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LOUIS BACKSTOPPERS January 18, 2012 WILLIAM WALTER HENTCHEL MEHLVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT January 12, 2012 MICHAEL EDWIN BOEHLE COTTLEVILLE FIRE DISTRICT December 31, 2011 EDGAR 'RICH' GRIFFEY WEBSTER GROVES FIRE DEPARTMENT December 26, 2011 LEONARD 'AUBI' AUBUCHON RIVERVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT December 17, 2011 DAVID STAFFORD MID-COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT December 8, 2011 FREDERIC 'FRED' GOODSON MONARCH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT December 8, 2011 JAMES 'JIM' D. McNAMARA COTTLEVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT December 10, 2011 CARL E. BUTLER SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT Novermber 12, 2011 KENNY GROENNERT MONARCH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT October 19, 2011 JOHN E. 'JACK' FINCH PATTONVILLE-BRIDGETON TERRACE FIRE DISTRICT October 12, 2011 EDWARD KARCH SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT October 12, 2011 JOSEPH A. LAWS SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT October 10, 2011 FREDRICK A. KRAFT FLORISSANT VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT October 8, 2011 CHRIS L. ZIEGELMEYER CREVE COEUR FIRE PROECTION DISTRICT September 26, 2011 THOMAS O. MURPHY SHREWSBURY FIRE DEPARTMENT September 26, 2011 HARRY L. GEBHARDT CLAYTON FIRE DEPARTMENT September 13, 2011 GAIL L. CHATFIELD STATE OF MISSOURI SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT September 3, 2011 JONATHAN A. GOLD M.D. SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT August 2011 ROBERT W. BROCKMEIER, SR. SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT August 15, 2011 JOHN 'JACK' IRWIN NORTHEAST AMBULANCE AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT August 15, 2011 RAYMOND F. BLADDICK KIRKWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT August 10, 2011 ANTHONY E. ROLFES MEMBER IAFF August 2, 2011 LEROY SENTERS SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT July 29. 2011 JOSEPH D. O'HARE SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT July 18, 2011 GEORGE C. HATCHARD SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT July 17, 2011 STEVEN G. GRIMES FENTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT June 23, 2011 JAMES J. 'JIM' HARTNETT CLAYTON FIRE DEPARTMENT June 11, 2011 TIMOTHY L. MILLER SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT May 30, 2011 CHRISTINA SCARPINATO CRESTWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT May 28, 2011 ORVILLE J. ALTHOFF FENTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT May 21, 2011 WILBER J. SCHAEFER SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT May 4, 2011 JAMES MICHAEL QUAIN SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT April 20, 2011 ROBERT DALE BROWN FERGUSON FIRE DEPARTMENT March 15, 2011 SCHERESE M. BISHOP NORTHEAST AMBULANCE & FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT March 11, 2011 FOREST 'ED' DYER RIVERVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT March 5, 2011 JAMES W. LYNCH, SR. GARDENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT January 30, 2011 ALLEN J. BRANDMEYER SR. SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT January 24, 2011 ROBERT V. PAPPAGEORGE SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT January 12, 2011 PETER P. CARAPELLA SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT January 10, 2011, JOSEPH P. CARUSO SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT January 3, 2011 CHRISTOPHER J. KOENIG DE PERES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY December 23, 2010 ALTON A. LOWRY SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT December 24, 2010 ORAN 'JOE' ANDERSON SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT December 11, 2010 DOMINIC P. MONTILEONE SR. MEHLVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT December 13, 2010 KENNETH L. DAVID CITY OF CLAYTON FIRE DEPARTMENT December 7, 2010 LESLIE H. JENKINS SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT December 2, 2010 ALBERT D. POLLARD SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT November 17, 2010 ROBERT L. SCHMITTLING SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT November 14, 2010 ROBERT A. LUDVIK ST. LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT November 6, 2010 ROBERT ALLEN PETH HAZELWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT October 27, 2010 EDWARD J. BOECKMANN SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT October 24, 2010 JASPER JOHN MANZELLA SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT October 15, 2010 CHARLES R. 'CHARLIE' COMBEST SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT October 19, 2010 NORVAL C. HOOD JR. SPANISH LAKE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT October 18, 2010 ROBERT A. MOORE SR. LAKE ST. LOUIS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ROBERT HARDY III SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT October 14, 2010 GARY J. HERWIG FENTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT October 7, 2010 ANTHONY PATRICK LUCAS MEHLVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT October 4, 2010 JAMES 'JIMMY' P. DROEGE KIRKWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT September 4, 2010 CHARLES W. PROCTOR SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT August 26, 2010 JOHN HENRY COBURN SR. STATE OF MISSOURI SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT August 14, 2010 JOHN WILLIAM RAINES ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE August 7, 2010 ANGELO JOSEPH MAGLIONE SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT July 30, 2010 RICK A. KEELER CREVE COEUR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT July 15, 2010 ROBERT F. HUGHEY WEBSTER GROVES FIRE DEPARTMENT July 4, 2010 WILLIAM H. 'BILL' LEWIS SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT June 30, 2010 ADAM H. DONGES SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT June 13, 2010 ROBERT E. PALMER MEHLVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT May 25, 2010 JAMES P. DONNELLY COTTLEVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT May 17, 2010 ROBERT E. FEEHERTY NORMANDY FIRE DEPARTMENT April 20, 2010 MICHAEL J. HART BLACK JACK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT April 16, 2010 ALDO P. FARINA SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT April 7, 2010 ROBERT E. WATTS III BRENTWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT April 2, 1010 DAVID L. FOSSELL SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT April 3, 2010 PAUL J. STEIMEL SPANISH LAKE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT March 17, 2010 EUGENE 'GENE' WEBER ORCHARD FARM FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT March 27, 2010 BOB REBOULET METRO-WEST FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT March 13, 2010 CLARENCE J. BECK SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT March 4, 2010 CHARLES W. SZARWINSKI HAZELWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT February 22, 2010 JOHN FOLEY PATTONVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT February 10, 2010 DAVID GERARD GAVWINER SR. UNIVERSITY CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT February 3, 2010 JERRY L. MOORE SAINT LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT February 2, 2010 KENNETH R. GEILER SAINT. LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT January 22, 2010 WILBERT 'BILL' ALTEMEYER CARSONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. January 5, 2010 FIRE HEADLINES REGIONAL NEWS HOT FIRE - HOT DAY, GARAGE BURNS ON FATHERS DAY APARTMENT FIRE INJURES THREE FIREFIGHTERS STABILIZE VEHICLE TO REMOVE DRIVER FIREFIGHTERS RECEIVE AWARDS Three Spanish Lake Firefighters recently received the 2010 Liberty Mutual Firemark Award recognizing an outstanding act of valor done selflessly and without due regard for personal safety. The photo above shows from left to right, Mr. Michael Barrett, Liberty Mutual Representative, and Spanish Lake Firefighters Captain David Dubowski, Private Patrick Horn and Probationary Private Blake Miller. Also receiving the award were Black Jack Fire District Captain Tom Torminio, Private Morad Badwin and Private Joel Culp. The incident involved an apartment fire in the 2800 block of Chesapeak Drive in the Black Jack Fire Protection District. Firefighters Dubowski, Horn and Miller arrived first and found heavy smoke showing from the building. Dubowski and Miller entered the building and found heavy fire and heat conditions in the basement and they extinguished the fire. Firefighters Torminio and Badwan began an extensive search of the second floor and Firefighter Badwan found four year old Ananda Harris on the floor in the second floor bedroom. Torminio and Badwan exited the building with the child for medical care. The child died a few days later in intensive care. Click here for media coverage of the incident: KSDK COVERAGE SLFPD FIREFIGHTER CERTIFIED AS A EMT/PARAMEDIC Captain Jason Raines has recently been licensed by the State of Missouri as a EMT/Paramedic Captain Raines has been a firefighter with the Spanish Lake Fire District for 14 years. He is also certified for Swift Water/Flood Rescue, Storm Surge Level 3, Boat Rescue Operations, River Water Boat Team, Static Water Boat Team, Hazmat Decon and Fire Officer 1. In 2004 Captain Raines received a letter of commendation in the rescue of a six-year-old child from a residential structure fire. He was promoted to Captain in 2005. Captain Raines is currently assigned to Engine Company 5110 at Fire Station No. 1 on Bellefontaine Road. Emergencies can strike anytime. A tornado, a flood or even a terrorist attack can change lives. Missouri families, communities, businesses and schools need to take steps today to prepare for an emergency. Preparing today can save lives! READY IN 3 CAN HELP ! Endorsed by the American Red Cross and the State Emergency Management Agency, Ready in 3 focuses on three steps you can take to prepare for many kinds of emergencies. READY IN 3 INFORMATION PACKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT ANY SPANISH LAKE FIRE STATION OR AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING LOCATED AT 11813 LARIMORE RD. MISSOURI SERVICE PERSONNEL Post a message or add a service member to list. FIRE PHOTOS POSTED BY VIEWERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS FIRE HEADLINES REGIONAL NEWS SPANISH LAKE AUTOMOBILE FIRE September 19, 2011 - Engine 5110 (Spanish Lake) and Engine 3710 (Black Jack)extinguished an automobile fire on the on ramp to Highway 367 Northbound from west bound Highway 270 in north St. Louis County, Missouri. SPANISH LAKE 4 ALARM APARTMENT FIRE May 30, 2011 - Fire destroyed a 30 unit apartment building in the Raintree Apartment Complex in Spanish Lake. Some 90 firefighters from North County fought the fire in 94 degree temperatures and 35 MPH winds for several hours. BLACK JACK WATER RESCUE Firefighters rescue woman trapped in her vehicle after it crashed into a swollen Coldwater Creek at Lindbergh Blvd. and Coldwater Creek in the Black Jack Fire District of St. Louis County, Missouri. The rescue was effected by the Spanish Lake Fire District Boat Team. SPANISH LAKE BUS FIRE IN SPANISH LAKE January 29, 2010 - Firefighters from Engines 5110 and 3710 extinguished a fully involved bus fire on Highway 367 at Redman Road in north St. Louis County. SPANISH LAKE AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING SPANISH LAKE HOUSE FIRE January 29, 2010 - (KMOV) -- A house in Spanish Lake was heavily damaged by fire. It happened after 10:00 p.m. on Thursday in the 12,000 block of Madrid. No one was inside the house when the fire broke out. An investigation into what caused the flames is underway. SPANISH LAKE HOUSE FIRE IN SPANISH LAKE January 11, 2010 - Firefighters responded to a "Still Alarm" fire in the street and upon arrival found a carport and a part of a house fully involved in fire. A First Alarm was struck for additional manpower and equipment. The house was vacant and one firefighter suffered minor injuries in a fall on the ice. YOU TUBE VIDEO SPANISH LAKE KITCHEN FIRE CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE TO HOME November 9, 2009 - The resident at 12647 Meadowsale Avenue in Spanish Lake, stated that he had been cooking hamburgers and left the stove unattended, causing the fire. When firefighters arrived they found flames coming out the front and rear windows of the residence. The fire caused extensive damage to the residence. No one was injured. SPANISH LAKE SPANISH LAKE HOUSE FIRE INJURES FIREFIGHTER October 18, 2009 - Firefighters encountered heavy fire showing from the roof of a residence at 1739 Bent Twig Lane in Spanish Lake at approximately 11 p.m. The fire destroyed the second floor and roof of the residence and was brought under control in about 30 minutes with the assistance of neighboring departments. There was no one home at the time of the fire. A fire captain from Spanish Lake received an ankle injury and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. SPANISH LAKE HEAD-ON ACCIDENT IN SPANISH LAKE INJURES 4 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - Firefighters and paramedics treated 3 adults and 1 infant in a two car head-on accident in the 11700 block of Bellefontaine Road in Spanish Lake. Three people were transported to the hospital. NORTH COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE SIX PEOPLE FROM MISSOURI RIVER, IN TWO RECENT INCIDENTS September 15, 2009 - Firefighters with the Spanish Lake Fire Protection District Boat Team rescued two people that were trapped when their boat ran into boulders in the Missouri River near Sioux Passage Park on September 2, 2009. Also, they rescued 4 people that were stranded on the Missouri River near the Columbia Bottoms Conservation area on the night of September 8, 2009. They were assisted by the Missouri Water Patrol in the first incident and the St. Louis Fire Department Marine Unit on the second incident. No one was injured in either incident. SPANISH LAKE CAR INTO A POLE - DRIVER INJURED August 20, 2009 - Firefighters and medics treated the driver of an automobile that struck a utility pole in the 11000 block of Liliac Avenue in Spanish Lake. The driver was transported to the hospital and electric was knocked out in the neighborhood. VIDEO SPANISH LAKE Photo courtesy of Jason Isrigg HOT FIRE - HOT DAY, GARAGE BURNS ON FATHERS DAY June 21, 2009 - Firefighters extinguished a fully involved garage fire on a hot Father's Day afternoon with temps in the mid 90s in the 1900 block of Ashboro in north St. Louis County Missouri. The attached garage was fully involved with fire showing through the roof when the fire department arrived. The firefighters made a quick knock down with a deck gun, which kept the fire from entering the living space of the residence. Cause of the fire is undetermined. One firefighter was treated on the scene for heat exhaustion. VIDEO SPANISH LAKE APARTMENT FIRE INJURES THREE June 5, 2009 - A one alarm fire in an apartment building the Oak Park Village Apartments, 11202 Ruesta Drive, injured two civilians and one firefighter. The fire originated in the buildings stairwell and trapped several people on the second and third floors. The fire was quickly extinguished by several north county fire departments that were dispatched to the scene. The St. Louis County Police Bomb and Arson Unit is investigating the cause of the fire. DASH CAM VIDEO SPANISH LAKE FIREFIGHTERS STABILIZE VEHICLE TO REMOVE DRIVER March 14, 2009 - Firefighters used air bags and stabilizing struts to keep an automobile from tipping over while the driver was removed from the vehicle. The driver lost control and went up the embankment on Coal Bank Road near Liliac Avenue. The driver, who was not injured, attempted to climb out of the vehicle through the drivers window and was grabbed by two firefighers to keep him from falling. LAW & ORDER SPANISH LAKE AREA CRIME REPORT FERGUSON MAN GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR 2009 KILLING NEAR SPANISH LAKE September 19, 2011 - Giordanio A. Blackburn, 26, of Ferguson, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after he was found guilty in July of first-degree murder and five other felonies for a shooting death and kidnapping in the Spanish Lake area on Jan. 20, 2009. Blackburn was sentenced Friday by St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Carolyn Whittington. Three men have now been sentenced in the crime, in which Al-Regis T. Clay, 23, was fatally shot and Clay's girlfriend and her 3-year-old son were briefly kidnapped. An accomplice, Terrance Washington, 24, of north St. Louis County, pleaded guilty in December to several felony counts, including second-degree murder, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Another accomplice, Nigel "Detroit" Austin-Hailey, 37, of Ferguson, pleaded guilty in March to his role in the killing and was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Clay's girlfriend, 23, and her son were found safe several hours after the shooting, police said. Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_13e20848-e308-11e0-b4e1-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1b9QXJLhm COPS PUSH BACK AT TOUBLESOME TOWN HOMES - Sept. 1, 2010 -- St. Louis County Police Officer John Krebs (right) questions an individual (in car) arrested on a warrant for having a concealed weapon, as Krebs' partner, Officer Dustin Partney (left), searches the individual's vehicle in the Countryside Apartments in Spanish Lake. The officers are part of the north precinct's Neighborhood Enforcement program, in which officers walk the streets of the city's large apartment complexes, checking residency and housing status, usually netting people with outstanding warrants. 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CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL CENTRAL STANDARD TIME The Spanish Lake Fire Protection District includes a 19 square mile area in extreme northern St. Louis County Missouri (USA). The District is bounded by the Missouri River on the north, the Mississippi River on the east, Interstate Highway 270 on the south, and Missouri Highway 67 on the west. This District has approximately 23,000 residents. Spanish Lake Fire District has mutual aid agreements with all fire departments and districts in St. Louis County, the West Alton Fire District in St. Charles County, and the City of St. Louis. The District also participates in the State wide mutual aid program. The Riverview Fire Protection District and City of St. Louis are on the southern boundaries of the district and the Black Jack Fire Protection District is on our western boundaries. View Larger Map NEXT BOARD MEETING Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:30 P.M. at the ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 11813 Larimore Road ON THE AGENDA: THE TENTATIVE AGENDA OF THIS MEETING INCLUDES: INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS to the Board; Reading of the Minutes; TREASURERS REPORT and approval of bills; OLD BUSINESS, General Business Matters, Reading of Weekly Alarm Report; NEW BUSINESS, General Business Matters; FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT; DEPUTY CHIEF’S REPORT; SHOP STEWARD COMMENTS; GOOD OF THE ORDER, Thank you notes and letters received; ADJOURNMENT. The tentative agenda of this meeting also includes a vote to close part of this meeting pursuant to RSMO Section 610.021, Subsections (5). The news media may obtain copies of this notice by contacting Chief Robert Ritter at (314) 741-7300, or at email slfpd5100@spanishlakefd.com or at the above address.

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