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Association News: Douglas
Firefighters Association is comprised of members of the Douglas Fire
Department. The officers for the next two years are as follows:
President Kent Vinson
Vice
President John Furno
Secretary Michael Cahill
Treasure Joseph Quintal
The
main goal of the Association is to raise funds for the purchase of
special equipment for the fire department; they also give scholarships
to Douglas High Students as well as financial assistance to their own
members who are an attending Fire Related Classes.
Over
the years the association has purchased over 100,000 dollars worth of
equipment some of the items are as follows:
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Rescue vehicle
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Jaws of Life
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Accountability System
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Rescue Jacks
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Rescue Sled
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Rapid Intervention
Equipment
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Rescue saws
The
Association has also brought equipment for the Fire Station including
all appliances and equipment for our kitchen facilities within the fire
station.
The
Association has sponsored the Douglas Fireworks in the past and we now
sponsor our annual Golf Tournament which is held every June, this year’s
event 2011 will be our ten consecutive tournament. We also sponsor two
annual flower sales one held in April on Easter weekend and the other on
Mother’s Day weekend.
The
Douglas Firefighters Association recently received a grant for $3,000
from Exxon Mobile Corp. to be used for the purchase of equipment or for
training services. We would like to thank them for their generous
donation. The Town of Douglas has one of Exxon Mobile’s distribution
pump stations located near our fire station and we work very closely
with their employees in keeping this a safe facility.
We
would like to thank all of the members of the Association for their time
and energy that they give back to us and the Town of Douglas. We would
also like to thank all the residents of Douglas for their support, and
to everyone who attends one of our events.
We
look forward to serving all the residents of Douglas and we especially
enjoy having you attend and support our efforts.
Douglas Fire Department: The Douglas Fire Department is a combination
department we employ four full time firefighters and one full time chief
as well as 25 on-call firefighters.
We
run two emergency ambulances a heavy rescue truck one ladder truck and
two engines. We also have two brush units. Douglas is located in the
Blackstone Valley and is in Worcester County, we belong to the Mass.
Fire District Seven and we respond mutual aid to several surrounding
communities as well as Inter State operations with CT. and R.I.
Firefighters in Douglas must be State Certified Firefighter 1 & 2 and
any member serving on the Ambulance must be a register emergency medical
technician the entry level is basic but our ambulance is license to the
Intermediate level and is currently applying for Advance Life Support
Level.
The
Fire Force is broken into two groups each group has a Captain and Lt.
assigned to it as well as 10 firefighters. Each group is assigned to a
company group I is assigned to Engine 1 and Group 2 is assigned to
Ladder 1. Each group alternates month to month in covering still alarms
all firefighters and all apparatus respond to general fire alarms.
Douglas continues to be a growing community and our fire and EMS volume
continues to increase. Unfortunately we are experiencing a downward
slide in our economy which has affected our operating budget. We have
been very fortunate in Douglas to survive any major budget cuts and we
have actually been able to increase our staffing. I owe a great deal of
thanks to our Selectmen and our financial teams in Douglas for helping
this department navigate these uncertain waters.
We
are always looking for people to help out with our department whether
you are interested in joining the on –call department or work as a
part-time paramedic or if you are interested in helping our association
do not hesitate, just call us, or ask one of our members. We are
available at 508-476-2267.
Newest Roster:
Chief Donald Gonynor
Deputy Chief John Furno
Capt. Peter Campo
Capt. Ted Sochia
Lt. Pauline Labrecque
Lt. Kent Vinson
FF. Chris Doeg
FF. Matthew Curtis
FF. Jon Cohen
FF. Adam Furno
FF. David Furno
FF. James Huth
FF. Tom Griffin
FF. Kelly Gazzano
FF. Aux. Robert Kollett
FF. Patrick Manning
FF. Ernie Marks
FF. Justin McCallum
FF. David Mosley
FF. Joel Rosenkrantz
FF. Scott Garland
FF. Kevin Jordan
FF. Aux. Keith Morin
FF. Aux. Jay Smith
FF. Jeremiah Pratt
FF. Aux. Dan Vireiros
Department Clerk & Secretary Lisa Freeman
PIO & Web Page Design Phil Kumbatovic
Emergency Medical
Roster
Chief of Emergency Medical Services Pauline Labrecque
Fulltime Staff
Kent
Vinson EMT- I
Justin McCallum EMT- B
James Huth EMT- P
Part-Time Staff
Patricia Furno EMT- B
Nadine Johnson EMT- I
Peter Campo EMT- I
Kelly Gazzano EMT- P
Mike Gonynor EMT- P
Mathew Curtis EMT- B
Joel Rosenkrantz EMT- I
Scott Garland EMT- B
Daniel Vireiros EMT- B
Pat Manning EMT- B
John Sheridan EMT- P |
