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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.


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?

Station

# attendees

Host

PFRA members

1

46

Chief Esparza

Donna Graham and Barb Homrighausen

2

81

Floyd Jones

Bill Fell and Chris Johnson

3

11

Danny Burks

John and Yvette Mouser

4

89

Dan Rogers

Bob and Chris Doherty (and Rob Johnson as Sparky)

5

47

Marty Wade

Terry Shelton and Jim Fleming

6

40

David Kerr

Jeremy Savage and Keith and Jackie Harris

7

4

Phil Hamilton

 

8

99 people, one rabbit

Alan Storck

Marcia Hurst and Jonathan Sennetti

9

27

Jim Dickerson

Joe Cochran and Bill Carroll

10

80

Dan Thompson

Shelley Jones and Maynard and Theresa Beckman

11

41

John Cardwell

Dan Hay and Darlene Wallace

Total

566

 

 

Thank you all for helping out once again this year!

CLICK HERE for a PTN segment on the Fire Station Open House



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.


PTN Segment: Chief Esparza Cooks at Station 5



PTN Segment: Fireman's Fund Heritage Grant to PFD




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!


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.


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!

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.

Next Meeting

Date: Tues November 18st, 2008
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Fire Admin - Big Meeting Room
Program: TBD

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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