Happy Birthday Snookie! I love you and miss you. See you in a couple weeks.

     In light of the recent tragedies on our job, I would like to remind the members of the Waterbury Fire Dept. of some life insurance plans that are available that I have investigated.
     First of all, if you are a member of the Waterbury Firefighters Municipal Federal Credit Union, there is a $3000 death benefit free to all members, members' wives, and members' children who are 18 years or older. You can pick up the short 3 or 4 question application at the credit union.
     The death benefit the city provides for firefighters is one year's salary plus holidays and longevity, with a double indemnity. It pays double for accidental death. This life insurance can be increased to a maximum of 2X one year's salary plus holidays and longevity, also including the double indemnity clause. The cost, as of now, is 11¢ per $1000 of coverage. That means on a $50,000 salary it would cost $5.50 per month to double your death benefit. That is very inexpensive. There is an Evidence of Insurability form that must be filled out before being approved. Get these forms and more information from Palma Brustat in Retirement Benefits 574-6845.

11/11/00 International Police Diver Symposium

     This information provided by Kurt Schramek. The 9th International Police Diver Symposium will take place in Hamiltion, Ontario on September 13th to 16th, 2001. Registration is restricted to members of law enforcement, firefighters, military and medical personnel and commercial agencies involved in providing equipment or services for underwater operations. More information can be found here.
     Some people have asked me for a banner or link that they could display on their website that would link to FireFightingLinks.com. I added a page with instructions. You can reach it in the navigation bar at the right of every page by clicking on Link to Us.

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11/10/00 Fallen Brother Memorial Added

     I finally finished the memorial page for my cousin, Kevin McDonald. Please take a moment and view it, to honor his memory.
     I also archived the News from October, the home page was getting a little too long. I put the October News on a seperate page, and it can be reached by using the link at the bottom of the home page.

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11/10/00 Spokane Can-Am 2002 Police-Fire Games

     This information provided by Craig at Ladder54.com. The official 2002 Canadian-American Police and Fire Games will be in Spokane Washington from July 15th to July 23rd. You can find more information here.
     Also I added seven more photos to Kevin McDonald's gallery. The memorial page for Kevin should be finished tonight. I will post a link as soon as it is ready.

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11/6/00 New Photo Gallery

     I added a photo gallery for Kevin McDonald. The memorial page can hold only so many pictures, and I am receiving so many. I made a section in the Photo Galleries for Memorial Galleries. Kevin's is the first. Please take a moment and view it. There are 8 pictures with more being added soon. The memorial page will be done very soon. I am waiting for a few more pictures and details on donations and tshirts.

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11/5/00 Leaf Cleanup

     I would like to thank everyone involved, 30 strong, that showed up Saturday morning and helped, and provided equipment, for cleaning up the leaves and entire backyard at Kevin's house for Robin and the kids. It was greatly appreciated. I will be posting a photo here as soon as Tubby gets me the digital pictures he took. Thanks for the pics Rich. There are 4 additional pictures in the gallery for Kevin McDonald.

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11/1/00 Glen Bradley Update

     Glen is still in ICU listed as critical. After several surgeries, doctors are optimistic. His spinal damage was limited to torn ligaments. No internal organs were damaged, except for a large section of his intestine, which was removed. Doctors plan to reset his arm today. Good luck Glen, and get healthy.

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