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The Milwaukee Fire Department Held Its Meritorious Service Awards Banquet 

The Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) held its Meritorious Service Awards Banquet, November 5, at the Renaissance Place. The banquet was held to honor and award those who show great courage, ability and devotion to the fire service. The emcee for the evening was Battalion Chief Michael Romas, and MFD Paramedic Lieutenant Michael Wright’s band played live music. Food was catered by Saz’s.

The award recipients included:

Class “B” Fire Award
*         Captain Rick Mueller
*         Captain Dean Garski
*         Captain Daniel Lipski
*         Captain Terry Lintonen
*         Lieutenant Gregory Mindt
*         Lieutenant Michael Nowak
*         Firefighter Anthony Rueda
*         Firefighter Jeffrey Wills
*         Firefighter Paul Lewis-Mizlo
Firefighter Mark Lipinski
 
 Class “C” Fire Award
*         Lieutenant Carter Hunnicutt
*         Lieutenant James Mueller
*         Heavy Equipment Operator Christian Osell
*         Firefighter Jerry Allen
*         Firefighter Ezra Aitch
 
Lifetime Achievement Award
*         Firefighter Michael Berry (posthumous)
Community Service Awards
*         Lieutenant Lawrence Jenkins
 
Unit Citations
Engine 33
*         Lieutenant Craig Schmitt
*         Heavy Equipment Operator John Rechlitz
*         Firefighter Aaron Przybylski
*         Firefighter Armando Rodriguez
Engine 35/Ladder 16
*         Captain Frank Alioto
*         Heavy Equipment Operator Dan Draeger
*         Firefighter Steve Metzger
*         Firefighter Elsa Gomez
*         Firefighter Peter Wellinghoff
Ladder 9
*         Lieutenant Mike Bongiorno
*         Heavy Equipment Operator Jerry Wendelberger
*         Firefighter David Rickert
*         Firefigher Matthew Bryant

 
The Milwaukee Fire Department Begins Its Quest to Eliminate On-the-Job Injuries

For the last 136 years, the Milwaukee Fire Department has viewed injuries as normal and synonymous to the occupation. When a member was injured, he or she went on injury leave and all other department members were back to ordinary business. Today, the MFD is changing the way on-the-job injuries are viewed, and handled. The department now has a cutting-edge after action to “in the line of duty” injuries called the MFD Significant Injury Plan. Click here to read the full article.

MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM MFD FIRE CHIEF DOUGLAS A. HOLTON

 
Holiday Safety Tips

A festive season calls for decorative homes and buildings, inside and out, and feasts for the entire family to enjoy. The holidays are filled with delight, accompanied by delectable foods and fascinating adornments. However, joy can suddenly evaporate during the holiday season when tragedies, such as a fire, occur. The holiday season is also a season for increased fires. Many items used to help celebrate the holidays, such as candles, Christmas trees, and electric lights, are all potential fire hazards.

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, fire incidences increase on U.S. holidays—especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. Help eliminate potential holiday fires, injuries, and deaths by following the tips listed below this season.
  • If you place a natural Christmas tree in the home, please keep it watered regularly. The tree
    stand should be filled with water at all times.
  • Select a Christmas tree that has a sticky trunk. That means it is more likely to be freshly cut and less likely to start a home fire.
  • Make sure your tree is not near a heating source such as a heat vent, space heater, or fireplace.
  • When you place a natural Christmas tree in the home, it should not be up for any longer than two weeks.
  • If you use an artificial Christmas tree, make sure it is flame retardant.
  • Never put wrapping paper in the fireplace. Wrapping paper is highly flammable and could cause
    a large fire.
  • All holiday decorations should be nonflammable and placed away from heating sources.
  • Never leave holiday lights unattended.
  • You should inspect your holiday lights each season for frayed wires, bare spots, gaps in the insulation, broken or cracked sockets, and excessive kinking or wear.
  • When cooking, remember to never leave the kitchen unattended, even for a short period. If you leave, turn off the stove.
  • Never use a wet oven mitt to handle hot pots and pans.
  • Keep anything that can catch fire away from the stovetop, such as oven mitts, towels, curtains,
    and loose-fitting clothes.
     

Happy Holidays!

Douglas A. Holton

RELATED LINKS:

American Heart Association ~ American Lung Association ~ Safe Kids ~ National Fire Protection Association
City of Milwaukee Office of Homeland Security

FIRE CHIEF
DOUGLAS A. HOLTON

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Engine 8’s Green Shift Members Volunteer Their Time to a Great Cause
 
When Engine 8’s green shift members read a flyer circulating in the department for volunteers to ring bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign, the four crewmembers were zealous about signing up. The green shift crew at Engine 8—Brad Flees, Dan Holdmann, Aaron Lipski and Dan Hoover—set a goal to raise the most money for the Salvation Army’s distinct Christmas campaign in a five-hour time period. The four rang bells on Black Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Germantown. All four firefighters were off-duty and coming off a 24-hour shift that involved a Thanksgiving Day third-alarm fire they helped extinguish. The crew, who raised money dressed in their turnout gear, collected $1325. According to the Salvation Army, they raised the most money in Southeastern Wisconsin that day and managed to fill up three kettles in five hours.  
 
Engine 8’s green shift is now challenging other Milwaukee firefighters to volunteer their time to the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign, and to raise more funds than they did to help the increased number of hungry and needy families in Milwaukee.
 
The challenge is on!

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