72nd Roll Call Banquet

Past Chief Harry Chesbro presents Fire Chief Chip Chesbro with a pin for 25 Years of Service. Photo Taken by Paul Vallone

Saturday,November 1,2008 The Clarksburg Volunteer Fire Company held its 72nd Annual Roll Call Banquet. Guest attended were:

Area Departments;
Adams Fire Department - Chief Steve Brown, Assistant Chief P.J. Goyette
Cheshire Fire Department - Assistant Chief Fran Gwozdz,filling for Fire Chief Tom Francesconi - Mike Biagini, Jr.
North Adams Fire - Steve Meranti
Readsboro Fire - Chief Carl Marchegiani, Captain Adam Codogni
Stamford Fire - Chief Paul Ethier, Deputy Chief Bob Costine
Williamstown Fire - Chief Craig Pedercini, Assistant Chief Mike Noyes
Berkshire County - Fire Coordinator Butch Garrity
MASS.DCR - Fire Warden District 12 Larry Ray, Patrolman Margaret Carnevale
Town of Clarksburg - Administrator Mike Canales
Clarksburg Police - Chief Mike Williams
North Adams Ambulance - John Meaney

Inactive Members:
Fred Perry
Al Brooks
Phil Fosser
Walter O'Dell
Neville Toye
Paul Blanquart
Mike Daigneault

Past Chiefs:
Harry Chesbro
Howard Chesbro
Joe Moran

Honorary Members:
Ed McGowan
John Tietgens

The Pins of Years of Service


From Left to Right: Mike Rivers 10 yrs,Don Boudreau 10 yrs,Chip Chesbro 25 yrs,Krystal Chesbro 5 yrs,Kie Chesbro 40 yrs,Kevin Blanchard 30 yrs, Steve Meranti 15 yrs.

Keith Bush given a pin for 15 yrs of service.

Keeping the Family Tradition:

Fire Company Group Shot

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

/O.CON.KALY.FA.A.0012.000000T0000Z-080907T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL... COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON... CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1140 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN LITCHFIELD AND SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... NORTHERN BERKSHIRE AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EASTERN COLUMBIA...EASTERN DUTCHESS...EASTERN GREENE... EASTERN ULSTER...WESTERN COLUMBIA...WESTERN DUTCHESS...WESTERN GREENE AND WESTERN ULSTER. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...EASTERN WINDHAM AND WESTERN WINDHAM.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* TROPICAL STORM HANNA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE EAST COAST AND WILL SPREAD HEAVY RAIN INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS ON SUNDAY...THREE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA.

* FLOODING COULD BE ENHANCED BY THE UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CATSKILLS...BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN GREENS AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. ALSO POTENTIAL FLOODING MAY INCREASE WHERE THERE ARE LARGE PAVED AREAS SUCH AS PARKING LOTS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS. RIVERS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE INCLUDE THE HOUSATONIC RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...RIVERS IN SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT...AND TRIBUTARIES TO THE HUDSON RIVER IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK. TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON THE HUDSON RIVER SOUTH OF ALBANY.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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Wednesday, August 13
Jim Bua, left, gets tickets to a Fenway Park game between the Red Sox and Yankees from Clarksburg firefighter Don Boudreau. Bua, of Monroe, won the raffle, which raised about $4,600 for the Clarksburg Fire Company. The money will be used for equipment, primarily dress uniforms, one of which Boudreau is proudly wearing in the photo.

2008 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week:

2008 Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week:
Committed to Long-Term Results
June 22-28, 2008

Committed to Long-Term Results encourages long-term investments by chiefs and firefighters to enhance their health and safety. The ultimate goal is to institute a strong culture of health and safety within the fire/EMS service.

This year’s theme reflects the need for organizational action that supports and encourages a safety culture. Recommended activities and materials will incorporate three key areas where standard operating procedures, policies and initiatives—along with the training and enforcement that support them—can limit fire/EMS personnel’s risk of injury or death:

Fully implement NFPA 1500, especially sections addressing PPE:
Provide compliant PPE.
Train and enforce use of PPE, including respiratory protection.
Fully implement the Wellness-Fitness Initiative:
Provide annual medical and physical evaluations.
Provide equipment and time for exercise.
Provide nutrition information.
Initiate an emergency vehicle policy, to include:
Always buckle up.
Always stop at red lights and stop signs.
Always drive at speed limits and defensively.

Focusing on these 2008 key safety areas from Sunday to Saturday provides maximum flexibility, allowing for all duty shifts—both career and volunteer—to participate in your department’s selected exercises at some point during Safety Week.
To be notified of Safety Week activities, subscribe to the email list today.

Sponsored by IAFC, IAFF and IAFC's Safety, Health and Survival Section

The Fire Company Remembers Their Decease Members

On Sunday, May 18, 2008 The Clarksburg Volunteer Fire Company's Flag Committee placed firefighter flags and grave markers for past Chiefs and firefighter flags for past Members of the Fire Company. For the upcoming Memorial Day Holiday weekend.

Red Flag Warning / Fire Weather Watch

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN
NEW ENGLAND.

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY WITH
LIMITED SHOWER ACTIVITY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...DRIER AIR AND
INCREASED NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WITH AVERAGE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 20 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
BGM

Early end called to burning season

By Amy Carr, Berkshire Eagle Staff
Article Last Updated: 04/21/2008 04:28:33 AM EDT

Officials have declared an early end to burning season, following a series of brush fires, one of which scorched more than 200 acres over the weekend.
The largest blaze began Saturday at 122 Silver St. in Lanesborough when burning yard waste coupled with dry, windy conditions caused a brush fire that evolved into a forest fire that stretched almost two miles.

The incident sparked the decision to halt burning season, which officially ends April 30.

"Until we get rain, there will be no more burning," said Lanesborough Fire Chief Charles Durfee, who worked with more than 120 firefighters from three states to battle the blaze, which was 80 percent contained last night. "This is the biggest brush fire we've had in over 20 years. A Department of Conservation and Recreation guy told me yesterday that 375 acres were burned in the whole state yesterday, and 200 of them were in Lanesborough."

Four brush fires in Pittsfield Saturday have prompted the city to stop issuing burning permits. The fire department said yesterday the ban will persist on a day-to-day basis until weather conditions improve.

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation is


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asking local municipalities across the commonwealth to stop issuing open burning permits immediately. Burning season typically extends until the end of April, but this year, warm, dry and moderately windy weather, coupled with dry forest fuel, has resulted in a high fire danger throughout the state.
The DCR also is urging residents to be extremely careful with cigarette smoking and disposal of cigarettes, campfires, and cooking over fires of any sort, which can lead to brush fires.

Yesterday, small brush fires were reported in Pittsfield and Adams, while New York crews worked to battle a 3,000-acre brush fire in Minnewaska State Park on the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County.

According to the DCR, 189 fires throughout Massachusetts burned more than 375 acres Saturday, some threatening nearby private homes and property.

Durfee said Lanesborough residents were fortunate to have winds blowing north over the weekend.

"It was a huge blessing to have the wind blowing up hill," he said yesterday, standing outside the Silver Street residence. "You can see a house nearby this one and the wind took it right up the hill into open space."

Maragret Carnevale, DCR district fire patrolman for Berkshire County, said brush fires in open space can be beneficial.

"Fire is a tool they use across the U.S. to clean up different areas," she said. "(The Lanesborough) area will be greener. The underbrush will be knocked down and add to the soil so big trees can be healthier. So, it's not all a bad thing."

To reach Amy Carr: acarr@berkshireeagle.com, (413) 496-6233.

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