AFMA Rehabilitation Unit Responded to Tempe Derailment and Fire Brian Curry The Arizona Fire & Medical Authority’s special rehabilitation and rehydration unit was called to the scene of the recent Tempe derailment, fire, and bridge collapse. This unit is used at the scene of major fires and incidents. Firefighters anywhere are faced with high temperatures…
Brian Curry Just after midnight, the crews of AFMA Engine 231 and Medic Unit 231 were finishing up on a call when they were notified by Phoenix Alarm of another medical call in the Oakwood community. Seconds later, the dispatcher notified the responding units that the call was being upgraded to a “code” call, meaning…
Brian Curry Sun Lakes resident Myrna Brower saw the request from the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority in Nextdoor.com for masks to be worn by our first responders and patients and went right to work. To date, she has provided over 200 masks to the cause! It’s community spirit like this that will get us…
Brian Curry Sun Lakes Palo Verde resident Charlene Clausen knew that with CDC guidelines and Arizona Fire & Medical Authority (AFMA) rules, that the acceptance of home-cooked meals or any food could not be brought into either of the Sun Lakes stations by the AFMA firefighters and medics. Clausen is a longtime member of the…
AFMA Celebrates Anniversary Brian Curry The Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes Fire Corps celebrated member anniversaries at their monthly meeting. Pictured (left to right) are Bob Leteria (eight years), Fire Corps Lead LouAnn Sedgwick, Ron Betti (six years), Mary Ann Miller (five years), Ramon Rubio (six years) AFMA Coordinator Kim Campbell and Nancy Roberts…
Brian Curry There have been a lot of changes for Sun Lakes in fire suppression and emergency medical care in the past two and a half years as the fire district merged into the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority. Among those changes has been the development and expansion of the volunteers associated with the authority.…
Brian Curry Arizona Fire & Medical Authority Fire Corps members Brian Curry and Dan Johnson spoke to the Faith Circle women’s group of the Sun Lakes United Methodist Church. A wide range of subjects included the CAP (Community Assistance Program) and various other AFMA programs such as lock boxes, medical information cards, the Home Safety…
The Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club used their year-end meeting and holiday get-together to bring toys to the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority Charities Toy Drive. Pictured with just some of the toys collected (left to right) are Second Vice President Brian Curry, First Vice President Bob Glantz, AFMA’s Floyd Richardson and Bailey Jones, SLBLC…
Brian Curry The Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes is offering a complimentary and voluntary home safety assessment for Sun Lakes residents. Trained AFMA volunteers will come to your home and conduct a safety walk through and will make recommendations to the homeowner based on their findings. Among the items that will be checked into…
Brian Curry The Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes Fire Corps recently held a “Train the Trainer” course on how to teach the proper and safe use of fire extinguishers in the home. AFMA Assistant Fire Marshall Tom O’Donohue taught the volunteers both the proper usage of extinguishers and how to operate a device that will…