Honor Their Sacrifices
What
is worse than losing a firefighter in a line of duty death?
Learning that another firefigher died last year in the same way, and,
reading investigation reports that show the repeated accident was
preventable.
Plano firefighter John Barrett at Station 8B is working to prevent
future LODDs that are caused by the same mistakes made in previous
fatalities. Lessons learned and investigation reports do not
always propogate outside a local community. HonorTheirSacrifices.com is
a website dedicated to hosting these summary reports and sharing across
all departments nationwide.
Visit HonorTheirSacrifices.com to learn more
information about John's quest. Buy a T-shirt
to support the website's operating costs, and be sure to watch the
video that
explains the "Why" behind this program.
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Fire Station Open House Results
With all the Visitors Page sign-up sheets
turned in and tabulated, here are the results of the turn-out per
station at the Fire Prevention Week Open Houses. Congrats to
Station 8 who won by a hair…or hare?
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Station
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# attendees
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Host
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PFRA members
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1
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46
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Chief Esparza
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Donna Graham and
Barb Homrighausen
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2
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81
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Floyd Jones
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Bill Fell and
Chris Johnson
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3
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11
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Danny Burks
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John and Yvette
Mouser
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4
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89
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Dan Rogers
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Bob and Chris
Doherty (and Rob Johnson as Sparky)
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5
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47
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Marty Wade
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Terry Shelton
and Jim Fleming
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6
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40
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David Kerr
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Jeremy Savage
and Keith and Jackie Harris
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7
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4
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Phil Hamilton
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|
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8
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99
people, one rabbit
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Alan
Storck
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Marcia
Hurst and Jonathan Sennetti
|
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9
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27
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Jim Dickerson
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Joe Cochran and
Bill Carroll
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10
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80
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Dan Thompson
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Shelley Jones
and Maynard and Theresa Beckman
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11
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41
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John Cardwell
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Dan Hay and
Darlene Wallace
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Total
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566
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Thank you all for helping out
once again this year!
CLICK
HERE for a PTN segment on the Fire Station Open House
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PFRA Scholarship Recipients: Where Are They Now?
Marcia
Hurst recently followed up with each of the winners of our scholarship
awards, dating back to 2003. Head over to the Scholarships page to
find out where they are today and what they've been doing since winning
their award.
If you or your business would like to donate to or
sponsor a future PFRA Scholarship Award, please contact Marcia Hurst.
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2008
Station
of the Month Sponsors
PFRA wishes to thank these gracious
sponsors of our SOTM activities:
Please visit them this week and say "Thanks"
for supporting PFRA and the Plano Fire Fighters!
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Your Grocery Card Benefits PFRA
Kroger and
Tom Thumb allow you to link your grocery "reward" card to a non-profit
organization, and PFRA has qualified to be a recipient for both
programs. To get started, click one of the icons below and print out
their forms.
At Kroger, scan your
Kroger Plus Card, then ask the cashier to scan this form once, and from
then
on, PFRA will be
linked to your Plus Card until May 2009 (renew by rescanning). For Tom
Thumb, complete
the form one time and take it to their Customer Service Counter and
they will link it to your Tom Thumb Rewards Card. These cards are
not restricted, so you can pass out this information to family and
friends. For each purchase you make at Kroger or Tom Thumb
and use this program, these grocers will donate 1% of your total
purchase amount to PFRA. All funds collected are used in our
support of PFD.
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Star Courier Article on the PFRA Photo Squad
The PFD-PFRA Photography Crew, aka
the Photo Squad, recently made the front page of the Plano Star
Courier. Click
here to read the complete article.
And we want to say a big "Hello and Welcome" to all the new visitors to
our site who came here after reading the article!
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PFRA
Merchandise
If you are in need of a
PFRA shirt, hat, patch or jacket please fill out an order form and contact John Mouser.
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Next Meeting
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| Date: |
Tues
November 18st, 2008
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| Time: |
7:00 PM
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| Location: |
Fire Admin -
Big Meeting Room
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| Program: |
TBD
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Quick Links:
> PFRA Photo
Gallery
> PFRA
Upcoming Events
> PFD
Shift Calendar
Sign-Up Schedules:
> Smoke
Alarm Door2Door
> Station
of
the Month
> CFA
Snacks & Helpers
Plano Fire Rescue
Associates, Inc.
2701 W. 15th Street
Suite 192
Plano, TX 75075
Dan Hay, President
Jonathan Sennetti, Vice
President
Bill Fell, Treasurer
Barb Homrighausen,
Secretary
Marcia Hurst, Past
President
Peggy Harrell, Plano FD
Liaison
Jonathan Sennetti,
Webmaster
PFRA is an IRS
registered and maintained 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Click
here to read our filing
status with the Texas State Comptroller's Office, and click
here for a current copy of
our Tax Exempt certificate.
All
contributions and donations are tax-deductable and greatly appreciated.
For more information on Sponsorship or to make a donation, please
contact the PFRA treasurer.
All PFRA members are proud to be a part of Volunteers in Plano,
donating our time and resources to help make Plano a wonderful place to
live, work, and play. Click
here to
download the latest VIP newsletter
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