MARCH
5, 2010:

Maumelle firefighters were recently recognized by the Maumelle
Rotary Club at the annual Police & Fire Banquet. Firefighters gathered
for a photo afterward. Pictured are (from left) Firefighter Dustin Worlow,
Captain Michael Cossey, Fire Marshal John Payne, Engineer Jeremy New, Captain
Shane Holmes, Firefighter Josh Woods, Chief of Department George Glenn,
Firefighter Travis Foreman, Engineer Charles Watson, Engineer Paul Grove,
Captain Eugene Stacy, Firefighter Tyler Castleberry and Probationary Firefighter
Destin Weaver. (Photo by Terri Cossey)
Firefighters
recognized at annual Rotary
banquet
Career and volunteer members of the Maumelle Fire Department
were among those recognized during the annual Police & Fire Banquet Friday,
March 5. The banquet is sponsored annually by the Maumelle Rotary Club and
held at the Maumelle Country Club.
Awards presented during the banquet included:
Five-Year Service Recognition - Volunteer Firefighters
Maury Loket and Bynum Matthews were recognized for five years of service
with the fire department. They each joined during Summer 2004.
Five-Year Good Conduct - Captain Shane Holmes,
Captain Scott Eaton, Engineer Adam Swalls, Engineer Austin Woody and
Firefighter Josh Wood were recognized with awards for five years of exemplary
conduct in the performance of duty. The hiring of the "Class of 2004"
allowed the fire department to split from the Department of
Public Safety in December 2004.
Ten-Year Good Conduct - Captain Eugene Stacy received
a ten-year Good Conduct Award in addition to being recognized for 25
years of service to the City of Maumelle Department of Public Safety and
Fire Department.
Meritorious Service Award - Fire Marshal John Payne,
Captain Michael Cossey, Engineer Adam Cordell and Firefighter Travis
Foreman were presented the Meritorious Service Award for lifesaving. After
finding a patient not breathing and without a pulse last November, these
members successfully resuscitated the patient using CPR and an automatic
external defibrillator (AED).
Career Firefighter of the Year - Firefighter
Tyler Castleberry was named the 2009 Career Firefighter of the
Year. Castleberry was hired in July 2007 and is assigned to Engine 2
on B-shift.
Volunteer Firefighter of the Year - Volunteer
Engineer Kyle Howard was named the 2009 Volunteer Firefighter of the
Year. Howard joined the department in April 2003.
Civilian Service Recognition - Chief Glenn recognized
resident Linda Stowe with a Civilian Service Recognition award for her continued
support of the fire department and its members.
FEBRUARY 14, 2010:

Captain Scott Eaton, Volunteer Captain Ed Platt and Firefighter
Dustin Jaco pull a hose line out the door of a 38-foot recreational vehicle
after extinguishing a fire in the RV's kitchen area Sunday
morning (Feb. 14) outside the McDonald's restaurant on ARK
365. (Photo by Blake Sasse)
MFD
put to work extinguishing Valentine's Day RV
fire
Maumelle firefighters have battled house fires.
Maumelle firefighters have extinguished vehicle fires.
Sunday morning (Feb. 14), the Maumelle Fire Department
combined the two when they were dispatched to a fire inside a recreational
vehicle outside of the McDonald's Restaurant at 20605 Arkansas 365.
The first arriving engine company found smoke and fire showing
from the passenger side of the approximately 38-foot long RV. A
hose line was stretched, the outside fire was knocked down and firefighters
then entered the smoky vehicle to find and extinguish the remainder
of the fire.
The exact cause of the fire in the 2005 Coachmen
Cross Country is under investigation at this time although it appears
to have ignited behind appliances in the vehicle's kitchen area.
In all, Engine 1 and Engine 2 each staffed with two on-duty
career firefighters responded with support from eight volunteer firefighters
responding with Brush 1 and personal
vehicles.
CLICK HERE for additional photos
from the scene.
FEBRUARY 10, 2010:

After hitting a patch of black ice, this Maumelle police cruiser
struck a tree in the median of Maumelle Blvd. near
its intersection with Rolling Oaks Drive Wednesday night (February
10).
Firefighters
respond to MVA involving police
car
A full compliment of Maumelle career and volunteer
firefighters responded Wednesday night (February 10) to an injury accident
involving a police car and a tree on Maumelle Boulevard.
In addition to the normal vehicle accident response of
Engine 1 and Engine 2 staffed by career firefighters, Maumelle volunteers
were attending their twice-monthly training at the fire station and also
responded.
Police Officer Lance Mayfield was injured when his patrol
car apparently crossed a patch of black ice, left the roadway and struck
a tree in the median near the intersection of Rolling Oaks Drive. Maumelle
firefighters treated Officer Mayfield for his non life-threatening injuries
before he was transported to an area hospital by Metropolitan EMS
(MEMS).
Due to icy road conditions, volunteer firefighters staffing
Brush 1 also assisted police with traffic control in an effort to prevent
secondary accidents.
FEBRUARY 9, 2010:
One
trapped in Odom rollover, extricated by
MFD
Maumelle Engine Company 2, which was staffing the
department's four-wheel drive brush truck due to winter road conditions,
responded to a report of an injury accident Tuesday (Feb. 9) on Odom Blvd.
near Southshore Dr.
When they arrived, firefighters found the lone occupant
of a Jeep trapped inside his vehicle following a rollover. Engine Company
1 was dispatched to the scene for the department's extrication equipment
-- commonly called the Jaws of Life. The five career firefighters on
duty with B-shift freed the patient from the vehicle and treated his
injuries with the assistance of Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services
(MEMS), who transported him to an area hospital.
FEBRUARY 6, 2010:

Maumelle firefighters greeted Kroger patrons Saturday, February
6 in a final push to raise money for the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters' Memorial.
The memorial statue, which has been on display in Maumelle since December,
is slated to leave later this month.
Firefighters
sell more than $1k for memorial raffle
Fund to construct statues at capitol is near 75% of
goal
Maumelle firefighters want to see the statue that
has been on display at their Millwood Circle station disappear -- and be
installed at its permanent home on the grounds of the state capitol in Little
Rock.
A multi-year fund-raising effort around the state has raised
approximately 75% of the $1,100,000 needed to construct a memorial ampitheatre
and fountain as well as install the statues on the west side of the
capitol building.
Members of the Maumelle Fire Department have participated in
the fund-raising by selling raffle tickets for a Honda Multi-purpose Utility
Vehicle and an antique 1975 Hurst Oldsmobile Cutlass. Saturday (February
6), firefighters greeted patrons at the Maumelle Kroger and raised an
additional $1,156 for the memorial through raffle ticket sales.
Members participating in Saturday's raffle sale included Captains
Shane Holmes, Michael Cossey, Eugene Stacy and Drew Nichols; Engineer Jeremy
New; Volunteer Engineer Andy Wood; Firefighters Josh Woods, Tyler Castleberry,
Destin Weaver and Todd Breeding; and Volunteer Firefighters Maury Loket,
Chris Anderson, Marc Kelly and Zacil Nash.
The firefighters would like to offer special thanks to Kroger
Manager Richard Highley for his continued support of fund-raising for the
memorial.

Captain Shane Holmes, Firefighter Tyler Castleberry and Engineer
Jeremy New were among 14 firefighters who endured cool temperatures to raise
money Saturday for the Fallen Firefighters Memorial. More than 200 tickets
were sold for the chance to win a Honda Multi-purpose Utility Vehicle or
a 1975 Hurst Oldsmobile Cutlass.
JANUARY 31, 2010:

Engineer Adam Cordell applies chains to the tires of Engine
2 Friday, January 29 during the winter storm. Maumelle firefighters used
a variety of apparatus to respond to 13 different calls during the 40 hours
of heaviest ice on city streets.
Ice
slows but doesn't stop firefighters from duties
MFD tackles 13 runs -- including house fire -- during
storm
There are no snow days at the fire department and
Maumelle firefighters were kept busy Friday and Saturday as ice blanketed
the city.
Firefighters responded over the icy streets for 13
runs between Friday morning and midnight Saturday. These calls for assistance
included a chimney fire that extended beyond the flue pipe, four traumatic
injuries, three medical emergencies, a gas leak, a non-injury accident and
a lifting assist.
JANUARY 3, 2010:

Despite temperatures in the 20s, firefighters, citizens and
civic leaders from around central Arkansas gathered Monday night (Jan.
3) for a prayer vigil in honor of Pine Bluff Fire Department
Lieutenant David Curlin.
Maumelle
hosts vigil for injured Pine Bluff
lieut.
Approximately three dozen people gathered Monday
night (January 3) at the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial statue for
a candlelight vigil in honor of Pine Bluff Fire Department Lieutenant David
Curlin.
Lt. Curlin was critically injured Sunday morning
during a building collapse on the scene of a commercial structure fire.
He is hospitalized at UAMS in Little Rock with multiple injuries. Members
of the Curlin family, including wife Pam Curlin, also attended
the vigil sponsored by the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial.
The memorial statue has completed a multi-city tour of the state and
is currently on display at the Maumelle Fire Department.
A relief fund has been established for the Curlin
family at Simmons First National Bank. Contributions may be deposited into
account 10925304 at any Simmons First location, although contributors should
advise the teller that the fund is a Pine Bluff
account.

The prayer vigil was held at the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters
Memorial statue, which is ending a statewide tour and is currently on
display outside the Maumelle Fire
Department. |