Safety Meeting

On February 4th, the Glendo Volunteer Rural Fire Department members met for their annual Fire Safety Meeting. Twenty-two members were in attendance along with the new Emergency Manager, Tony Krotz, newly appointed Charlie 1, Mark Walker, and Charlie 2, Kenny Small. 

Krotz opened up with introductions, the expectations of his position, and how he will help Walker and Small when fires arise.  Walker will be our area director for the East side of the interstate and Small will be on the West side of the interstate. Both men are here to support the incident commander when a fire presents itself and not to take over. 

Small went into fire training and showed a video of a small rural Utah Fire Department, comparable to our area. Because of a lack of communication and the wind that day, that department got themselves backed into a corner and had to drive through the fire to get to the black to save themselves. Two of those firemen sustained 2-3 degree burns and were lucky to survive that fire.  Small stated, “Anyone that shows up to a fire without the proper PPE (personal protective equipment) attire will be sent home.” Wearing proper PPE attire is for safety, and anyone who works in a fire needs to wear it. 

Coming up in April, date TBD, there will be another Fire Training Class for anyone who would like to join our Glendo Rural Fire Department. Please contact Dave Noyce at 331-8845.