AFMA Hosts Station 232 Open House Recently, the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority hosted an Open House at their newly renovated Station 232 located on Alma School Road, just north of Riggs Road. Community residents were able to meet with crews and chiefs of AFMA, as well as tour the firehouse and equipment. South Country…
AFMA/Sun Lakes Fire Corps Continue Fire Inspection Assists Brian Curry Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes volunteer Fire Corps members Carl Schell and Brian Curry are certified Arizona State Fire Inspectors, and assist the AFMA Fire Marshals with fire inspections in the Sun Lakes area. When entering Sun Lakes commercial establishments, strict COVID-19 protocols, such…
Brian Curry In front of Sun Lakes Fire Station 231, Maricopa County Supervisor Jack Sellers presented a check symbolizing the reimbursement to the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority (AFMA) from the First Responder CARES Act. The CARES Act is part of a $2.2 trillion federal aid package to reimburse first responders who have been on…
John Teixeira Arizona Fire & Medical Authority (AFMA) is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years, to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!” The campaign works to educate everyone about simple but important…
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…
Raffle winner is Awarded Lunch with the Firefighters What do you call a group of firefighters and one lucky lady? Lunch partners! At a sold-out Designer Purse Bingo to benefit the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority Charities, this lady had this AFMA crew all to herself as they celebrate her win of a raffle for…
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…
AFMA Fire Corps Member Advance to Fire Inspector Carl Schell, an Arizona Fire & Medical Authority Fire Corps volunteer, recently attended the 2019 Arizona State Fire School where he completed classes for “Arizona State Fire Inspector 2.” Previously, Schell and fellow Fire Corps volunteers Brian Curry and Roger Fell had certified as “Arizona State Fire…
Three Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes Fire Corps members celebrated their first anniversary with the volunteer Community Crisis Response team. Pictured (left to right) are Fire Corps Coordinator and Assistant Fire Marshall Kim Campbell, Advisory Board members Nancy Roberts and Jim Mottern, new one-year members Joy McDonald, Colleen Mitchell and Joe Sarro, Advisory Board…
AFMA celebrates anniversaries The Arizona Fire & Medical Authority Fire Corps Community Crisis Response team recently celebrated the one-year anniversaries of members Deena Bunzel and Karen Snow. Pictured (left to right) are Advisory Board members Jim Mottern and LouAnn Sedgwick, Bunzel, Snow and Advisory Board members Nancy Roberts and Roger Fell. (Photo by Brian Curry)…