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Articles from
August 2009
For questions and additional information, please call Jim Foster at 884-8888
Press Release
You are cordially invited to save a life
by the Loren Marshall Foundation, the Anchorage Fire Department, and the American Heart Association
The Loren Marshall Foundation, in partnership with the American Heart Association, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Regional Hospital and the Alaska Heart Institute are gathering to introduce a state wide program to instruct all 8th grade students and their families in CPR during the 2009-2010 school year.
Providence Alaska Medical Center and the Alaska Heart Institute are co-sponsoring the purchase of 3600 'CPR Anytime' kits for training the ASD 8th grade students and their families during 2009-2010 school year.
Alaska Regional Hospital is purchasing additional kits for fire departments around the state to conduct community outreach CPR training.
CPR can be learned in 22 minutes!
Please join us for a Community Leaders Breakfast and/or Luncheon hosted by the Loren Marshall Foundation,
the Anchorage Fire Department, and the American Heart Association to launch the “CPR Anytime” Program.
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When: August 18th, 2009
Time: Breakfast is 7-9AM; Lunch is 12 Noon-1:30PM
Where: Captain Cook Hotel Quarter Deck, Club Room #2
A heart healthy breakfast and lunch will be provided
The same program will be presented at the breakfast and lunch
R.S.V.P. at 214-706-1364 or tammy.lewis@heart.org
For questions and additional information, please call Jim Foster at 884-8888
At 10:33 p.m. the Anchorage Fire Department received a 911 call advising of a residential structure fire at 361 Egavik Drive. Eleven units were quickly dispatched to the scene. Engine 4 was the first to arrive on location, calling a working fire and advising the structure was 25% involved. The crews quickly knocked down the fire from the exterior and attic area. The fire started on the upstairs unit of the duplex. The tenants attempted to extinguish the fire, which started in the fire place; however, it quickly extended into the chimney and attic space. It is unknown why the fire spread out of the fire place. All occupants made it out safely. Damage is estimated at approximately $50,000.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 06, 2009
Contact: Jennifer Collins 317-9929
Anchorage Fire Department Deployment to Interior Fires
The Anchorage Fire Department has sent two Type-6 Engines, usually referred to as “brush rigs,” to help fight the fires in Interior Alaska. The engines and four AFD firefighters are headed to the Railbelt Complex near Nenana. This deployment will last approximately two weeks, and all associated expenses will be fully reimbursed to the Municipality of Anchorage, including rental fees for the engines.
“Deployments to large, complex wildfires provides excellent training and hands-on experience for our Anchorage Fire Department personnel,” Acting Fire Chief Doug Schrage said on Thursday. “We want to be good neighbors to our fellow firefighters in the wildland realm, and this is just one way we can help.”
Along with the hands-on experience they will gain during the deployment, the firefighters on the assignment will be able to gain additional National Wildland Coordinating Group certifications. For more information on the Railbelt Complex or other fires in the State of Alaska, contact the joint fire information center at 907-356-5511.
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