Maybe there is something in the water around here that causes an unusual interest in civic projects when ingested, because most of the established fire departments in our area couldn't believe that we had so many committed people from such a small area, much less the amount of training we completed in a short period of time.
The volunteers of Silver City VFD are several extremely attractive, well-respected, highly intelligent, highly motivated, enthusiastic, civic-minded pillars of our community, all of whom are kind to animals, eat three well-balanced, nourishing meals each day, get precisely eight hours of sleep each night, and are in prime physical condition:
At Wanda Foster's Home, 1996 (pre-fire station)
The Original Volunteers of Silver City VFD, 1996 Back row: Dale Haskins, Orvel Sherrill, Billy Weiesnbach, Wayne Fowler, Michelle Walker (holding Smokey T. Bear), Robin Haskins, B. E. Beall, Justin Mainus, Bill Beall
Middle Row: Robert Thomas, Ken Richards, Carrie Allen, Buddy Sherrell, Andy Haskins
Front Row: Jane Richards, Bryan Beall, Janet Rush
Billy Weisenbach, Randy Griswold, Justin Mainus, Bryan Beall, Wayne Fowler, Robert Thomas, Carrie Allen, Janet Rush, Bill Beall, Buddy Sherrell
The Volunteers of Silver City Fire Department, October 1998 Bill Beall, Ken Richards, Buddy Sherrell, Robin Haskins, Janet Rush, Wayne Fowler, Robert Thomas, Dale Haskins, B. E. Beall, Jerry Parvin, Orvel Sherrill
We're north of (behind) the fire station and east of the barn in a big wide open grassy space that we use for a landing zone.
This may someday be the site of a concrete helipad.As of December 2005, our current volunteers had completed over 4200 hours of formal training, almost all of which was provided by Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training.
Our active volunteers including board members and support people consist of the following individuals as of August 17,2007:
Marcia Adams, Firefighter, NR EMS First Responder
John Adams, Firefighter, NR EMS First Responder
B. E. Beall, Fire Chief, NR EMS First Responder, Board Member (ex officio) - charter member
Bryan Beall, Assistant Chief, EMS Director, NREMT-P (Paramedic) - charter member
William Beall, Firefighter, EMS First Responder, Board Member - charter member
Drew Canady, Firefighter
Jody Johnson, Firefighter, Board Member
Brad Mann, Firefighter
Sheila Mann-Lockhart, Firefighter
Rob Milliser, Firefighter
Aleen Milliser, Firefighter, EMS First Responder
Janet Rush, Firefighter, EMS First Responder - charter member
David Sadler, Firefighter
Orvel Sherrill, Firefighter, Board Member - charter member
Robert Thomas, Firefighter, NREMT-B - charter member
Regular support people:
Sandra Beall, Dispatcher - honorary charter member
Virginia Sherrill, Rehab Specialist Extraordinaire - honorary charter member
Our volunteers and board members have been many other things: mechanics, secretaries, bus drivers, laborers, dispatchers, computer technicians, opticians, welders, pilots, cattle ranchers, school teachers, students, deputy sheriffs, maintenance supervisors, well drillers, managers, farmers, farm equipment dealers, machinists, full-time moms, gunsmiths, electricians, carpenters, meat cutters, day traders, traffic analysts, salesmen, truck drivers, career fire fighters, EMTs, paramedics, nurse techs, swimming pool installers, security guards, sailors, soldiers, and airmen.
No Marines yet. Seems like I read somewhere that all Marines learn never to volunteer for anything. Maybe that explains it.
Some day, perhaps we will be awarded a grant to design and build an armed, flying, diesel-powered fire fighting/law enforcement vehicle complete with a fully-equipped kitchen, three-point hitch, and live PTO.
It must also have esthetic appeal.
(11/22/97 - After reading the above paragraph concerning the hypothetical vehicle, alert web-surfer Arl Movitz couldn't get it off his mind until he actually sat down and designed one. If you desire, you may view Arl's sketch here.)
