Congrats Keeler Family

Well what do you know. Brother Keeler has just beccame a new DADDY to a healthy baby girl weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. Both momma and baby are doing fine and I hope to get out and see them tomorrow and get a picture or two to show her off.

2007 Nor' Easter'

Being a southern boy myself, I am the last person you want to explain what a "Nor' Easter'" is (yahoo it for yourself). What I can say is that it is a storm with a lot of wind with rain or snow, and in this case it was rain. The "Mother's Day Storm" of 2006 was much worst in comparison, but this storm claimed its fair share of victims. As far as fatalities, I only know of two in Maine (tried to cross a washed out road and was seept downstream). There were a lot of unhappy homeowners though.

Batt 4 was on duty when an audible was sent out for Batt 3 personel to return for manpower. 12 members came back in and staffed Rescue 1, and forestries 1, 4, & 5. along with Batt 3's BC

roaming arounf in a command vehicle.

A job well done by all who participated. A lot of basements were pumped out and more than 500 sandbags were placed around homes to help prevent water damage. For more pics from the storm you can go to www.wmur.com.

20 YEARS of SERVICE

A congratulations goes out to 5 members of the CFD for reaching their 20 years of service mark. Brothers Marcotte (F/F Batt 3), Verville (F/F Batt 1), Saltmarsh (Bureau Comm), Cournoyer(F/F Batt 2), & Freire (Lt. Batt 1) started thier careers with the CFD on April 13, 1987. Rumor has it that when these guys were in rookie school one of them asked for a cup of coffee, so the decision was made by their training officer to walk to the nearest Dunkin Donuts, which was about a half-mile away. This would not turn out to be any leisure walk however. Instead, these guys were made to carry a 35' exetension ladder both there and back IN THE SNOW!! I wonder if any of them asked for anything after that.

I-393 MVA

On April 8th 0130 Hrs, Engine 7, Ambulance 7 and Ladder 2 were dispatched to I-393 for an MVA. Dispatch notified us that the vehicle had gone over the embankment and the NH State Patrol was on scene reporting that all the occupants were out of the vehicle. Upon arrival we found a small sized dodge pick-em-up truck had jumped the guardrail and rolled down the embankment and came to rest on the its side in a swampy marsh pit. The vehicle had three occupants who had self-extricated themselves, two of which were found lying on the ground against the trucks bed and a third who was standing along side them. Due to the location of the patients and the difficulty involved with moving them to the ambulance Engine 7's Captain Whitney requested Engine 1, Ambulances 4 & 5, and the Batt. Chief respond to the incident for more manpower. The patients were located approx. 70 feet from the roadway, down an embankment with about a 45 deg angle, therefore, the decision was made to relocate Amb 4, 5, and 7 to an adjacent apartment complex and the patients would be carried via backboards and stokes basket, which was a distance of about 150 yards. Patient 1 had a partially amputated foot, patient 2 had multiple lacerations to the head from glass, and Pt 3 had a 2 inch laceration above his right eye along with neck and back pain. The last pt was removed from the scene and transported after about 30 minutes of our arrival on scene. Engine 7's crew cleared the scene at 0330 hours once the vehicle was removed.