JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT - 2007
Once again, we’d like to remind the public that the 911 numbering system took effect in July of 2003. It is MANDATORY that all houses be numbered and those numbers shall be readable from the street in both directions. Numbers must be reflective and 2 ½ inches by 3 inches high minimum.
In an emergency, it is imperative that the Jackson Fire Department, the Bartlett-Jackson Ambulance Service and the Jackson Police Department are able to locate your house. Once again this year, emergency services have been delayed due to lack of clear house numbers and incorrect information provided to us from the alarm companies. If you subscribe to an alarm system, please contact your provider and make sure they have your new 911 address and proper directions to your house. If you have any questions regarding this system, please contact the Jackson Fire Department at 383-4090.
In 2007 members trained locally and took special courses elsewhere to further their firefighter education. These courses involved 643 hours, which meant less time with families and at work locations. These hours are down from the past year due to the fact that no members needed to take Firefighter One or Two. Both courses total 100-150 hours of class time for each person, in each course.
Other hours members and officers spent serving the Town of Jackson:
855 hours for meetings
184 hours for miscellaneous (service runs, vehicle inspect., errands, etc.)
224 hours for members’ work on the addition to the fire station
897 hours for Chief’s work (paperwork, inspections, meetings, etc)
1,039 hours were spent responding to calls in Jackson
418 hours were spent responding to out of town calls
In total 4,260 hours by 24 members were spent serving their community.
Please remember to check your smoke detector and CO detector batteries twice a year. If your CO detector is alerting, please do not hesitate to call 911. These devices have saved lives. If either your smoke detector or CO detector is sounding, you should leave the house immediately and call 911.
If anyone would like to join the Jackson Fire Department, please contact Chief Edward Dubie at 383-4090 or come to one of our meetings held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the fire station. A desire to help your community is all that is required to join. Training will follow later.
This year we would like to give a special thanks to Michael and Stephen Weeder; and Kevin Bennett of Tamarack Construction for all their work on the fire station addition. Thanks also to Jackson residents, Robbie White and Bill O’Shea, and visitor Bob Stevenson for their help with construction. The efforts of Anne Peterson, Emily Benson, Debbie and Adam Crowther and the Appalachian Mountain Club for their food contributions were very much appreciated; as well as Jackson Police Officer Sean Cowland for fetching the much needed coffee on such a rainy day. A big thank you goes out to friend and neighbor, Larry Siebert of Ravenwood Curio Shoppe, for providing lunch for the work crew. Members’ hours are referenced above. We have much more work to be done before this addition is complete and welcome any help.
I would like to thank the people of Jackson, the Selectmen and the members of the Jackson Fire Department for their support throughout 2007.
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