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 Glynn County Fire Department - Protectors of Life and Property Since 1952

 
   

 

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July 06, 2008

 

Glynn County, GA

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What's New at

GlynnCountyFireDept.org

Record of changes and updates to the website.

2008 UPDATES

July 6, 2008

(81551)

  • Updated Forms and Documents page

  • Updated Activity Calendar

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Brotherhood Ride 2008

June 30, 2008

(81298)

  • Added Safe & Happy 4th of July Wish

  • Updated In-service training page

  • Updated Department Personnel

June 9, 2008

(80327)

  • Added link to Georgia Fire Academy

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Glynn Firefighters to aid MDA (PSA)

    Firefighters ride to remember fallen

May 24, 2008

(79645)

  • Updated Activity Calendar

  • Updated In-service training page

  • Added Forms and Documents page

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Wildfire threat remains

    Barrel found on beach harmless

  • Updated Fire Administration Facility Construction photo album

  • Updated "Site Map"

April 26, 2008

(78360)

  • Repaired / updated activity calendar

April 26, 2008 

(78335)

  • Repaired / updated video section

  • Added the following articles / features:

    County, city train to avert disaster

  • Added the following Public Service Announcements (PSA):

    Working to Keep Hydrants Ready for Emergencies

    Clearing around Fire Hydrants

April 20, 2008 

(78032)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    First shipboard firefighter class taught in Georgia

    Fire engines lead little league ball season opening day parades

  • "Random Shots" photo section

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Little league opening day parade

    Home Depot kids day

    Debris piles extinguished: albums 1 & 2

    Wildfire along railroad

    Pipeline road fire

  • Updated "Top Responders"

April 19, 2008 

 (78018)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    The volunteer banquet: an annual tradition...

    Department has busy day of public relations

    Debris piles extinguished

    Wildfire burns along Railroad

  • Updated Fire Administration Facility Construction photo album

  • Added April Training

March 18, 2008 

(76485)

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

March 9, 2008 

(75987)

  • Updated "Top Volunteer Responder"

  • Updated 'Greeter' for day light savings time

  • "Random Shots" photo section updated

March 7, 2008 

(75891)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

March 2, 2008 

(75665)

  • Updated Training page

  • Added March Training

February 25, 2008

(75345)

  • Updated Tommy E. Wheelis obituary notice

  • Updated Memorial page

February 23, 2008

(75249)

  • Updated Tommy E. Wheelis obituary notice

February 23, 2008

(75214)

  • Updated Tommy E. Wheelis obituary notice

  • Added "Volunteer Activity Report" on "In-Service" page

  • Updated "Site Map"

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

February 22, 2008

(75187)

  • Added Tommy E. Wheelis obituary notice

February 16, 2008

(74867)

  • Added Michael A. Humes obituary notice

  • Added the following articles / features:

    2 hurt when cars, bus collide

    North county gets new ambulance

    Glynn rushes aid to blast site

    Fire takes everything

  • Updated Fire Administration Facility Construction photo album

  • "Random Shots" photo section

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Cedar street fire

    Johnston street fire

January 21, 2008

(73768)

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

January 20, 2008

(73714)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Fire guts auto repair shop

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Updated EMS page

  • Added Special Operations page

  • Added Suppression page

  • Added Training page

January 5, 2008

(73049)

  • Updated Contact Us information

  • Reviewed / updated website policies

  • Updated website recognition award program

  • Received website recognition awards

  • Issued website recognition awards

  • Added the following articles / features:

    All survive hard landing

    Rural Glynn still relies on tankers in emergencies

January 1, 2008

(72847)

  • Updated Fire Administration Facility Construction photo album

  • Added Safe & Happy New Years Wish

  • Updated copyright dates

  • Added the following articles / features:

    New ambulance goes into service

2007 UPDATES

December 30, 2007

(72805)

  • Added wallpaper featuring Santa Clause.

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added the following videos

    GCFD - Peppertree Crossing Clubhouse Fire

    GCFD - Peppertree Crossing Clubhouse the day after

    GCFD - Fully Involved Van Fire

  • "Random Shots" photo section

December 15, 2007

(72259)

  • Added Fire Administration Facility Construction photo album

  • Added "Random Shots" photo section

  • Added "Top Volunteer Responder"

  • Added "Personnel Spotlight" section

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Keith Lane mobile home fire

December 8, 2007

(72035)

  • Updated Department Personnel

November 30, 2007

(71772)

  • Added Safe & Happy Holiday Wish

  • Added the following safety tips and information

    Bicycle Safety Tips

    Bites and Stings Safety

    Brush Fire Safety

    Child Passenger Safety Tips

    Fireplace Safety

    Heat Stress

    High Rise Safety

    Matches and Lighter Safety

    Skateboard Safety

November 23, 2007

(71542)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Annual volunteer fundraiser gets underway

    Glynn County Firefighter’s on Hand at Family Festival

    Police, fire officials team to clean up neighborhood

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Calendar Stuffing Meeting

    St. Williams Fall Festival

    Exchange Club Fair

    Fire Prevention Week

    Pump Training

    Driftwood Mobile Home Park Fire

    Jones Road Fire

November 22, 2007

(71498)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    It’s ALL for the children

    Wreck sends 3 to hospital

    Letters to the Editor...Thank you for saving my grandson’s life

    Officer praised for helping save baby

  • Updated Site Map

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Updated Department Volunteer Personnel

November 11, 2007

(70652)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

    Halloween Wish

  • Updated Department Volunteer Personnel

October 29, 2007

(70652)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

    Halloween Wish

  • Updated Department Volunteer Personnel

October 20, 2007

(70309)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    No Cause for alarm: Big truck headed to island

  • Added the following videos

    GCFD - Rescue 1 in-route

October 17, 2007

(70212)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    MOMS Club of St Simons Island visits fire station

October 15, 2007

(70132)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Firefighters Honored by Peers as Best of the Year

    Fire Prevention Week comes to a successful conclusion

October 9, 2007

(69900)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Firefighters keep flames burning

October 7, 2007

(69811)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Department gears up for a successful FIRE PREVENTION WEEK

September 23, 2007

(69256)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Department responds to an early morning fire

  • Added the following videos

    GCFD - Historic Sea Palms Clubhouse Fire (December 1989)

    GCFD - Our Net News Interview with Joel Cody (August 2, 2007)

    GCFD - Ambulance ride

September 16, 2007

(68871)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Damages from fire cost in thousands

  • Added the following videos

    GCFD - Fire School Training Burn (January 13, 2007)

    GCFD - Liquor Store Fire (September 13, 2007)

September 12, 2007

(68772)

  • Added the following videos

    GCFD - Spring 2005 Fire School (Spring 2005)

September 4, 2007

(68573)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Haz-mat team responds to call

  • Added Video Section

  • Added the following videos

    GCFD - Live Fire Training Burn (July 15, 2001)

    GCFD - Pressurized Container Fire Control (May 10, 2006)

    GCFD - Residential Structure Fire (June 12, 2007)

August 4, 2007

(67120)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Brunswick News Editorial…Firefighters deserve utmost recognition

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Upgraded Guestbook script to Active Guestbook version 14.4

  • Approved guestbook entry

  • Updated department personnel

  • Updated "Contact Us" page

  • Expanded Historical Timeline

July 25, 2007

(66724)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Rescued pets owe lives to firefighters

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added wallpapers featuring historical events and incidents.

July 14, 2007

(66274)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Firehouse Fare

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Apparatus Familiarization Training

  • Added wallpapers featuring historical events and incidents.

July 11, 2007

(66151)

  • Updated Codes, Ordinances & Laws

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

July 7, 2007

(65962)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Two fires in one night raise suspicion

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Strachan Lane Structure Fire I

    Strachan Lane Structure Fire II

  • Added Burn Permit information

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Updates Site Map

July 3, 2007

(65762)

  • Added Safe & Happy 4th of July Wish

June 30, 2007

(65636)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Engine strikes chord with firefighters

    Glynn readying for crisis

    Letters to the Editor...Thanks to neighbors, Glynn County firemen

    Fire destroys home in St. Simons Island

    Huge house fire lights up St. Simons Island sky

    Letters to the Editor…Hats off to the Glynn County Fire Dept.

    Public officials: Teach children better fire safety

May 20, 2007

(63382)

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Department presented with hand crafted table

    Volunteer Appreciation and Inauguration Ceremony

    McIntosh Counties’ Blount’s Pasture burns again

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Volunteer Appreciation and Inauguration Ceremony

    Firefighter Survival - Hose Spaghetti

  • Added "National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)" link to

    "Wildfire Links" on headline page

May 6, 2007
  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Ware County Wildfire (Twelve Mile Post Rd)

    Ware County (Waycross) Wildfire from 2500 ft

    Brantley County (Nahunta) Wildfire from 2500 ft

    Palmetto Circle Fire

    Fire School - Live Fire Training #2

    Fire School - Live Fire Training

    Blounts Pasture, McIntosh County Wildfire

    Trash Fire Out of Control

    Apparatus Familiarization CFR-5

    New Apparatus CFR-5

    Fairway Oaks Shed Fire

    Mobile Home Fire

    Airplane Down

    Hawkins Island Fire

    Extrication Equipment Familiarization

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

May 5, 2007
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Car Ignites

    Authorized burn gets out of control

    Paper Fire Sparks Woodlands Outside Jesup

    Fire out of control

    Brantley blaze rages

    Glynn sends aid, issues local warnings

    INTO THE INFERNO - Glynn joins fire fight

    Wildfires short-lived

    Burning ban goes into effect

    Fines to be issued for burning debris

    Fire chief needs more personnel

  • Added "Wildfire Links" to headline page

March 18, 2007
  • Added the following articles / features:

    House fire in remote area of County

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Received website recognition awards

March 10, 2007
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

February 10, 2007
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Luxury home consumed by fire

    Pilot Lucky after Crash into Ocean

February 4, 2007
  • Updated contact information

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Fire guts island home

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added wallpapers featuring Turnout gear in rack

January 6, 2007
  • Updated copyright dates

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Volunteers keep fires at bay

    Oak Grove Fire

    9-1-1 Gets upgrade

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added Burn Awareness Week to Prevention page

  • Added the following photo albums:

    SSI Santa Parade

2006 UPDATES

December 11, 2006
  • Upgraded Guestbook script to Active Guestbook version 14.2

December 7, 2006
  • Added Safe & Happy Holiday Wish

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Fireplace blaze leads to damage

  • Updated 2006 Activity Calendar

November 28, 2006
  • Added "Cans for Kids Campaign"

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Firefighters receive certification

November 3, 2006
  • Updated 2006 Activity Calendar

  • Started 2007 Activity Calendar

November 2, 2006
  • Added Firefighter of the Year

  • Added wallpapers featuring Flaming Jack-o-lanterns

  • Added Charles W. Merrill obituary notice

October 8, 2006
  • Updated Department Personnel

October 1, 2006
  • Approved guestbook entries

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Non-emergency calls raise concern

    Hazardous Probe

    Triple-treat blaze

    Shed fire

  • Upgraded Guestbook script to Active Guestbook version 12.2

July 30, 2006
  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    May 10, LPG Fire Control #1

    May 10, LPG Fire Control #2

    May 10, LPG Fire Control #3

    May 10, LPG Fire Control #4

    May 10, LPG Fire Control #5

    May 20, Fire School - Smoke House

    July 22, Shed Fire

July 29, 2006
  • Updated photo album index page

  • Added / updated the following photo albums:

    Station 2 Construction

    January 10, Fire Extinguishers

    February 7, Aerial Training

    February 10, Early Morning Mobile Home Fire

    March 4, First Responder / Extrication Class

    March 14, Hazardous Materials Incident

    March 23, Hazardous Materials Drill

    April 1, SCBA - Training

    April 14, Pine Straw Fire

    April 22, Impact Window Entry (Pella Windows)

    April 29, Search & Rescue Training

    May 6, Fire Streams - Training

    May 6, Automatic Fire Sprinklers - Training

July 8, 2006
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Busy Fourth of July for Department

July 2, 2006
  • Approved guestbook entries

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Fireworks provide modest boom

    SPECIAL FEATURE...A firefighters' summer vacation

    Paint store burns

  • Added wallpapers featuring vintage fire apparatus details

  • Added Safe & Happy 4th of July Wish

June 12, 2006
  • Approved guestbook entries

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Lightning strikes

    Burn house to be retired

    Pressurized containers…firefighters better prepared

  • Added wallpapers featuring pressurized container class

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added Norman Richard Lomis, Jr. obituary notice

May 8, 2006
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Drill prepares for disasters

    National firefighter safety stand down

    Fire danger rising

    Burn injuries are mostly preventable

  • Updated hurricane evacuation and flood maps

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added Arson Awareness Week to Prevention page

  • Added link to Georgia's Move Over Law

March 19, 2006
  • Added the following articles / features:

    St. Simons laundry fire leaves $65,000 in damage

    Occupants leap to safety

    Mobile home residents lose all in fire

  • Added retired Chief Johnnie B. Owens obituary notice

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

February 12, 2006
  • Approved Guestbook entries

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

January 31, 2006
  • Added Robert L. Alford obituary notice

January 7, 2006
  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Added the following articles / features:

    Plant fire quickly doused

January 1, 2006
  • Added New Years wish

  • Updated copyright dates

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

2005 UPDATES

December 30, 2005
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Smoke, Fire, Destruction

    Safety officials urge caution with sparklers

    Be careful with Christmas lights

    Fire engulfs family's tradition

    On the job at Christmas

    Use caution with Christmas trees

  • Added the following photo albums:

    Saint Simons Island Santa Parade

December 4, 2005
  • Added Safe & Happy Holiday Wish

October 29, 2005
  • Added John Michael 'Mike' Gilmore obituary notice

October 23, 2005
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery

    Fire Prevention Week 2005 - A Tradition Continues

    Glynn County’s Newest Fire Station Dedicated

    Station 2, On The Move

    Firefighters use Firehouse in Training Exercise

    Firefighters auctioned for to support “Shop with a Firefighter”

  • Added the following photo albums:

    Station 2 Dedication

  • Updated Glynn County's Emergency Advisory Radio Station

  • Added 'Adopt a Firehouse' banner

September 21, 2005
  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

September 19, 2005
  • Updated Station 2 construction images

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

September 12, 2005
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Accident is a Mystery

  • Updated Station 2 construction images

September 6, 2005
  • Added Claude Dyson Flanders obituary

  • Added Ben T. Ramsey, Jr. obituary

August 21, 2005
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Firefighters battle blaze, weather

    Glynn Academy building burns

  • Added the following photo albums:

    Brunswick News Photo Gallery: Glynn Academy Fire

    Glynn Academy Fire #2

    Glynn Academy Fire #3

    Glynn Academy Fire #4

    Glynn Academy Fire #5

  • Updated Station 2 construction images

  • Approved Guestbook entry

August 7, 2005
  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

July 30, 2005
  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

July 28, 2005
  • Updated Training page

  • Updated Station 2 construction images

July 7, 2005
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Ballard volunteers have third annual boot-drive

    Department on stand-by during annual fireworks show

    Demere Rd. Fire Station construction on target

  • Updated Station 2 construction images

  • Added wallpaper featuring LT-1 and Fireworks

  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

  • Issued website recognition award

  • Added 2004 LODD PowerPoint presentation

July 1, 2005
  • Updated Training page

June 23, 2005
  • Updated Training page

  • Updated Station 2 construction images

June 20, 2005
  • Added Training page

  • Updated Department Overview with dispatch and frequencies

June 13, 2005
  • Updated Station 2 construction images

  • Received website recognition award

  • Added the following photo albums:

    Crash Victim Extrication #1

    Crash Victim Extrication #2

    Crash Victim Extrication #3

May 31, 2005
  • Updated volunteer activity calendar

May 29, 2005
  • Added the following articles / features:

    Spring 2005 Volunteer Fire School comes to a successful conclusion

  • Added the following photo albums:

    Fire School Smokehouse and Live Fire #1

    Fire School Smokehouse and Live Fire #2

    Fire School