Suffolk  Fools      

                                      Est. February  2003  , Suffolk County, New York                                   

 2008 Meeting Dates:

Next Meeting  December 12th, 2008-Meeting 8:00P.M @ Setaukt F.D. Station 3

Anyone wishing to step up to host a 2009 meeting, contact the President or Vice President.

RECENT NEWS & UPDATES

Next meeting: 12/12 @ Setauket F.D.

11/12/2008- The next meeting of the Suffolk FOOLS will take place on Friday night December 12th at Setauket F.D. Station #3 at 8:00 P.M.

  It is located on Nicholls Road (L.I.E. Exit 62 North about 4 miles to firehouse  on right) I am requesting all members turn out for this meeting to discuss the future direction of Suffolk FOOLS and the best course of action for us all.

   Pass the word around and the Executive Board hopes to see as many of you as possible at the meeting.

                        Stay safe until then ,

                                                      Rich

9/11/2008

We always remember & we always will, on this somber occasion we ask all our our members and friends to Hug & kiss all family members and to call old friends to touch base.

Do it for them, do it for you,  do it for all of us.

- With Love from all the Officers & Members of Suffolk F.O.O.L.S.

This Friday night 9/5/2008 will be the quarterly Suffolk FOOLS meeting at 8PM hosted by our Brothers at East Quogue F.D.

We will have several topics to cover as well as a presentation by Mark Gregory concerning Mayday messages.

If anyone wants to meet in the Farmingville area and car pool with gas at 4 bucks a gallon, drop me an email . I'm figuring on leaving the Farmingville area about 6:45-7:00PM.

Directions: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=East+Quogue&state=NY&address=456+Montauk+Hwy

Hopefully we see you all Friday.

As always feel free to pass this on to whoever you think might enjoy this....
 

8/29/08: Keep the training and gatherings info coming. I will get it up as quick as possible

8/28/08: And our Brothers from Nassau are sponsoring a cruise to nowhere on Friday September 12th. The cruise will be leaving out of Freeport on the Dolphin, and runs from 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM. So if you want to get on a 'Ship of FOOLS' here's your chance, Click Here

8/27/08 - A letter from a former Long Island F.F. :

8/13/2008- Also, in case anyone missed the positive comments from Fire Engineering Editor Bobby Halton at the FOOLS convention in July, here's the link. The Chief get it.

8/13/2008- O.K. Welcome back. After a computer meltdown by the web master we are back online. The 1st course of action was updating the L.O.D.D. table down below. Sadly I added 35 brothers to the list today with a heavy heart. Our next meeting will be 9/5 hosted by East Quogue. Hope to see you there. Any information, fundraisers, training information please forward to be put up on the site.

8/13/2008 - Here U.S.F.A. has released it's report on our 2007 deaths. Read it and see if there's anything you can do to help drop the numbers.

The Secret List paraphrased it for those with short attention spans:

Here is the U.S.F.A. overview of the 118 Firefighters that died while on duty in 2007:
=68 volunteer Firefighters and 50 career Firefighters died while on duty.
=There were 7 Firefighter fatality incidents where 2 or more Firefighters were killed, claiming a total of 21 firefighters' lives.
=11 Firefighters were killed during activities involving brush, grass, or wildland firefighting, the lowest in over a decade.
=Activities related to emergency incidents resulted in the deaths of 76 Firefighters.
=38 Firefighters engaging in activities at the scene of a fire.
=26 Firefighters responding to or returning from emergency incidents.
=11 Firefighters were engaged in training activities.
=15 Firefighters after the conclusion of their on-duty activity.
=Heart attacks were the most frequent cause of death for 2007, with 52 Firefighter deaths.

5/8/08- Suffolk FOOLS was informed today that Nassau FOOLS Trustee Peter Scarinzi of the Rockville Centre FD has taken ill. Peter is in N.U.M.C. and is not accepting visitors at this time. There are no other details at the moment but we ask that all Suffolk members join our Nassau brothers in keep Peter in your thoughts and prayers.

5/6/08 We would like to welcome our newest member: Mark Gregory of East Quogue to the fold. East Quogue has also stepped up to host the September meeting for us. Thanks boys.

2/29/08- A little video sent to us from out Brothers at Palm Beach County FOOLS. Enjoy it and share if you want.

2/29/08 - Several FOOLS members from around the country are participating in St. Baldricks for childhood cancer research. Find one and support him/her. http://www.stbaldricks.org/# 

2/26/08 - The peoples Burn Center is looking for members to go to a web site and to review and input information on the upcoming "To Hell an Back 3" scheduled to be debuted at the FDIC in April at Indianapolis. Click on the title to go to the International site and sign up to participate.

2/25/08- Your President has submitted an article that has been placed in the Training Section of the International's site. Click HERE to read it. If anyone has any ideas for articles, feel free to either submit them the international or to us.

2/24/08 - L.O.D.D. list updated - 22 members lost as of 2/23.

2/1/08: At the end of January we have lost 11 Brother/Sister Firefighters, let's hope it slows down as the year progresses.

5/08- Less than half way through the first month of the year and we already have 6 LODD in the U.S. Let's all hope the pace slows down for the brothers & sisters. Best wishes to all of you and your families.

1/5/08- It's the 5th day of the month and we have 3 LODD's to put down in the section. Let's hope this is an    

               aberration. We send our wishes to the families of the departed.

A Happy & safe 2008 to all our members and their families!!!

1/1/2008: The update for those who haven't heard- the Asst. Chief from the news blurb dated 8/18/07 went to court & had his hearing and  was found not guilty after a one day trial. While I'm glad it worked out several people did have to take time off from work to answer this charge in court. It truly is a shame that it needed to come to that....

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NEXT MEETING:  September 5th, 2008-

 East Quogue F.D.-8:00P.M. (Confirmed)