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Archive of Past News Stories That Have Appeared on Our Home PageCrusade For ChildrenThe Buechel Fire Protection District will be Collecting for the WHAS 11 Crusade for Children during the June 5th-7th Weekend. We will have volunteers collecting money door to door throughout the Buechel Community. We also operate a roadside collection at the intersection of Bardstown Road and Goldsmith Lane. Our friend Kevin Adams also operates a roadside collection for BFPD at the corner of Bardstown Road and Watterson trail. If you would like to make a donation and we have missed you please call the Buechel Crusade Command Post at 502-491-0085 and we have volunteers ready to come by your house to pick up your donation. For more information on how the Crusade for Children helps kids in our area Click Here. Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BFPD for collection updates. Volunteers are still needed, for information call 502-491-0085. All volunteers must fill out a Volunteer Waiver and persons under 18 will need the signature of their Parent of Legal Guardian. Collection ScheduleFriday June 5 Saturday June 6 Sunday June 7
Picnic for Firefighters and Civic Leaders
Re-Deployment of Radio ChannelsBased on reviews of dispatch systems across the country BFPD along with the rest of Jefferson County Fire will soon change the way we utilize (Re-Deploy) our existing radio channels. This change will begin initially as a sixty day trial period beginning on May 17, 2009 at 08:00 hours. Under this new plan all Jefferson County Fire Departments will conduct their primary operations from one common channel. When we are dispatched on a High Priority run the metrosafe communications dispatch center will notify us to switch our operations to one of three secondary operations channels. This is a change from the way that we have conducted radio operations for the last thirty years and is in keeping with the key mission of the Best Practices Committee, to standardize communication processes. The details of this trial are outlined in the pdf Re-Deployment of Radio Channels. All members will need to have their Motorola Minitor Pagers reprogrammed as a part of this change, Additional details will follow. Social NetworkingIn an effort to increase communication with our members and the Buechel community we have created a page on Facebook. Visitors to our page on Facebook are able to view and post pictures and communicate with other fans of BFPD. Check out our page on Facebook today and become a fan to receive updates. We have also created a Twitter account www.twitter.com/BFPD. We are utilizing the Twitter service to send "Tweets" about incident information, and department news. Anyone who has a free Twitter account can subscribe to receive instant updates delivered to either their e-mail inbox or cellular phone via text message. In addition we have added a department news section to our website (below the navigation buttons of our home page) that will automatically show our updates to anyone who views our website. This exciting new use of technology allows our fire department public information officers and webmaster to instantly share important information and media releases instantly, sometimes even from the scene of a fire via our mobile phones. If you are the member of another Fire Department and would like to speak with us about our experiences with social networking or get help with setting things up e-mail our webmaster, Sergeant Cody Weiss Open HouseOn Friday October 10th the Buechel Fire Protection District hosted an open house and invited the community to come to our fire station for a tour and to enjoy a free chili supper. Over seventy visitors attended. We would like to thank the members of our department and their family that helped pull off this event. We would like to thank Louisville Metro EMS and Police for their participation as well. Explorer Inferno 2008
Wind Storms Cause Damage To Buechel Community
On Sunday September 14th strong winds that damaged trees and power lines struck Buechel. This resulted in multiple calls for service, 18 volunteer and career firefighters responded to over 45 calls for service. If you or someone you know was affected by the wind storms, The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Website provides valuable information about what to do after a storm. Please Remember to stay away from downed power lines. Assume that all damaged power lines are still energized until Louisville Gas and Electric has removed them. During the storm we placed red or yellow caution tape around many downed power lines, if you see that this tape has fallen down please put it back up or call the firehouse at (502) 491-0085. Visit the Storm Information Page of Louisville Gas and Electric for up to date utility information. You may contact Louisville Gas and Electric at (502) 589-3500 to report a downed power line or power outage. If you will be using a portable generator during a power outage please read this Portable Generator Safety Information from the American Red Cross If your home has been damaged please remember to stay safe while cleaning up damage. Do not remove trees if power lines are near the fallen tree. If you will be making an insurance claim as a result of this storm The Kentucky Office of Insurance has prepared a packet to help answer any questions you may have. After the Storm Has Passed: Settling Disaster Claims, Who to Call and What to Do may be downloaded in Adobe .pdf form. Firefighters For A Cure
The Buechel Fire Protection District is proud to support the Firefighters for A Cure program initiated by Jeffersontown Fire Department Asst. Fire Marshal Jodie Imel (pictured above), who is a two-time Breast Cancer Survivor. This program encourages firefighters to spread the message of breast cancer awareness alongside the messages of fire safety during National Fire Prevention Week (Oct 5-11). Please visit the Firefighters For A Cure website for more information. Explorer Post Open HouseBuechel Explorer Post #537 would like to invite any young adults aged 14-17 who are interested in the fire service to an Explorer Open House on November 11th at 6pm. Parents are welcome to attend so that we can answer any questions you may have. Open HouseOn Friday, October 10th, In celebration of National Fire Prevention Week the Buechel Fire Protection District will host an Open House from 5-8pm. We will have a chili dinner, the Fire Marshal and firefighters will be available to answer questions, and children young and old will be able to sit in a fire truck. This event is free and open to anyone who would like to learn about the Buechel Fire Protection District. For directions to the firehouse please visit our Contact Us page. Important Message to FirefightersBecause of new Federal Regulations we have replaced all of our safety vests and instituted a new policy, please read this memorandum from Lt. Col. Harrison. If you have any questions please contact Lt. Zimlich, or Sgt. Jones. Buechel Welcomes Three New Employees
The Buechel Fire Protection District is Proud to announce the addition of three new full time paid firefighters. These new members will work on a 24-on/48-off rotating shift schedule. The additions to our three platoons will now allow us to staff our firehouse with four persons 24 hours a day. These new Firefighters completed an extensive hiring process involving a written exam, physical agility test, and a panel interview. Thank You To Our Part Time EmployeesFor several years Buechel has employed part-time firefighters that worked during the week from 8am to 4pm to meet the staffing requirements of our district while many of our Volunteer Members are unavailable to make runs because of their full-time jobs. As a result of our new expanded staffing the Buechel Fire Protection District has decided to eliminate these part-time firefighter positions. We want to thank our part-time firefighters for their dedicated service to the Buechel community. We wish them luck in all of their future endeavors.
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