Plano Fire Rescue Associates

PFRA Welcomes Chief Greif to Plano Fire-Rescue!

Special thanks to (once again!) PFRA photographer John Mouser for these latest additions to the PFRA photo gallery:

o Chief Sam Greif welcome and reception
o Swearing-In ceremony

Thank You 2015 PFD Appreciation Picnic Sponsors!

Artic Zone Ice Cream
Wholesome Sweeteners
Nature's Bakery
Angie's Popcorn
Meguiar's Car Car Products
Oasis Paper Towels
Fling Bins
Goddess Garden
Rockstar Energy Drinks
Pollo Tropical
Tom Thumb

La Madeline
In-N-Out Burgers
Rosa's Cafe
Academy Sports & Outdoors
Cane's
Cordner Bakery
Rudy's
Jack in the Box
Sprouts Farmers' Market
McAllister's Deli
F'real
Taco Cabana
Hail Merry LLC.
Racetrac
Whole Foods
Maggiano's
Grimaldi's Pizzeria

Click Here for Photos from the picnic!

Plano Fire-Rescue Names PFRA Member "Volunteer of the Year"

Congratulations to PFRA member John Mouser, who Plano Fire-Rescue has awarded as their "Volunteer of the Year" for 2014. This of course comes as no surprise to us at PFRA, as John is always donating countless hours of his time and talents every month to support the Department, PFR staff, and all 350+ firefighters in the City of Plano. PFRA would also like to congratulate the entire list of PFR personnel and firefighters who were honored with an outstanding award for service in 2014: (Full press release here)

John Mouser (PFRA) – Volunteer of the Year
Frank Snidow – Civilian of the Year
Rance Pringle – Rookie of the Year
Albert Valdez – Public Educator of the Year
Marco Banuelas – Fire Instructor of the Year
Eric Wahlberg – Fire Officer of the Year
Darren Hagan – EMT of the Year
Josh Clouse – Paramedic of the Year
Nick Kalina – Firefighter of the Year
Brian Stroven – Medal of Valor

Photos from Awards and Retirement Ceremonies
Thanks again to PFRA photographer John Mouser for these latest additions to the PFRA photo gallery:
o Plano Fire Rescue 2014 Awards and Promotions Ceremony
o Frank Snidow Retirement Reception

Photos from Fire Safety Table at Willow Bend Mall

PFRA, Plano Fire Rescue, LAFFS clowns Patches and Bucket, and Sparky the Fire Dog were all sharing safety tips to citizens at The Shops at Willow Bend on Saturday, March 28th, in conjunction with the mall's Community Heroes event. Thanks to PFRA photographer John Mouser for taking these photos!
http://www.pfra.net/Gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=120725

PFRA Hosts Annual TCFAAA Chiefs' Forum
On Saturday Feb. 21, PFRA hosted the Texas Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association's annual meeting of the Fire Chiefs' Forum. Ten different Fire Chiefs representing ten different fire departments around the DFW metroplex answered questions and spoke about current activities and projects within their departments. Aside from the meeting location, PFRA also provided homemade breakfasts and coffee to over 40 CFA alumni from other cities. Many pictures are posted in the photo gallery here: http://www.pfra.net/Gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=119813

Your Next Amazon Purchase Can Benefit PFRA!
Plano Fire Rescue Associates Inc. is a registered and verified non-profit community charity with online retailer Amazon. For any purchase that is made on their website, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the transaction to our organization if the buyer (YOU) uses the special link "smile.amazon.com" to access the site. All item pricing on Amazon's retail site is exactly the same as the Smile site, including sales, discounts, promotions, and coupons. So before you check-out on your next Amazon purchase, please be sure to add "smile." before "amazon.com" in your browser titlebar. Click here to get started and THANK YOU for supporting PFRA!

Thank You 2014 Picnic Sponsors!
PFRA wishes to thank these fine retailers for their donations and door prizes at the 2014 PFD Appreciation Picnic.

Jack in the Box Plano
Henry's Ice Cream Plano
Cotton Patch Cafe
In and Out Burger
Fireside Pies
Mangroomer
La Madeline
The Capital Grill
Labrada
Dallas Zoo
Grimaldi's Pizzeria
Gloria's
The Original Pancake House
5 Guys Burger and Fries
TGI Fridays
Sprouts Farmers Market

Studio Movie Grill in Dallas
Clean Cubes
Zoe's Kitchen
Pappas Corporate
Chuy's
Blue Goose
Pluckers
On the Border
Spec's
Bed Bath and Beyond
Golfsmith
Genghis Grill
Spring Creek BBQ in
Rudy's BBQ
Palio's Pizza in Frisco

Picnic Photos!
Lots of pictures from the picnic are now posted in our Gallery. Some firefighters have asked us for the originals for printing - you can find those files here on this dropbox link.

Simple CPR Guidelines

The Plano Fire Department is actively promoting the American Heart Association's new hands-only" CPR method within the public. No more rescue breaths and counting compressions. This two-step hands-only method is now easy enough to teach large groups of people effective CPR in less than 10 minutes. PFRA is teaming up with PFD in demonstrating and teaching the new CPR method at all of our public education and fire safety events.

You can learn more about hands-only CPR in these links:
   ♥ Hands-Only CPR FAQ document (PDF)
   ♥ American Heart Association's Hands-Only CPR Webpage
   ♥ AHA YouTube video featuring Comedian+Physician Ken Jeong
   ♥ http://www.heartrescuenow.com

Your Grocery Purchases Benefit PFRA
Kroger, Tom Thumb, and Albertsons allow you to link your grocery "reward" card for daily purchases to a non-profit organization, and PFRA has qualified to participate with all three businesses. 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. PFRA will then be linked to your Plus Card until April 30 of the current year (please re-submit the form to a cashier annually).

For Tom Thumb, complete the form and take it to their Customer Service Counter and they will link it to your Tom Thumb Rewards Card.

Albertsons no longer uses a reward card, but there is a card that you can swipe with your transaction that will benefit PFRA. Please send an email to Shelley Jones shelleyjo1@aol.com or call 214-914-7644 and she will deliver or mail a card to you.

These cards are not restricted, so you can pass out this information to family and friends. After you are enrolled in their programs, Tom Thumb, Kroger and Albertsons will each donate 1% of your store purchase to PFRA. All funds collected are used in our support of PFD.

PFRA Merchandise

Members, if you are in need of a PFRA shirt, hat, patch or jacket please fill out an order form and contact John Mouser.