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The Sullivan County VolunteerFirefighters’ Association (SCVFA)held its 55th annual dinner earli-

er this summer at the Villa RomaHotel’s Clubhouse.

Master of Ceremonies RichardMartinkovic steered the programthrough the Pledge of Allegiancebefore welcoming all in attendance.Martinkovic was followed by JudgeIsaac “Yitz” Kantrowitz, who gave theinvocation before the start of thedinner.

Following the dinner, MCMartinkovic introduced guestspeaker Commissioner of JurorsGeorge Cooke, who highlighted his

pleasure at being able to thank allthe Sullivan County volunteer fire-fighters who work hard and servetheir communities.

“If we ever lose volunteer firefightersthe taxpayers will feel the loss,” Cookesaid. “I don’t know if you’ll get anymorethan a thank you, but I can tell you,from the Cooke family, we’re grateful.And we thank you very much.”

Immediate past SCVFA PresidentCraig Burkle followed Cooke, sayinggoodbye to his position and receiving aCertificate of Achievement fromAssemblywoman Aileen Gunther.

“It’s been a very enjoyable ride and Ihate to see it go, but it’s time to depart,”Burkle said while thanking his fellowfirefighters and his wife Cynthia.

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Trustee Dick Sturdevant, right, receives the Fire Service Achievement award from SullivanCounty Fire Coordinator Dick Martinkovic, left, and new SCVFA President Peter Maltese.Sturdevant also received a certificate from State Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther and StateSenator John Bonacic.


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The incoming 2014-15 SCVFA officers are,front row, from the left: Treasurer JoeMellan, 2nd VP William Clark, President PeterMaltese, 1st VP Ralph Hornbeck, andSecretary Chet Smith. Back row: FinancialSecretary Jillian Smith, Chaplain ReverendDonald Beck, Trustee John Cassidy Sr.,Sergeant At Arms Mark Meddaugh, andImmediate Past President Craig Burkle. Notpictured: 3rd VP Michael Hoyt, Trustee BillLothrop and Trustee Don Sherwood.

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In April of 1874, the Village ofMonticello was visited by a majorfire, which destroyed the

Exchange Hotel, Hindley’s Saloon,Kent’s Barber Shop, and theRepublican Watchman newspaperoffice, Billing’s Flour and Feed Storeand Curley’s Hotel. This fire, morethan anything else, was the likelyimpetus for the formation of theMonticello Fire Department. Prior tothis, bucket brigades were used tofight fires in the village and they hadproven inadequate.

On March 8, 1875, the MonticelloFire Department was organized with82 charter members. Friend W.Johnson was appointed chief engi-neer on June 30, 1875 and John F.Tymeson was appointed chief engi-neer on August 23, 1875. The FireCompany at the time was made up oftwo companies: the Neptune EngineCompany and the Mountain HoseCompany. On February 26, 1876 theRescue Hook and Ladder Companywas formed with 124 members, noneof which belonged to the two other

companies (Village population at thetime was 912).

The first firehouse was the TownHall building in 1893. The first paidfireman was Albert Richardson in1936 with Edward Richardson hiredas a paid driver a year later.

Today, the firehouse is at 23Richardson Avenue in the village. TheMonticello Fire Department movedinto this location in 2007. Currently,there are four career firefighters;Director of Fire Safety James GerrardII, Keith Kurthy, WayneVanderMeulen Jr., and Chris Bastone.

The Monticello Fire Departmentprotects the entire Villageand the western portionof the Town of Thompson,which surrounds the vil-lage. This amounts toapproximately 65 squaremiles of district from onecentral firehouse.

The Department cur-rently operates with sixpieces of apparatus: a2012 Spartan/Four Guys

Heavy Rescue, a 2006 Pierce 104’Tower Ladder, a 2007 PierceContender 1500 gallon-per-minuteengine carrying 1000 gallons of water,a 1995 Pierce Saber 1250 gallon-per-minute engine carrying 1000 gallonsof water, a 1989 Pierce Arrow 1500gallon-per-minute engine carrying1000 gallons of water, a 1984 PierceArrow 1500 gallon-per-minuteengine carrying 1000 gallons of water,a 1996 Freightliner Technical RescueTruck, 2007 Chevrolet 3500 LightRescue, 1998 Fire Police Vehicle, anda 14 foot Technical Rescue trailer .

The Department has reverted backto traditional Redand White colorsfor the fivenewest apparatusversus the pub-licly unpopular“Lime-Yellow” ofthe older appara-tus. The appara-tus carry a total of4200 feet of 5-inch large diame-

ter supply hose, each having a fullcomplement of smaller diameterhose and other equipment needed toperform the various tasks required.Monticello firefighters are trainedand equipped to handle virtually anytype of emergency.

Currently, there are 65 active mem-bers, with approximately 150 mem-bers total on the rolls of the depart-ment. Line Officers of theDepartment are Chief ScottSchoonmaker, 1st Assistant Chief RayStevens, 2nd Assistant Chief AJWashington, Captain Pedro Agosto,and Lieutenant Jose Mora. Civil offi-cers are President Raul “Roy” Rojas.,Vice-President Jon Wells, SecretaryGeorge Kelley, and Treasurer DoriHuebner.

The department maintains a well-trained rescue team with a multitudeof rescue equipment including the“Jaws-of-Life” rescue tool. Most of therescue team members have beentrained in specialized technical res-cue involving confined spaces, build-ing collapse, trench rescue, and rope

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Most of the team membershave been trained in specialized technical rescueinvolving confined spaces,building collapse, trenchrescue, and rope rescue.

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rescue. The department also has 20New York State Certified EmergencyMedical Technicians – Defibrillationtrained, and is able to respond tomedical emergencies with two defib-rillators. All 4 career firefighters areEmergency Medical Technicians andcan respond 24 hours a day, 7 days aweek, 365 days a year. The depart-ment can be on scene within 10 min-utes anywhere in the district with anaverage response time of 2 minutes orless from the time of alarm. Thedepartment maintains our own train-ing staff consisting of 3 members thatare New York State Certified Level IIFire Instructors and four Level Iinstructors. The instructors conductcontinual training on a weekly basis,meeting and exceeding federal Occu-pational Safety and HealthAdministration’s require-ments for firefighters. Thedepartment also maintainsa staff of American HeartAssociation trained Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation(CPR) instructors whichprovide training for mem-bers, other agencies and thegeneral public.

In 2013, the departmentresponded to a total of 1270alarms. 646 were in the vil-lage, 586 in the Town ofThompson and 38 weremutual aids to other firedepartments. The depart-ment responded to 500emergency medical relatedcalls in 2013.

The Monticello FireDepartment’s membershipis made up from peoplefrom all walks of life such asdoctors, lawyers, judges, police andsheriff’s deputies, correction officers,

postmasters, local business ownersand operators and regular workingpeople. The department has institut-ed a junior firefighter program, whichis currently in its seventeenth year.High School young adults 16 – 18years of age are eligible for this pro-gram. “Juniors” are trained in fire-fighting and can become full mem-bers at the age of 18.

The Monticello Fire Departmenthas a long and colorful history from1875 to the present. This is a briefoverview of that history. The Depart-ment maintains a Museum in the FireHouse on Richardson Avenue whichis open to the public and containsmemorabilia and photographs fromthe early days through current events.

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“It went awesome,” Chief Koestlersaid afterward. “There were a fewglitches, but that’s what we’re here

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And while this may have been thefirst Emergency Drill for Summitville,Chief Koestler hopes to have anotherdrill soon.

“Probably not until next year ormaybe in the fall,” he said.

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With a planned two-hour

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On March 25, 2011, Bryce

was added to the transplant

list with what’s known as 1B

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tus, the top of the transplant

waiting list.

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changed their mind and said

Bryce could stay home and

wait. They told the Rogersons

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or two until a heart was

found. It was almost seven months

until the call came.

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night Nicole called a friend to

watch Bryan and packed her

other two kids into the car to

fly over the roads to Morgan

Stanley Children’s Hospital at

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ing, Nicole recalls, but his

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Husband Brian had just

arrived in Alabama for his

hunting trip and couldn’t find

a flight north, so he rented a

car in Montgomery and

drove straight through the

night to Atlanta, Georgia, for

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hoped would get him there in

time to see his little boy

before he went into surgery.

Brian’s plane left late, but

the fates aligned – because of

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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