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04/12/2009: "Orcas Fire Fighters 2009"

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Orcas Island Fire & Rescue has added new members to their firefighting team:
Recruits and instructors spent March 28th battling live fire at Central Widbey Fire & Rescue’s training facility as part of their Firefighter 1 certification.

As for activity, from April 2 through 9, Orcas Fire & Rescue responded to 1 major structure fire; 1 citizen medical check; 1 citizen medical assist; 3 fall patients; 3 chest pain emergencies, and 8 other medical emergencies, all which resulted in 5 off-island transports by AirLift NW.

Photo and list of names below:





(Front left to right)
Bottom Row: Training Division Chief Patrick Shepler, Lt. Rich Harvey, EMT/Fire Recruit Owen Cheevers
Second Row: 2 Widbey Fire Instructors, Fire Recruits Jill Sherman, Derk Swierczynski, John Howard, Capt. Rita Harvey, EMT Dove Dingman, Seth Ybarra, Sherri Madeiros, Instructor Lt. Jason Madeiros, Recruit Dwight Guss, Firefighter Robin Dyer, Cadet Recruit Jamarra Lowrey and Training Instructor Dylan Wachtel.
Back Row: EMT/Fire Recruit George Schermerhorn, Firefighter Dan Christopherson and Division Chief Mik Preysz