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2 - Times of Ti • Ticonderoga Fire

May 19, 2012

Ti Fire Department opens doors to the past and present Assistant Fire Chief, Matt Watts.

Both Perry and Brown are now deceased but the collection remains for the community to enjoy.

The collection features old firefighting equipment, antique furniture, photos, newspaper clippings from major fires and events, board meeting minutes that date back to the 1800s, photos and various awards. A hose cart from the 1800s, a 1923 American LaFrance fire truck and a 1950s juke box that was in one of the town's fire stations are also displayed.

The museum also displays artifacts from some of the areas earliest departments such as the Defiance Hook & Ladder, the Defiance Hose and the W.W. Jeffers Hose, along with the ladies auxiliary and the town's junior firefighters, who were originally Boy Scouts.

Watts said the department has extended an open invitation to the community to come out to the fire station and see

By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — The Ticonderoga Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 formally organized in 1991, but its history and the drive of the community to help each other dates back more than a century.

The firehouse now houses the department’s past in a special museum for the community, alongside the present, hard working department members at the firehouse located at 60 Montcalm Street.

The museum, which opened on May 29, 2011, began as a collection of artifacts former historian Newt Brown had saved for the department in a room in the firehouse. In 2005, former Fire Chief Carl Perry made it his mission to erect a place for the artifacts to be displayed, according to First

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“We’re all about encouraging new members and all year for us is recruitment time, there’s always an opportunity to join,” Watts said.

The department currently has 50 full-time members, including 15 junior members between 14 and 17-years-old.

“Our goal is to let the public become aware of who we are,” Watts said. “We’re fortunate for the members we have.”

Watts said he hopes the addition of the museum will bring people in to see the rich history of the town’s emergency response teams and bring them in to see who their emergency personnel are and what they are doing for them.

“We want this to be an opportunity to open up to the public and let them see what we’re all about here,” Watts said.

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Ticonderoga EMS • Times of Ti - 3

Ti EMS settling comfortably into new home

By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA— The new Ticonderoga Emergency Squad building brings greater learning opportunities to squad members and enables quicker response times for the community.

The new EMS facility is located at 118 Champlain Avenue.

The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad had been located in a small garage behind the Community Building since 1963. That building long-ago became too small for a modern ambulance corps. The location also caused concerns about emergency vehicles pulling into traffic.

The new building, constructed by D.L. Paige Construction, is 4,100 square feet with access from Champlain Avenue and The Portage.

“We think we have a great location here,” Rick Morse, squad president, said. “We’re very pleased with the way things have turned out.”

Barber said another advantage of the new building is the ability for squad members to congregate and hold training exercises, something the small former building couldn’t offer.

The new building is on the site of the old Ticonderoga Civic Center and was sold to the ambulance squad in 2009 by the

town of Ticonderoga.

The building includes two drive through bays, a meeting room, offices, kitchen, lounge and storage areas, Morse said. It also has a state-of-the-art propane heating system that automatically adjusts to weather conditions. It also has a generator so it can remain operational during power outages. The architect was Steve Jung of Schroon Lake.

The building project had a budget of $860,000 — $280,000 raised by the squad and a $600,000 loan.

The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad receives no taxpayer funding from Ticonderoga and operates strictly on donations and insurance billing. Helping the squad financially was the sale of the former ambulance building to Lakeside Heating and Plumbing. That $68,000 will go toward the new mortgage payment, Morse said.

The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad has 30 members, including 12 basic emergency medical technicians, three critical care emergency medical technicians and one paramedic. It has three ambulances. The Ti squad is the only North Country unit with a “thumper,” an auto-pulse cardiopulmonary resuscitation device.

In 2011 the squad responded to 526 calls. That was a slow year, according to Captain Mark Barber. In 2010 the squad answered 620 calls. Only the Lake Placid Ambulance Squad, which has paid staff, answered more calls in Essex County last

year, Barber said.

The ambulance crew also stands by at local events, like Ticonderoga High School football games, activities at Fort Ticonderoga, road races and community events.

The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Barber explained members work four-hour shifts. Each member is required to work one shift a week as well as participate in training and fund-raising efforts.

The Ticonderoga Emergency Squad was chartered in 1947.

The original ambulance was a funeral home hearse that was garaged at the north end of Champlain Avenue in the back of a bank.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open the new Ticonderoga Emergency Squad Building took place on May 12.

The day-long celebration was planned by the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce.

“We invite and encourage you to join the chamber, the town of Ticonderoga as well as other area organizations and community members as we celebrate with and support the Ticonderoga Emergency Squad,” said Matthew Courtright, chamber executive director, prior to the opening ceremony.

“The squad plays such an important role in this community and we are happy to be part of this celebration.”

The opening celebration included a mass causality incident drill and a free community barbecue.

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4 - Times of Ti • Ticonderoga PD

May 19, 2012

Ti PD: Serving and protecting residents for decades

By John Grybos jgrybos@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — The Ticonderoga Police Department stays on the leading edge of crime-fighting technology to keep their town safe and secure.

“Information technology is really the new trend in policing,” said Police Chief Mark Johns.

The department's two Crown Victoria police cruisers and a Chevy Tahoe police SUV are all outfitted with radar, computers and in-car cameras to keep the patrolmen in touch with police networks and gathering data on their surroundings.

All that equipment helps the department get its officers on the road instead of being at the station. All the paperwork they need is right at their fingertips, and they can run IDs and check auto registrations without having to wait on the radio with the station.

“The most important part of a police department is their patrolmen,” said Johns. “The patrolmen's visibility deters crime and gives the community reassurance of police protection.”

The officers have also been outfitted with non-lethal weaponry since 2007 — Taser stun guns. All the officers on staff are certified with Tasers and carry them in addition to the regular field gear like sidearms and handcuffs. They’re used once or twice a year.

Though they operate with high-tech equipment, the department can trace its roots to constables hired by Ticonderoga in the late 1800s. Those constables became a village police force until the village was dissolved in the 1980s; now they're town police.

The staff includes seven full-time officers and six part-timers including the chief, a sergeant, an investigator and patrolmen providing 24-hour coverage in Ti. Their officers are often out in the community giving presentations with organizations around town, like the Boy Scouts, senior groups and schools on personal safety.

“We're very community oriented,” said Johns. “Any time we have the opportunity to interact with our community, we act on that.”

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The department was looking to move from its deteriorating Burgoyne Road station late last year to the vacant Rite-Aid building downtown. The store was too large for the department's needs, and the plan was to lease the extra space out to offset overhead costs. That plan violates state law, said the town supervisor, so the department's unsure of its future home.

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Chilson Fire • Times of Ti - 5

Chilson volunteer FD celebrating gold anniversary

By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com CHILSON —The Chilson Volunteer Fire Company remains a strong part of the community after five decades, Steve Phelps, a department trustee said. The Company, founded in 1961, today has 44 members and 20 qualified active firefighters.

“The department’s 50th year of continuous service was marked by a growth in membership, acquisition of new and more modern equipment, and continuous training to improve firefighting and lifesaving skills,” he said. “Testament to the department’s dedication to its Chilson Hill community is its

responsiveness.”

Leading the department in 2012 are Chief Steve Hunsdon, First Assistant Chief Tom Taylor, Second Assistant Chief Mike Trybendis, Third Assistant and Safety Officer Chief Casie Hunsdon, Captain Cody Duval, First Lieutenant Jake O'Hara, Secretary Cathy Trybendis, Buildings & Grounds Chair Dick Allen and trustees Jim Davis, John Blanchard, Chuck O’Hara, Larry Lauman and Phelps.

The department serves the Chilson community, a 30-squaremile area that also includes Putts Pond and a large portion of Eagle Lake. Chilson is a hamlet of the town of Ticonderoga. Its fire district includes extensive tracts of state-owned land.

Phelps said the department is staffed and equipped to provide both fire prevention, fire protection and rescue services

including vehicle extrications.

Chilson firefighters also respond to weather emergencies, clear downed trees from roadways and even provide assistance to home-bound residents during power outages and other emergencies.

The Chilson Community Center at the fire station is owned by the department.

In addition to serving Chilson, the department provides mutual aid to surrounding departments.

For more information, e-mail ChilsonFire13@hotmail.com or visit the department on Facebook at “Chilson Volunteer Fire Department.”

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6 - Times of Ti • Putnam Fire

May 19, 2012

Putnam FD extends service to Lake Champlain

By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com PUTNAM — The 13 member crew of the Putnam Volunteer Fire Department has expanded to include three certified divers to its rescue team.

“With our location being a town with lakes on both sides we need to make sure we can go to the aide of residents,” Doug Thatcher, Putnam fire chief said.

About three years ago the department was approached by the Ticonderoga Fire Department and asked if there were any members interested in becoming certified for the dive program, since then three members have become certi-

fied, including Thatcher.

The fire department is currently seeking state grants to purchase a dive boat. If there is an emergency on Lake Champlain the department will use the Ticonderoga boat, and if there is an emergency call on Lake George the department must use the town of Hague’s water rescue boat.

Thatcher said it would be beneficial for the Putnam department to have their own boat and be able to put the boat into the water in Putnam.

“A new boat would help our department and would allow us quicker response time,” Thatcher said.

Last year the department responded to five calls for assistance needed on Lake Champlain.

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By John Grybos jgrybos@denpubs.com HAGUE — The Hague Fire Department is equipped and trained to deal with all kinds of emergency scenarios.

Not only does the fire company have standard firefighting equipment like a rescue truck, two engines and a tanker, but they dock a boat equipped with a pumper to take care of lakeside structure fires.

Linda Mury, fire company president and wife of the Hague FD chief, said the boat responded to a motel fire a couple years ago. It’s also been called into action to help control structure fires in the many lakefront homes that the fire engines can’t reach.

The Hague station also houses two ambulances. One of the ambulances is in rough shape after more than two decades in service. The airride suspension, which drops the rear of the ambulance down to load a patient, doesn’t always come back up, said Mury.

Recently, the department had to hire paid Emergency Medical Technicians following the

departure of four of their volunteer certified Advanced Life Support emergency medical technicians. Those paid staffers are working 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays but will start working daily once summer rolls around.

“Our population more than doubles then because we’re a resort area,” she said.

The same can’t be said of young people from Hague, though. Mury said local youth often leave town for better career prospects.

“We’ve had a lot of young people leave because of where we are. It’s impossible to get jobs in this area,” she said. The department lost five or six people last year alone.

Still, Hague currently has 35 active members, including those who support the department, like Auxiliary members who bring them food during the department’s firefighting efforts.

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“It’s hard to eke out a living these days,” she said.

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8 - Times of Ti • Crown Point Fire & Rescue

May 19, 2012

Crown Point Fire & EMS: Guard over bridge

By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — From the day residents of the North Country stood on the shores of Lake Champlain to watch the explosion of the 80-year-old Lake Champlain Bridge, the Crown Point Emergency Medical Squad has been there.

Through the bridge’s construction and past opening day the EMS squad has been watching over the safety of the construction crews and ferry travelers.

Fire Chief Scott Ingleston said during the construction process the Crown Point EMS Squad responded to two ambulance calls and the fire department responded to a call

that a tractor trailer truck had caught on fire during the ferry trip from Chimney Point, VT to the Crown Point side of the lake.

“Luckily there were few emergency calls, we responded to help a construction worker who was ill and there was a fire on the ferry that was extinguished by ferry personnel,” Ingleston said.

The squad will continue their protective coverage over motorists who use the bridge during the opening ceremony scheduled for May 18 - 19. The squad will have two ambulances standing by during the duration of the events.

The highest volume of response calls for the 15-member emergency squad are motor vehicle accidents, Ingleston said. To improve the quality of care for both patients and EMT’s the squad has expanded its equipment to include

two power stretchers.

The power stretchers run on the same battery as a cordless drill. According to Ingleston the power stretchers have reduced the amount of stress placed on the backs of EMT’s while allowing for a smooth transport for patients.

“No jerking or moving around can really help patients, especially those with neck or spine injury and its very easy for the EMT’s to use,” Ingleston said.

The squad is always looking to expand its quality of care through training courses.

The members of the squad meet every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Ingleston said the squad is always looking for new members. Anyone interested in joining the squad is encouraged to attend a meeting for more information on how to help the local EMS.

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Port Henry Fire • Times of Ti - 9

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“To be a fireman, it takes a special type of individual that cares about his community and has a willingness to respond any time of day or night,” said the 27-year veteran.

For Hughes, firefighting’s a family tradition. His grandfather served with the department for 63 years, part of it as an assistant chief. He’s had cousins serve with them and his late brother numbered among the fire department’s ranks.

The 45-member team is supported by the Port Henry Fire Department Auxiliary. Hughes said he’s not alone in heading the department as assistant chiefs, line officers, and administrative officers assume key management roles daily.

The all-volunteer fire department has been active since 1874.

Before the department as it’s currently known came about, Hughes said fire companies were organized by local families of influence.

“It seems any family with money or influence created a brigade,” he said.

The last of those companies were the G.R. Sherman Hose Company and the L.F. Sprague Chemical Company. They merged 135 years ago to create the long-running local department.

Though the crews served since the decade following the Civil

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Sixteen of their members are trained to use the metal-tearing tool, 16 are trained for ice rescue, and three trained as emergency medical technicians. They even have five certified scuba divers for water rescue.

“Some of these gentlemen are multi-talented,” Hughes said of the squad.

The scuba team was instituted after their ice-rescue was unable to get a firefighter’s son out of the water when the truck he was driving broke through.

To complement their ice and water rescue efforts, the department got a line-item grant from Sen. Ron Stafford to get a 21-foot Triumph rescue boat. Their capabilities on the water make them a resource for Essex County and U.S. Coast Guard operations.

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“It’s a challenge. There are so many distractions out there today.

Sometimes the firefighters are working multiple jobs. They may be married and trying to raise a young family,” said Hughes.

In 2011, the department responded to 103 incidents, logging 1,945 man-hours with call responses, training, meetings, station duties and fund-raising activities to keep their department running.

Part of their fund-raising are four annual coin drops, this year including June 3, Aug. 11 and Oct. 6 on Main Street Port Henry, all Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The King’s Inn on Hummingbird Way has hosted a fireman’s benefit dinner every year for the department for more than 10 years.

“It’s just incredible,” said Hughes.

All the money raised for the dinner, which typically has two services during the evening, go toward equipment and training for the local department.

They like to have a fish fry in March, but weather the last three or four years has not been cooperative, said Hughes. Without ice, there’s no ice fishing. Without ice fishing, there’s no fish.

They also send a letter out every year asking locals to help out with expenses at the department.

“Our village residents are very generous,” said Hughes.

They currently share a building with the village’s department of public works. Though they’ve had some line item grants from Sen. Betty Little’s office for architectural assessments, nothing financially feasible has been identified yet.

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10 - Times of Ti • Moriah EMS

May 19, 2012

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The Moriah squad takes care of 4,000 residents and 67 miles of road way, covering Moriah, the village of Port Henry, Mineville-Whitherbee, Moriah Center and Moriah corners.

The squad, which was founded in 1962, has 21 members and includes four officers: Captain Lou Paris, Assistant Captain Kennly Greene, Secretary Carla Russo, and Treasurer Karen Paris.

The squad receives about 450 calls a year, Paris said. The highest volume of calls received are from people worried about their health, some may be false alarms but the squad takes every call seriously Paris said. Many other calls received are car accidents and other accidents.

“We run the gambit, crashes, falls, cuts, lacerations,” Paris said. “We take big city calls like drug overdoses and small town calls like people getting kicked by cows.”

With two ambulance, both equipped with advanced life support equipment, the squad responds to calls in the town of Moriah and provides mutual aid for Crown Point, Westport, Elizabethtown and Lewis. The squad is run entirely by volunteer efforts and remains free of charge to those in need of serv-

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The entirely-volunteer group gets $15,000 a year from the town of Moriah, but the remainder of its budget comes from community donations.

As the need for more volunteers and support is a problem all area departments are facing, Paris said the squad works hard to fundraise through events like the annual letter campaign, coin drops and other events. Something the squad is always trying to do is to encourage community members to join the squad.

“Time for training and time away from work and families is something we hear a lot from people but every little bit helps, there are a lot of small things the community can do to help the squad,” Paris said.

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Moriah Fire • Times of Ti - 11

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Chief Ralph Jaquish calls it the parade truck, because that’s all it does, besides sitting there and looking old. When it was in operation, it could pump 500 gallons per minute.

Jaquish, now 81, has been in the department for 58 years and became chief in 1959.

“Every job needs a boss, and I'm it,” he said.

The 48-member department have two pumpers, one with a 1,500 gallon per minute capacity that carries 1,500 gallons, and another with a 1,250 gallon per minute capacity that carries 750 gallons. They've got a tank truck to carry an extra 2,500 gallons of water to a fire, and an aerial to attack

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They also have a brush truck for off-road needs that carries 250 gallons of water. There’s a miniature pumper that moves 450 gallons per minute and carries 250 gallons. Their equipment van carries supplies including their air tanks along with a compressor for emergency air refills.

They responded to 62 incidents last year, including ambulance assists and other such calls. Jaquish said that training is by far the biggest demand on the department's time.

“We've got a lot of different equipment, so they've got to spend a lot of time working with it,” said Jaquish.

Their public outreach includes programs with Moriah students. They teach the young kids not to play with matches and to put out fires if they see them. That education doesn't just help prevent fires with the youngsters, said Jaquish. The kids take home that knowledge and share

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When the kids brought home fire safety tips, it dramatically cut down on wildfires.

Working with the older kids can help keep enrollment steady for the department. Right now, they have some teenagers in the junior firefighter program that are developing into solid firemen, said Jaquish.

Moriah seems to have little trouble getting people to sign up for firefighting duty. Though requirements have increased and people's personal lives are busier than ever, the firefighter rolls are steady.

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12 - Times of Ti • Mineville/Witherbee Fire

May 19, 2012

Change of Guard taking place at Mineville/Witherbee FD MINEVILLE — After 17 years of service to the area, Mineville-Witherbee’s Fire Chief Paul Tromblee has stepped down and new Fire Chief Adam Wright will serve the 96-year-old company.

The department first opened in 1916 when employees of the Witherbee Sherman and Company formed the H. Comstock Fire Department in 1916 and later the municipal district was created by the Moriah Town Board.

The department has seen many disasters and accidents over the past 96 years and the 19-member company remains determined to protect area residents.

The department’s coverage is a somewhat small area of about 20 square miles.

Wright said the department receives about 45 to 50 calls a year. During Tropical Storm Irene and Lee in 2011, however, the department received over 100 calls.

“We do a lot for a small department and we respond to anything and everything,” Wright said.

After serving the department for over 17 years, former chief Tromblee said he wanted to allow Wright a chance to

move up in the company.

“I’ve been chief for 17 years and I think it’s time for me to step down and for the younger members of the community to step up and take control,” Tromblee said.

During his career with the company Tromblee had suffered a broken neck after the road collapse on Witherbee Road during Tropical Storm Lee. Since the incident, he remains committed to the department by doing whatever he is able.

“I’m still here doing what I can, and I have every faith that Adam is on the ball and will move the department forward,” Tromblee said.

Tromblee said when he began working with the company the firefighters weren’t bound by NFPA guidelines, standards volunteers are subject to today.

“Things have changed tremendously, but it has come full circle to protect the firefighters,” Tromblee said.

Because of the amount of time training and certification can take Tromblee said he understands how hard it is to recruit more members.

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Despite the recruiting challenges Wright happily accepted six new members into the department after the National Recruitment Day in April.

“It’s very exciting to bring new members into our company,” Wright said.

One of the goals Wright has for the department is to do more training and work more heavily with the Moriah, and Port Henry Fire Departments.

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Schroon Fire & EMS • Times of Ti - 13

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By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com SCHROON LAKE — The Schroon Lake Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services Squad stays up to date on training to provide area residents with the best possible emergency coverage.

Tony Ramierez, assistant captain of the emergency squad, said the members of the squad are very inspiring people who work very hard for the community.

“We do a lot behind the scene, not just because we are

required to by the state but because we really want to do it to be prepared in any emergency situation,” Ramierez said.

The EMS squad trains for about three hours a month, training in advanced life support, driver training and other classes.

“If you have great training you have more to offer those who need you,” Ramierez said. “We try to do above what New York state requires.”

The Schroon lake Fire Department is one of the area’s busiest. The fire company responds to about 170 calls a year, according to Fire Department Chief Rodney Secor.

To cover the region the two squads must work together, Ramierez said.

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“I really feel Schroon Lake is a committed squad, we are family oriented and we are really more than a team,” Ramierez said. “We are very united, we care and we try to go far and beyond, no call is too small for us.”

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14 - Times of Ti • North Hudson Fire

May 19, 2012

Community volunteerism strong in North Hudson

By John Grybos jgrybos@denpubs.com NORTH HUDSON — Community involvement with the North Hudson Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. isn’t a problem, with about one in 10 residents of the small Adirondack community on the roster.

The department was established in 1958, before that, recalled Chief Don Dresser, if there was a fire in town, the locals would get together and put it out.

Mid-century town supervisor Charlie Palmer got together a group of 39 charter members to make the firefighting a little more official. They have 27 now.

Dresser said responses can be a bit spotty, especially in the summer season. North Hudson doesn’t have many employment options for residents, and many of them travel to Schroon Lake or Ticonderoga for work. Some work summers in construction, so they’re much more likely to respond when the working season’s over.

“This is a big problem in all these towns — it doesn’t matter where you are. These people have to give up their jobs momentar-

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Some of them can do that, some can’t.

He said some people get burned out between their home, professional and volunteer duties, but worried that the community spirit isn’t what it used to be.

“People do not want to volunteer their time as much as they used to. Communities used to be more close-knit.”

Dresser’s been involved with the fire company since 1967, and bowed out as chief in 2002. He returned in December 2010 to head the unit.

The company responded to 65 calls last year, many of them emergency medical calls. Much of that is mutual aid with the Schroon Lake responders, as North Hudson doesn’t have the training or equipment to take those calls on their own.

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The fire department’s women’s auxiliary hosts a car show the first week of May. It used to include drag strip demonstrations, said Dresser, but the autos aren’t put through their paces at current shows.

A problem that Dresser finds in his and other departments is that they have many junior members who aren’t certified to drive the trucks.

“If you don’t have anybody driving the truck, you can’t respond,” he said.

And meeting current mandated training requirements is tough.

When Dresser became a firefighter, he needed less than 40 hours of training. Now, firefighters need 92 hours of training, and not enough is done in the field. Frequently, the department needs to refine training to make a new member field-ready.

While requirements keep climbing, enrollment with the department is still good, and the service they provide doesn’t just keep their neighbors safe — it keeps the town budget in check.

“The residents should thank the volunteer firemen. If you didn’t have those departments, you would need a paid service. No small town can afford that,” he said.

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Moriah PD • Times of Ti - 15

Two-man Moriah police force vested in community

By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com MORIAH — Taking care of 4,000 residents and 67 miles of road way, the two member Moriah Police Department takes care of the Moriah, Port Henry and the MinevilleWhitherbee area.

Officer in charge, Steve Stahl, and officer Art Brassard have been handling law enforcement for the area for the past three years.

“As a two-man department we handle close to 200 calls a month,” Stahl said.

When the two aren’t working, Stahl said they rely on aide from members of the State Police Investigators Nate Yaw, Marshall Roque, and Ron Husner.

“I can’t stress enough that as a two-man department we couldn’t do this without the help of the state police investigators, they come in and handle felony cases for us, we’ll

assist them as they assist us,” Stahl said.

Stahl, who has been working for the Moriah Police Department for the past 28 years since graduating from school in 1984, said he first began working for the town when the area police force was divided among two departments, the village of Port Henry department and a smaller, part-time department in Moriah. Around 1990, Stahl said the two departments combined to form the town of Moriah Police.

Both Stahl and Brassard are native to Moriah, both grew up and went to school in the town. Stahl said that gives them the advantage of understanding the needs of the community.

“Art and I both grew up here, we know the people here and we try to serve the community as best we can,” Stahl said. “We also ask for community support as well as the help from the state police to prevent crimes in the area.”

The Moriah officers investigate a wide range of crimes in the surrounding community such as assault, burglary, larceny, domestic violence, harassment, forgery, property damage,

prescription drug abuse, narcotics, and traffic patrol. Of the calls the department responds to, the highest volume of calls are for larceny, harassment calls and a problem he said officers everywhere, especially in Moriah area, are facing — battling prescription drug abuse.

“Recently prescription drug abuse has been a real problem, some people are dealing their prescriptions, others are stealing the drugs, and it’s something we have to keep an eye out for,” Stahl said.

When officers suspect someone is abusing prescriptions or dealing prescription drugs, officers must inform the individual’s physician the person is suspected of mishandling their medications.

“When we think we have someone abusing we’ll let their doctor know and go from their,” he said. “It’s a battle.”

With the support of the community and the appreciation of his home town behind him, Stahl said Moriah is his home and he will continue to serve his home town.

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A parent never knows when an emergency will strike. His or her only hope may be the fast-thinking action of a young child who has called for help.

Many parents wonder when the right time is for teaching youngsters about 9-11 or calling for emergency services. It doesn't have to be based on age but rather maturity level. A mature 3-year-old may be able to grasp the concept and learn how to use the phone. However, parents may have to wait a little longer for a less mature child.

Some adults are apprehensive about teaching the 9-1-1 lesson because they fear a child may dial the number by accident or even on purpose when there is no emergency. Many a police officer has responded to a call only to find that a child has made the call. Some areas will give individuals a warning. Others may issue a fine if 9-1-1 is dialed too many times without an emergency. This can be a deterrent to teaching about calling the police. However, when done the right way, many children can grasp the difference between using 9-1-1 in the wrong and right way.

1. Explain the purpose of 9-1-1. It is a method of contacting the police, fire department or ambulance when there is an emergency only. An emergency is when Mom, Dad or someone else in the house is hurt and can't get up; there is a fire; or the police are needed, like if there is a burglar or a bad fight.

2. Indicate that the adults in the house will dial the phone whenever possible if there is an emergency. The child is learning only in case Mom or Dad can't get to the phone.

3. Discuss the buttons on the phone.

Show the child how to push them in the right order.

4. Now may be the time to also teach the child his or her full name and address. This is something many kindergartners are urged to know.

5. Roll-play with the child. Go over instances that are emergencies and non-emergencies so he or she will understand the differences between both and when 9-1-1 may be needed.

Again, stress the importance that 91-1 should not be dialed just for fun.

Mommy is not sick if she simply has a headache! With time, children can grasp the concept of 9-1-1 and be a lifesaver at a time when an adult cannot reach the phone.

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