At 12:08 on Saturday afternoon, FVFD was dispatched for a field fire after a tree caught fire on a power line. Alexandria and Pipe Creek were also dispatched due to being a split area. Battalion 30, Grass 36 and Tanker 37 responded. Grass 36 was the first unit on-scene at 12:22, finding a small tree in power lines with minimal fire. Tanker 37 and Alexandria were disregarded at that time. Power company was requested for power lines and the scene was turned over to Pipe Creek, as it was in their coverage area. Grass 36 returned to service at 12:37 p.m. … Read the rest
FVFD was called at 4:21 p.m. on Friday afternoon for mutual aid supporting Pipe Creek FD. Tanker 33 and Grass 36 responded and were on-scene at 4:31 p.m., and were released and returned to service at 4:40 p.m.… Read the rest
With the arrival of brand-new Tanker 33, everybody needed to go through training on its operation. On Tuesday, Sept. 27, we took Tanker 33 and Engine 32 to the Frankton High School parking lot and put the new tanker through its paces. All of the drivers got the opportunity to practice pulling T-33 alongside (or backing up to) a dump tank to dump water, and everyone got checked out on running the pump panel.
During the September department meeting, FVFD voted to bring Steve Corbett onto the department as a probationary firefighter. Steve comes to us already certified to Firefighter I & II, so we look forward to his being able to make an immediate contribution to the department.
Congratulations, Steve, and welcome aboard from all of us at FVFD!… Read the rest

On Sunday, September 25, FVFD department members, friends and family gathered to say farewell to old Tanker 33 and to join in the blessing of new Tanker 33, which just arrived from Midwest Fire before Heritage Days. Department Chaplain Gary Elsten led the group in a brief retiring of the old truck, after which it was draped in black cloth to symbolize its decommissioned status, and the group joined in blessing the new Tanker 33, which is now in service.
Retiring old Tanker 33
Retiring old Tanker 33
Old Tanker 33
Old Tanker 33
The Chaplain leads the group
Blessing the new Tanker 33
Blessing new Tanker 33
New Tanker 33
New Tanker 33
New Tanker 33
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I could only shoot what I could see from the fire department booth, so I handed the camera off to Sara Hendrick and she got good shots of the kids’ events on Sunday at Heritage Days.
Finally… the full set of photos from the 2011 Frankton Heritage Days Parade.
I tried to get as much of the parade as I could… not just the fire department… so spread the word!
Since the gallery plugin only shows the first 50 below, you can click through to see the full set on Flickr.
I’ve got close to 200 photos from the parade, so the big post will come later, but here are a few of my favorites from the parade and the festival today…
Wave for the camera!
Our new addition… Tanker 33!
New Tanker 33
Gleefully happy running kids…
Pretty draft horses
Who's got the baby?
Family time at Heritage Days…
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