2014 WHIDBEY ISLAND

SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS

A SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD, WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES & THE WHIDBEY EXAMINER

What you should know about Smoke Alarms Save Lives

The most important things you need to know are smoke alarms save lives and they should be in every home. Follow these important smoke alarm safety measures:

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• Make sure your smoke alarms are working. This means testing smoke alarms monthly, replacing batteries once a year or when a low-battery alarm chirps and performing other maintenance as NFPA and your smoke alarm manufacturers recommend. And of course, a smoke alarm disabled because of nuisance alarms provides no protection at all. • It is important to have not just one smoke alarm but smoke alarms in every location required by NFPA standards. (On each level of your home, outside each sleeping area and inside each bedroom.) Tens of millions of U.S. homes are estimated to have smoke alarms but not enough smoke alarms to meet the standards and protect their homes.

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• Interconnect your smoke alarms so that a fire detected by any smoke alarm will sound an alarm at every location where a smoke alarm is installed. Interconnection can be done using hard-wiring or wireless broadcast technology. Interconnected smoke alarms provide early warning of fires that are still far away or are located on the other side of a door or wall that may block sound. • Develop and practice an escape plan so that everyone in the home knows what to do if the smoke alarm sounds. That includes planning a second way out from every room in your home. Every household that develops and practices an escape plan with two ways out from every location improves its time to escape in every type of fire.

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There Are Different Types of Smoke Alarm Technologies—Ionization and Photoelectric

The two most commonly recognized smoke detection technologies are ionization smoke detection and photoelectric smoke detection. Ionization smoke detection is generally more responsive to flaming fires and photoelectric smoke detection is generally more responsive to fires that begin with a long period of smoldering (called “smoldering fires”). For each type of smoke alarm, the advantage it provides may be critical to life safety in some fire situations. Home fatal fires, day or night, include a large number of smoldering fires and a large number of flaming fires. You can not predict the type of fire you may have in your home or when it will occur. Any smoke alarm technology, to be acceptable, must perform acceptably for both types of fires in order to provide early warning of fire at all times of the day or night and whether you are asleep or awake.

The best evidence has always indicated that either type of smoke alarm will provide sufficient time for escape for most people for most fires of either smoldering or flaming type. However, research is ongoing, and standards are living documents. If at any time, research points to a different conclusion, then that will lead to proposals for changes in the NFPA standard or the closely related Underwriters Laboratories standard for testing and approving smoke alarms. Both organizations currently have task groups looking at smoke alarm performance in the current home environment.

For Best Protection Use Both Types of Smoke Alarm Technologies

For best protection, it is recommended both (ionization and photoelectric) technologies be in homes. In addition to individual ionization and photoelectric alarms, combination alarms that include both technologies in a single device are available.

Nuisance Alarms Can Be Minimized

Ionization type smoke alarms are more susceptible to nuisance alarms due to cooking, the leading cause of nuisance alarms, but both types have some susceptibility to nuisance alarms from cooking fumes, and both have susceptibility to nuisance alarms from the steam from a hot shower. In the past decade or so, a number of steps have been taken to reduce the likelihood of nuisance alarms, including hush features and refinements to installation rules that include guidance on safe distances from nuisance sources.

TV Demonstrations of Smoke Alarm Performance Can Be Misleading

Informal demonstrations, such as ones done for TV news shows, of smoke alarm performance can seriously mislead the viewer and do not provide a sound basis to assess performance. These demonstration tests are not performed in a controlled or scientific way that compares the time of smoke alarm operation to the time when occupants would be incapacitated. The selected fire scenarios may not be representative of real fatal home fires. Passing or failing a “test” of this sort may have nothing to do with performing well or badly in the wide range of real fires. A valid engineering analysis must select fires that are realistic and analyze them accordingly. In an informal demonstration, the eye reacts to conditions that look dangerous, mostly visible smoke and visible flame. However, most people are killed by invisible gases, which do not necessarily spread at the same rate as smoke or flame. A valid engineering analysis must measure conditions caused by fires and assess them according to their real danger. For more information go to www.nfpa.org/smokealarms

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – NORTH WHIDBEY FIRE AND RESCUE

North Whidbey Fire and Rescue Fire Chief: Marvin Koorn

two of our stations with two firefighters in each of the two stations. NWFR has 70 volunteers that respond with the part time employees to the calls within our district.

Years of Service: 36 Number of Employees: 103 Demographics: 55 square miles, 18,000 population

What makes your department special? The number and dedication of the volunteers that continue to volunteer their time and energy to protect our community.

How does your department balance volunteer/paid employees? North Whidbey Fire and Rescue has 30 part time employees who volunteer for 12 hour shifts to staff

What is your favorite thing about being in the fire service? Being able to help people in their time of need and be part of an ever changing and growing department.

Number of Stations: 7

Fire Chief Marvin Koorn

Comm. Bruce Carman

Comm. Jerry Goen

Comm. Larry Wall

Deputy Chief Mike Brown

Battalion Chief Lyle Zimmerman

Captain Gerald Smith

Captain Jeff Amidon

Captain Jim Anema

Captain Jim O’Connor

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Josh Koorn

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Robert Dorr

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Steve Cope

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City of Oak Harbor Fire Department Fire Chief: Ray Merrill Years of Service: 38 Number of Employees: 10 career staff / 36 paid on call Number of Stations: 1

Chief Ray Merrill, 24 years

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – CITY OF OAK HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT

Demographics: 9.45 square miles / 22,300 population

What is your favorite thing about being in the fire service? There are so many it’s too hard to pick just one. I just enjoy every aspects of the fire department and what we stand for. Editors Note: Chief Merrill served 24 years with the Oak Harbor Fire Department, one year with North Whidbey Fire & Rescue, and 13 years with other agencies, for a total of 38 years.

How does your department balance volunteer/paid employees? Oak Harbor enjoys a very good working relationship with the career and paid on call personnel. They all meet the same standards, requirements and training. Each group provides a special ingredient to the department. They all understand the importance of our fire department and how we can best serve the community. They are a fantastic group of individuals working for a common goal — public safety. What makes your department special? No. 1 the people; the amount of energy, dedication, self-sacrifice, and hard work they put forth to provide for a safe community. It is honor and a pleasure to come to work every morning – knowing the people I get to work with, and the job that we do. It can’t be any better.

Thank you for your service

Chris Garden, 28 years

Steve McCalmont, 24 years

Deputy Chief Buxton, 22 years

Ron Hancock, 41 years

Rich Rodgers, 39 years

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE & BRAVERY

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – CITY OF OAK HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT

Craig Anderson, 23 years

Dennis Wright, 21 years

Paul Schroer, 20 years

Jon Roberts, 18 years

Mike Engle, 17 years

Daniel Martin, 12 years

Andrew Carroll, 11 years

Tom Cross, 11 years

Don Baer, 11 years

Jeff Heiserman, 9 years

Shannon Holcomb, 9 years

Robert Mirabal, 9 years

Angela Braunstein, 9 years

Ryan Lange, 6 years

Conor Ching, 5 years

Ed Klaszky, 5 years

Grant Bull, 5 years

Otto Haffner, 4 years

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – CITY OF OAK HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT

Jake Hammond, 4 years

Cameron Hopkins, 4 years

Jake Jansen, 4 years

Jason Russell, 4 years

Tim Walstad, 4 years

Genevieve Cox, 2 years

Josh Fikse, 2 years

Andrew Moon, 2 years

Travis Stanford, 2 years

Laura Titherington, 2 years

Valentin Orellano, 1 year

Mike Fletcher, 1 year

Kevin Frondozo, 1 year

Zack Gifford, 1 year

Josh Jansen, 1 year

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Ed-Paul Macapinlac, 1 year

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – SOUTH WHIDBEY FIRE/EMS

South Whidbey Fire/EMS Fire Chief: H.L. “Rusty” Palmer Years of Service: 38+ Number of Employees: 11 paid, 74 volunteer Number of Stations: 6

Demographics: 66 square miles with 57 miles of shoreline, (the largest in the county), ~15,000 residents with a daily effective population of 25,000. The department provides fire suppression, fire prevention, disaster preparedness training, first aid/CPR training, medical first response, marine firefighting/rescue, and technical rope rescue services. Our annual call volume is more than 2,000 calls, of which 78 percent are medical.

H.L. “Rusty” Palmer

How does your department balance volunteer/paid employees? South Whidbey Fire/EMS has been predominately volunteer since its beginning in 1952. Career staff fill the administrative and maintenance divisions, while emergency responders are volunteer. A deputy chief serves as a duty office on a rotating basis. Like most volunteer organizations, we gain and lose members at a regular rate. Overall, we have lost approximately 5 percent of total members in the last 5 years. The community depends upon our volunteers to respond and take care of their emergency. Recruiting and retaining qualified volunteers is an ongoing and sometimes difficult task. Firefighting and EMS are physically demanding. South Whidbey’s population is aging, and the population pool of younger members is limited. Younger members may stay with the organization for a short time and then move on to make fire/EMS a career. That said, individuals of most ages, in good physical condition, can find fulfillment and reward as a member of the department. The department suffered the loss of numerous volunteers during the economic crisis. Many members were forced to leave the island

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What makes your department special? Our members! We are very much a family. We provide service to Freeland, Saratoga, Bayview, Maxwelton, Langley and Clinton and view the district as one large community. Our members are very dedicated to our community. Our organizations are made up of individuals from all walks of life, with an incredible breadth of knowledge. We use the expertise and life experience of our members in just about everything we do. We recognize the trust our community puts in us, and we take it very seriously. We have the highest call volume of all fire departments in the County, which means our members practice their skills regularly. What is your favorite thing about being in the fire service? I have one of the best jobs in the world. I have seen a tremendous amount of change in the fire service and have participated in it on a local, state and national level. My experiences and learning have been some of the most fulfilling moments of my life. I have experienced the fire service with some of the most altruistic people I have ever met. The self-sacrifice and dedication among my brothers and sisters in the fire service is humbling. The fire department is one of the critical threads that holds a community together. Being a part of it binds us to every person we serve in a way most people do not get to experience their work.

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to find work. Many member have also retired from the organization with many years of experience. Those members are particularly difficult to replace. The department has had part-time firefighters in the past, and is considering restarting the program to cover daytime response. Many members work out of the district or off island during the day. Hiring of part-time members will ensure a minimum response to each call. Volunteers will still play a critical role in responding to provide an adequate number of members to handle the emergency.

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – SOUTH WHIDBEY FIRE/EMS

Robert Armstrong

Chuck Baker

Eldon Baker

Heidi Beck

Jerry Beck

Jon Beck

Chris Blasko

Kim Boenish

Jennifer Buchholz

Paul Busch

Dareld Chittim

Cameron Clark

Anne Collins

Adam Conley

Melissa Conley

Mike Cotton

Jeff Cravy

Brent Davison

Lisa Dilwicius

James Dobberfuhl

Bob Elliot

Katherine Eyth

Bill Fredrick

Robert Frey

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – SOUTH WHIDBEY FIRE/EMS

Gary Gabelein

Jon Gabelein

Tom Gideon

Mike Helland

Daniel Husom

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Vicki Lange

R. Leckey

Ken Lindenstein

Don Mason

Sean McDougald

Alex McMahon

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Rick Neal

Andy O’Keefe

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Christina Parker

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – SOUTH WHIDBEY FIRE/EMS

Tom Peterson

Will Piepenbrink

Tony Price

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Connie Shields

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Jeff Simmons

Kenon Simmons

Kevin Simmons

Melissa Simmons

Liz Smith

Mari St Amand

Ken Starkweather

Bill Stolcis

Will Suarez

Marc Swenson

Ashley Taylor

Jim Towers

Brian Vick

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SALUTE TO FIREFIGHTERS – SOUTH WHIDBEY FIRE/EMS

Tips to Keep Your Family Safe Know the signs of carbon monoxide poisoning

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Central Whidbey Island Fire & Rescue Fire Chief: Ed Hartin Number of Stations: 3 Demographics: 50 square miles / 8,264 population What makes the department special? Unlike the north and south ends of Whidbey Island, Central Whidbey is predominantly a retirement community with a median age of 51 (US Census, 2011). In the last 13 years, the median age in our community has increased by eight years. Increasing median

age points to a significantly aging population within the District which has a significant impact on fire and health risk, demand for emergency services, and an adverse impact on the District’s ability to recruit community based emergency service volunteers. Editors Note: Information was obtained from department website. Central Whidbey Island Fire & Rescue did not respond for requests for employee photos or department information.

Portable generators are useful when temporary or remote electric power is needed, but if used incorrectly, they can cause harm to you and your family. Generator exhaust contains high levels of carbon monoxide, a deadly gas that is tasteless, colorless and odorless. Careful consideration should be taken while operating portable generators or carbon monoxide poisoning can become a deadly risk.

experts at PGMA offer these tips for the safe operation of portable generators: • Do not run portable generators inside homes, garages, basements, crawlspaces, sheds or other partially-enclosed spaces, even if using fans or opening doors and windows. Carbon monoxide can quickly build up and linger for hours in these places, even after the generator has been turned off. • Only operate a portable generator outside, far away from windows, doors and vents, to reduce the risk of carbon monoxide gas accumulating and potentially being drawn toward occupied spaces. • Install battery-operated carbon monoxide alarms or plug-in alarms with battery backup according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Smoke alarms cannot detect carbon monoxide gas.

Portable Generators emit Carbon Monoxide (CO) exhaust that is: COLORLESS, ORDORLESS & DEADLY! EXHAUST (CO) Direct exhaust AWAY from windows, doors, and vents.

KEEP FAR AWAY!

Only use OUTSIDE and FAR AWAY from windows, doors and vents.

Put Carbon Monoxide (CO) detectors in living areas

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“Generators can be very dangerous if not operated properly,” said Joe Harding, representative for the Portable Generator Manufacturers’ Association (PGMA). “However, with proper selection and safe usage, the potential dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by portable generators can be greatly reduced. The PGMA Safety First program is focused on educating the public to prevent unnecessary deaths.” Protect your family, know the warning signs To minimize tragedies associated with carbon monoxide poisoning, the

• Always place your portable generator downwind and point the engine exhaust away from occupied spaces. • The symptoms of low-level carbon monoxide poisoning can be similar to those caused by other illness such as cold, flu or food poisoning. If you suspect you or a family member are experiencing any of these symptoms due to carbon monoxide poisoning, get outside to fresh air immediately and call 911 for emergency medical attention. For more information about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning, visit www.pgmaonline.com

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