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 	<title>Hamlin Has Two Level 0 Incidents  In One Night</title>
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At the request of 2C24 and 2C34, the Hamlin Fire Department was called at 22:00 hours to investigate the presence of a strong odor and a solvent type of material on the roadways within the Harper Mobile Home Park. Engine 243 and Rescue 248 responded on the dispatch.
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Further investigation by the Chiefs identified several locations of a thin coat of solvent on the roadway and puddles of materials in different areas along the roadway. 2C24 declared a Level 0 Haz-Mat condition bringing Car 822 to the scene. It was concluded that the materials had been spread throughout the park, perhaps by paint materials dumped into a refuse truck, but this could not be confirmed.
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Firefighters began to use absorbent pads to pick-up the thicker collections of sludge while Car 822 completed his investigation and notified other agencies of clean-up plans. Those plans were to absorb what could be picked-up by pads and than washing down the area. This action was completed at approximately 23:00 hours.
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As fire fighters were leaving the scene, a caller from 1 Dogwood notified the EDC at 23:12 hours of a strong odor in that area of the facility. The firefighters moved to that location, a short distance from the previous location, and found an even greater amount of the solvent material on the roadway and sludge along the roadway. Again 2C24 declared a Level 0 incident and Car 822 returned to the scene. Because all absorbent pads had been used at the prior incident, some time was spent waiting for more pads to be delivered from the highway department. Again, most of the sludge was picked-up and the area washed down.
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Firefighters returned to quarters a little after midnight and there were no further calls to the area. An early morning snowfall helped to mitigate the situation.
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Photo's and story by Jerry Clement...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:45:09 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>Open House for Junior Firefighter Program</title>
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The Hamlin Fire Department will have an open house at 7PM on Thursday, January 26 for any 14-18 year old living in the fire district interested in joining the Junior Firefighter Program. The program will teach members the skills and experience needed to become a successful firefighter.
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To qualify for membership a candidate needs to live within the Hamlin Fire District, be in high school and have passing grades. Once accepted, the member is expected to attend a minimum of one drill per month. Junior members will receive high quality training in a safe environment, which focus on basic skills and equipment. They are also allowed to attend weekly fire department drills for the full members, parades and fundraising events.
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When trained to an acceptable level to ensure safety, Junior Members will be given a uniform, fire pager and encouraged to answer a select type of fire calls. When old enough, Junior Members can transition into full membership and become certified, class one, interior firefighters for the Hamlin Fire Department.
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The open house will provide candidates and their parents the opportunity to see the facilities and equipment that will be used, interact with past members and the advisor of the program as well as Hamlin Fire Department officers.
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Anyone needing additional information or with any questions is encouraged to contact the advisor, John Deserto at mandurr@earthlink.net....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:38:48 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>Hamlin Helps at Morton's Fire</title>
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 <![CDATA[Members of the Hamlin Fire Department were just clearing up from an  EMS job on Monday afternoon, when the Morton Fire Department got toned  out for a structure fire. Hearing this the Hamlin fire Department  started crewing up Engine 243 to respond. The original dispatch location  of the fire was on west side of Monroe - Orleans County Line Rd. The  protocol for this is an engine with manpower from Kendall on original  dispatch and a tanker from Hamlin. Luckily, newly minted 2C-74, Lt. Pat  Doerrer read the Chiefs mind and crewed up the engine first. This was an  excellent idea as the call to 911 came from the west side of the road,  but the house on fire was on the east side. 243 with a crew of 5 arrived  on location, followed closely by tanker 246. 

The crew from 243 (Lt. Doerrer, Magovero, Cottorone and Deserto met  Hamlin Chief Alan Smith and pulled a line from Morton Engine 215. They  entered the front door and went upstairs to back-up a crew from Kendall  that had taken over the original line brought up by a Morton crew. In a  bedroom at the top of the stairs the fire had already caused a portion  of the roof to collapse. The visible fire had been put out but more fire  was discovered in the attic space after the Hamlin crew started pulling  ceilings. 

This fire proved difficult to control because it was fed from below in  the balloon framed structure. The Hamlin crew turned over extinguishment  and overhaul duties to relief crews when their air bottles got low.  After a short rehab and bottle change the Hamlin crew went back in and  relieved the crews on the second floor. After additional overhaul work  the Hamlin crew used up their second bottle of air and were relieved for  the rest of the incident. 

The structure was in a non-hydrant area of Morton, so a three tanker  shuttle (Hamlin, Kendall and Hulberton) fed the Morton base pumper. An  engine from Kendall supplied the water from a hydrant near the Morton  fire house. Other departments involved were from Holley, Brockport and  Hilton. The Morton fire house was opened up for firefighter  rehabilitation where they were well fed by the Morton Auxiliary out of  the bitter cold single digit temperatures and wind.
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    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:14:04 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>Santa Run 2011</title>
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 <![CDATA[On Saturday December 10, 2011 the Hamlin Fire Department and Life Solutions of Hamlin teamed up to deliver Christmas cheer to several dozen families in Hamlin. This is an ongoing relationship between these two voluntary service organizations that enables some families in economic difficulties to have something special in this season of giving.A lion's share of the work is done by Life Solutions staff who gather the food, sort, organize and wrap the presents for all the clients and families, not just the Santa Run families with small children. This was Life Solutions first Christmas in their new building and they were very pleased with how much easier the day went. All the hard work they have put into their new building has definitely paid off. The movie and photo's are dedicated to the hard working volunteers who stayed in the building all day serving the other clients while the firefighters got to see the joy on the faces of children and parents when that Christmas miracle, Santa Clause, strolled up and delivered Christmas to them.A light snow and sunny but crisp temperatures set the mood for the 17 members of the fire department continued the seven year tradition of helping Santa for the Santa Run. The stories of children leaping into Santa's arms (if he was prepared or not), exclamations that this was the real Santa and which hard bitten "nothing gets to me" firefighter had to take a moment to wipe a tear will be told for years.A special thanks to Department photographers Jerry Clement and Deputy Chief Tom Maier for their hundreds of pictures. Without them we wouldn't be able to share this experience with you. A final thank you to Santa, you rock. See you next year.Story by John DesertoPhoto's Jerry Clement and Tom Maier...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:12:01 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>Breakfast With Santa</title>
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 <![CDATA[For the first time St. Nicolas spent a wonderful morning with the children and grandchildren of the Hamlin Fire Department and the Exempts. Every child had unlimited "Santa seat" time and a special gift just for them. A delicious bacon, eggs and pancake breakfast was then served.The event was the work of many members but Heather and John Calaci, Karen Sabourin and Robbie Woods were the "elves in charge". The smiles on everyones face in the pictures and movies are testament to how successful this was.Photo's Tom MaierMovie and story by John Deserto...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>Cullen Hayes Hamlin's Newest Firefighter</title>
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 <![CDATA[Cullen Hayes graduated from Firefighter 1 class on Thursday December 1, 2011. His class was combined with two others for the ceremony. Cullen moved up to the fire department after being an Explorer for four years. He is currently answering fire calls between his job and going to RIT full time. He is a busy boy....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:12:23 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>Movies from Recent Calls</title>
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 <![CDATA[The movie is a montage of clips from some recent calls. The movies were all taken by Lt. Anthony Deserto....]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:12:04 -0500</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>Engine 55 Pump Test</title>
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 <![CDATA[Hamlin Engine 55 ClubOctober 23, 2011 â 13:00 HoursEngine 55 Pump TestOld Engine 55, Hamlinâs 1931 Ward LaFrance, responded to the Erie Canal yesterday for her first pump test since 1962 when she last passed underwriter certification. Participating in the test were several Hamlin Firefighters and Hamlin Exempt Club Members. Assisting in the pump operations were the world renown, water pumping consultants, Bob and Jim Kurycki, arriving in their 1942 Chevrolet Buffalo water pumping service rig.It was touch and go for a while as it was first discovered that âOld Berthaâsâ tank dump lines were full of sediment and it was not possible to flood the pump with water to assist in achieving draft with the old Northern gear pump. Water to the pump was then supplied by Kuryckiâs Chevy Buffalo, and with the help of some heavy oil being introduced through the priming pump, a draft was achieved and a mighty stream was played out over the canal.It was a great day with a successful pumping operation, hots, beer and pop and lots of fun. âOld Bertha, once Engine 55, and once Engine 245,â is now more than just a pretty antique, she is a working machine! Several firefighters exclaimed that the old engine should be put back in service so that they too could respond to a working fire the way it was done many years ago. Click on the photos to view the whole article.Story and photoâs by Jerry ClementMovie by John Deserto...]]>
 
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 	<title>Nice Stop on a Working Barn Fire</title>
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 <![CDATA[At 5PM on Sunday, October 16 the Hamlin Fire Department was alerted to a barn fire on Lake Road East Fork. A passing Park Police Officer noticed the smoke and flames on his way past the century old barn and called in the location with the note that is was quickly spreading.Hamlin engine 243 responded with a crew of 8 and acted as the base pumper for the call. 2C-34 was command and initiated a blitz attack. Engine 242 was close behind 243 and both engines put 3 inch blitz fire lines into operation immediately. This darkened the bulk of the fire and the crew of 243 advanced an attack line into the front door to hit the few remaining hot spots. The crew of 242 searched the second floor of fire extension. Hamlin Heavy Rescue 248 provided manpower and lighting.Walker engine 282 was automatically dispatched in a mutual assist crew and provided manpower during the overhaul. Hilton Rescue 268 was also automatically dispatched as the RIC. Hilton also provided Quint 260 as a protection in case the quick blitz attack was not successful, but it was not needed. Mortonâs engine 215 also provided manpower. Brockport filled in at Hamlin, Spencerport filled in at Hilton. Hamlin Volunteer Ambulance provided rehab.The damage to the barn was minimal due to the sharp eye of the Park Policeman which allowed the fire department to jump on the fire very hard with the blitz attack very quickly and aggressively.Click on any photo to see the whole story.Story by John DesertoPhotoâs by Jerry Clement...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:10:16 -0400</pubDate>
  
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 	<title>Wet Windy Open House</title>
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 <![CDATA[A great big thank you to the 200 plus people who braved the poor weather and joined us Saturday for our open house. We racked up 114 miles on the fire trucks giving rides and everyone had a great time. We couldnât burn the prop rooms like we had planned due to the high winds. We hope to burn them as part of our normal Tuesday night drill and everyone is invited to attend that.We hope to see everyone next year for our 2012 open house, hope we have better weather.Photoâs by Tom Maier and Jerry ClementStory by John Deserto...]]>
 
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:10:56 -0400</pubDate>
  
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