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HB734
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**** NEWS ****
Tuesday April 22nd there will be a public hearing
at 9:00am on HB 734 in Montgomery at the
State House room 609. We need a good crowd to show
our support for this bill. If you or any of your squad can come to Montgomery
please come. This means money for our squads for much needed new equipment to
continue to save lives.
Membership Dues
See page under "Membership" for new change in membership dues (now $20.00 per
member)
Web Changes
This is where we'll announce the most recent
additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's
changed, take a look here first.
NOTE: NEW MAILING ADDRESS FOR THE AARS:
- Postal address:
- P O Box 569
Addison, AL 35540
Some sad news to start out the new year . . .
RE: Air Evac 16 . . .
Hay Valley Fire would like to offer our condolences to the members and
families of those who died helping others. Our prayers and thoughts are with
you all.
Jeff Carr
Chief Hay Valley Fire
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From: AFCA@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Andrew
Coe
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:49 AM
To: AFCA@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [AFCA] RE: [aavfd] In Memory of Air Evac 16 Crew
On the behalf of the LifeNet Health Community and Eastern Shore Ambulance
Service and the Fire and EMS community of Virginia, we would like to offer
our condolences to the members and the family members of those who lost
their lives doing what they do best. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them
during this very difficult time.
Andy Coe
Instrument Tech-LifeNet Health
EMT/Driver-Eastern Shore Ambulance Service
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Allan Rice arice@alabamafirecollege.org
< mailto:arice@alabamafirecollege.org
>
wrote:
On behalf of the Personnel Standards Commission and the staff of the Fire
College, we offer our deepest sympathy and prayers to the families and
friends of the flight crew lost in this tragedy. We also offer our support
to UPVFD during this difficult time.
Allan Rice
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Justin Bishop" <justin@justinbishop
< mailto:justin@justinbishop.com
>
To: "aavfd@yahoogroups.
Sent: 12/30/07 7:52 AM
Subject: [aavfd] In Memory of Air Evac 16 Crew
On behalf of the Underwood-Petersville VFD and the Lauderdale County
Association of Volunteer Fire Departments, we sadly petition the
prayers of our brothers and sisters in the fire service this
morning. At approximately 3:00 AM this morning, Air Evac Lifeteam 16
crashed about 20 miles west of their base in Colbert County. All
three crew members perished:
Pilot - Michael Baker
Nurse - Tiffany Miles
Paramedic- Allan Bragwell
In addition to working on the Air Evac flight team, Allan was acting
director of the Helen Keller Ambulance Service, and a member of the
UPVFD. Please keep the families of each of these crew members in
your prayers, as well as their extended fire & public safety families
in north Alabama.
Sincerely,
Justin Bishop
Public Relations Officer
Underwood-Petersville VFD
4661 Highway 157
Florence, AL 35630
(256) 349-7188
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Subj: [aavfd] Air Evac 16 Memorial Fund
Date: 12/31/2007 1:59:13 PM Central Standard Time
From:
justin@justinbishop.com
Reply-to: aavfd@yahoogroups.com
To: aavfd@yahoogroups.com
Received from Internet: click here for more information
First of all, thank you to all who have kept the families of these
crewmembers in your prayers and shown expressions of support and love. They
have not gone unnoticed and are very much appreciated.
I am including information below regarding a memorial fund that has been
established for the families of those involved.
Arrangements have not yet been made, but will be posted here as soon as they
become available.
Again, on behalf of the Underwood-Petersville VFD and the family of those
lost, thank you.
Regards,
Justin Bishop
Public Relations Officer
Underwood-Petersville VFD
4661 Highway 157
Florence, AL 35633
(256) 349-7188
There has been a fund set up for the families of Air
Evac 16. Allan's family
has four children and Tiffany's family has two children. The fund has been
set up with Bank Independent in the Florence/Muscle
Shoals/Tuscumbia/Sheffield area. Contributors in North Alabama can visit
your nearest Bank Independent branch.
CONTRIBUTORS OUT OF THE BANK INDEPENDENT AREA:
If you would like to contribute (and I pray that you will, even if it is
just a little... a lot of littles makes a lot for these grieving families)
and you do not live in that area you can send it in to the bank at:
Air Evac 16 Memorial Fund
Bank Independent
PO Box 5000
Sheffield, Alabama 35660
PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG!!
Michael D. Smith
Supervisor
Colbert County E-911
116 W 5th Street
Tuscumbia, AL 35674
(256) 381-0911 voice
(256) 386-8564 fax
(256) 394-3056 cell
mdsmith@colbert911.org
www.colbert911.org
Visit our web site www.aavfd.org
This e-mail is the view of the writer and not the official position of the
Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. The AAVFD encourges the group
to freely exchange ideas, positions and information in a responsible manner
Mon 12/31/07:
Most of you know Larry Jarvis, our Field Program Manager at the Fire College.
Yesterday morning Larry's wife Rena suffered a massive heart attack that
resulted in three separate episodes of cardiac arrest. She was resuscitated each
time and is currently in critical condition in the cardiac ICU at DCH Hospital
in Tuscaloosa.
Despite the serious nature of the situation, Larry has received some encouraging
news this evening based on some of the test results. Please join with all of us
at AFC in keeping Rena, Larry and their family in your prayers. He appreciates
the support of each member of the Alabama fire service family.
Allan Rice
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