Brian Curry It has now been just over a year since the Sun Lakes Fire Department introduced their medical flash drive initiative designed and administered by members of its volunteer Community Assistance Program. In that year over 1,850 have been sold as CAP members have fielded inquiries from not only Sun Lakes residents, but from…
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Generals, January 2016
CAP and Fire Department participate in fire drills
The Sun Lakes Fire Department and their Community Assistance Program volunteers participated in a multi-agency Fire Department drill in a smoky, but simulated “high rise fire” at the Chandler Fire Academy off Dobson Road. SLFD Battalion Chief Rob Helie served as the Incident Commander at the drill and SLFD crews participated both in search and…
Generals, December 2015
CAP graduates 11 new members
The Sun Lakes Fire Department’s volunteer Community Assistance Program graduated 11 new members to its ranks after classroom training. Lead instructor Bob Bruce (top left) poses with the new graduates who will now do working ride-alongs to apply their new skills out in the field responding in SLFD’s CR231 (Crisis Response Unit) to fire and…
Generals, December 2015
CAP celebrates anniversaries
The Sun Lakes Fire Department’s Community Assistance Program Steering Committee members Scott Jaeger (far left) and Betty Earp and Dave Mattson (far right) congratulate CAP volunteers on their membership anniversaries. Pictured left to right are Irwin Plafker (13 years), Judy Manley (13 years), Judy Gahide, Paul Gahide and Mack Jennings (all five years).
Generals, November 2015
Look for SLFD’s Medical Flash Drive at all community open houses
Brian Curry With over 1,500 of them sold since last fall’s Sun Lakes Community Open Houses, the medical flash drive initiative sponsored by the Fire Department and administrated by the volunteer Community Assistance Program (CAP) has been an unqualified success. This year SLFD’s CAP program will be back in force manning informational booths at all…
Generals, September 2015
SLFD presents appreciation certificates to CAP members
Brian Curry Sun Lakes Fire Department Deputy Chief Tim Kelly and CAP Steering Committee member Betty Earp presented appreciation certificates to three members of the volunteer Community Assistance Program who have served their community. Carolyn Barrens for 15 years, Anne Divoky for 15 years and her husband Wayne Divoky for 14 years. Chief Kelly thanked…
Front Page, July 2015
SLFD Community Assistance Program serving through the summer
Brian Curry The volunteer Community Assistance Program of the Sun Lakes Fire Department continues their service through the hot summer months. Though the most visual part of that service is when the community sees them responding in their CR231 (Crisis Response unit) to ambulance and fire calls with the Fire Department, they are also working…
Generals, March 2015
New CAP graduates
Brian Curry The Sun Lakes Fire Department Community Assistance Program (CAP) recently graduated 10 new volunteers into their ranks. The new members will respond on SLFD calls attending to the practical and emotional needs of individuals in the community. Some of CAP’s most common calls involve providing transportation to family members to local hospitals, checking…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
It’s time again! Sun Lakes Spaghetti Dinner
Spaghetti Di nner Saturday, March 28, 2015 4pm until 7:30pm Arizona Room • Sun Lakes Country Club What’s it all about? To start, delicious food. Spaghetti, meatballs, bread sticks, salad, dessert, coffee and iced tea. Plus the bars will be open if you prefer something a little stronger. Then there will be the raffle and…
Generals, March 2015
Next SLFD Flash Drive Open Assistance Day – March 28
Brian Curry With over 700 sold in the Sun Lakes area in just a few short months, the Flash Drive Initiative is an overwhelming success led by the Sun Lakes Fire Department’s Community Assistance Program volunteers and their outreach into the community. The flash drive, which stores your medical information so that SLFD paramedics can…