PROVIDENCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTAnnual Board of Directors Meeting

Monday, June 4, 2012

Leadership

Joshua Dye, Fire Chief Darryl Matthews, Deputy Chief Steve Carow, Assistant Chief Brian Pethel, Rescue Chief Matt Carow, Captain Kenny Schott, Captain Will Sanburg, Captain Jarrin Tucker, Lieutenant Chrys Nikopoulos, Lieutenant

Our Members

John Burgess Michael Spika Chris Demaio Jaime Mathewson Andrew Dye Jimmy Carroll Ryan Ferrell Scott Johnston Santonio

Cunningham Mike Elliott Becca Broughton Darren Knight

Timothy Dye Daniel Modia Ryan Craig Mike Demartini Cheyanne Nash Tyler Grigston James Lopez Spencer Dobbins Matt Charron Josh Bonwell Brandon Tabor Keith Haney Alexander Martin

Randy Burch Richard Bingler Shane Lee Jessica Elliott Mike Severance Jermey Hromada Anthony Mason A.J. Duty Kevin Lambeth Peter Williams Steven Williams Steven Luisa

Community Involvement

Participated in the Town of Weddington’s Easter Egg Hunt

Community Involvement

Operated our annual Christmas tree lot at the station, selling over 120 trees to the local community

Community Involvement

Collected items for the “Holiday Food & Toy Drive” and the “Union County Coats Drive” to help the underprivileged

Sent out a Holiday newsletter to the members of our local community

Hosted a successful Community Blood Bank drive, taking in 19 units of blood from 23 donors

Major Improvements

Installed a new “station alert system”

To improve our response times, our members created a Street Guide listing detailed directions to all streets within our coverage area

Major Improvements

Achieved North Carolina Medium Rescue Certification for Rescue 32

Approved for membership in the North Carolina Association of Rescue and Emergency Medical Services

Major Improvements

Issued each member of the department a new @providencevfd.com email address to enhance internal communication

Replaced foam on all Providence units with a cutting-edge encapsulator fire suppression agent known as “F-500”

Training

Our members accumulated an impressive 2,378.75 hours of fire training between July 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012 Training exercises included a live burn

simulation hosted by Waxhaw Volunteer Fire Dept. earlier this year

Training

In addition to the in-house training provided by the department, many of our members obtained state certifications at local colleges Nearly 10 members obtained either their

Firefighter I and/or their Firefighter II certification(s) during the 2011-2012 fiscal year

Looking Towards the Future

Providence VFD is grateful for the community’s support and we look forward to continuing a strong relationship with the Town of Weddington and local citizens

Our department prides itself on providing superior fire suppression, rescue and emergency medical services to the local community