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    • Mission Statement

    The Mission of the dedicated professionals of the Golden Fire Department  is to enhance the quality of life for the Golden Community through fire and injury prevention, education, and protection of life and property.

    Smoke Signals Newsletter
    April 2012 Smoke Signals

    The Golden Fire Department publishes a monthly newsletter, Smoke Signals, to educate and inform the public, and keep anyone interested updated on the department’s activities.

    Access archived copies for the current year online.

    For access to earlier issues, please contact:

    Tom Young, Media Services Captain
    303-384-8091

     

    Fire Fighters of the Month

    This month we honor nine different firefighters for their actions and service during two separate incidents in March.

    Our thanks to David Flynt, Richard Gonzales, Tina Gustafson, and Tyler Hecox For their actions conducted during a structure fire at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel on March 1, 2012.

    Our thanks also go out to Bob Burrell, Noah Creaven, Adam Maiers, Wes Polk, and Chad Wachs for their actions conducted during the Sawmill Fire in Jefferson County on March 26, 2012.

    		 April Firefighters of the Month

     

    Firefighter Personnel Profiles

    Ben Moline

    Occupation: Manager of Water Resources and Real Estate, Molson Coors

    Certifications/Training and Memberships:

    • Ben MolineFirefighter II
    • Hazardous Materials Operations 
    • Driver Operator
    • Driver Operator Pumper (in progress)
    • Swiftwater 1
    • Ice Rescue
    • Board of Trustees Member

    Ben Moline has been a resident of Golden since 2008 and has been a volunteer firefighter with the Golden Fire Department since 2009.  He is a native of Ft. Madison, Iowa and a graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in Civil Engineering. Since moving to Golden, Ben has fondly taken in Golden as his home away from home. He decided to volunteer with Golden to help out the community and also saw it as a way in fulfilling a life long dream of being a volunteer firefighter. “I saw it as a great opportunity to help people and the community I live in, while doing something I’ve always wanted to do.”

    One of Moline’s favorite areas he enjoys while volunteering for the department is the opportunity to learn and grow as an aspiring member of the Technical Rescue team. The challenges of technical rescues encompass all of Ben’s favorite things: rope rigging and climbing, hiking, and swiftwater swimming. Moline hopes to be a certified member of the team by next year.

    Ben MolineMost memorable call on the department: “Just out of the academy, we had an extrication call up in the canyon in tunnel #2. It was intense but we got the patient out relatively quickly from a very mangled car. We relied on the training we had and it all went very smoothly. 

    Moline is life-long learner and is always looking to be the best firefighter he can. One of the people on the department who Moline looks to as a mentor, is Capt. Joe Gross.

    “He is very knowledgeable with an even-keeled temperament. He is always willing to help out and assist in any way needed. He is the firefighter I want to be like.”

    Favorite memory on the department: Academy 2009’s (class 13) visit to the Children’s Hospital visiting with the kids and showing them the fire trucks.

    When Moline is not volunteering with the Golden Fire Department he is volunteering as a ski instructor with the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center, member on the Clear Creek Watershed Foundation (Board of Directors), Agricultural Ditch Company (Board of Directors), and the Upper Clear Creek Watershed Association (Chairman). He also went to Malawi in the southeastern part of the African continent with “Water for the People” to develop a water well observation program to enhance access to drinking water in remote villages.

    And if that doesn’t keep Moline busy, he is also an avid skier, biker, runner, and backpacker. He completed the road bike event The Double Triple Bypass this year, riding 260 miles in 2 days with 22,000 feet of Colorado mountain pass climbing.

    Moline plans on volunteering as long as he is in the Golden area and can contribute in a positive way. (And while the refrigerator is stocked with free drinks….)

    In the meantime, the rest of us will try to keep up with him.

    Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to the department, Ben!

     

    March 2012 Fire Department Call Statistics
    Total Calls 113
    Hazardous Condition 2
    Mutual Aid Given 5
    District #1 56
    Clear Creek Canyon 8
    Average Response Time 06:17
    District #2 48
    Miller Coors Property 0
    Average Firefighters/Call 6.15
    Fire Response 10
    Out of City/Other 5
    Average Total Time/Call 30:52
    Rescue/EMS 55
    Mutual Aid Received 2
    Est. Fire/Damage Loss $25,730

     

    Fire Department Services:
    Car Seat Checks Alarm Registration
    Community Wildfire Protection Plan Firefighter Member Training
    Fire Donations Fire Safety Education Programs
    Senior Fire Safety  


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