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Celebrating 30 years of service with the El Cajon Fire Department

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:47:02 +0000

Dave Truttman (center), Larry McKim on the far right, Fire Chief Mike Scott on the far left

Masonic Awards

mzech — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:20:27 +0000

On August 7, 2008 El Cajon Fire Captain Jim Hemphill was honored by the El Cajon Masonic Lodge as Firefighter of the Year. He’s joined by El Cajon Fire Division Chief Rick Sitta.

Special Badge Moment

mzech — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:45:35 +0000

Pictured is El Cajon Fire Engineer Joe Howarth with daughter Eden. Eden had the honor of pinning the Engineer badge on her father. In the background is Fire Chief Mike Scott who emceed the promotion ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Community Center on December 19, 2008.

New Fire Station 8

mzech — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:41:15 +0000

El Cajon Firefighters moved into the new Fire Station 8 located at 1470 East Madison Avenue in March of 2008! As you can see the guys were pretty excited!

Women in Leadership Award

mzech — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:27:14 +0000

Public Information Officer Monica Zech is joined by Fire Chief Mike Scott on the left and El Cajon Police Chief Pat Sprecco at the Women In Leadership Award luncheon held on November 14, 2008 at the Doubletree Hotel in Mission Valley. Monica was given the award in the category of Art/Culture/Media by the East County Chamber of Commerce for her dedication to Safety in the community, through lectures and through safety messages delivered through TV, radio and print.

Give Burns The Boot Drive In El Cajon

mzech — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:50:01 +0000

Pictured waving are El Cajon Fire Reserves Kyle Tasco, and Jake Kelsen at the 2008 Burn Institute Fill the Boot Drive at East Main and Greenfield in El Cajon.

Fire Safety Educator of the Year Award

mzech — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:37:22 +0000

On July 18, 2007 the San Diego County Fire Chief’s Association awarded El Cajon Fire’s Safety Educator Monica Zech the Fire & Life Safety Educator of the Year Award for 2007. This honor recognized Monica for her dedication to educating the public in injury prevention, not only in El Cajon, but throughout the County through lectures and through TV/radio/print media.

Burn Training El Cajon Fire Dept.

mzech — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:21:37 +0000

On October 19th & 11th, 2005, the City of El Cajon allowed firefighters from the El Cajon Fire Department to do a burn training at the former El Cajon Speedway, the speedway had been a fixture in the city for over 50 years and closed earlier this year. The location is across from the Gillespie Field Airport.

ECFD’s New Fire Truck

mzech — Fri, 06 May 2005 01:15:01 +0000

On May 5, 2005, the El Cajon Fire Department received delivery of a brand new Fire & Rescue Truck! The $950-thousand Pierce fire rig was made possible through a Community Development Block Grant by HUD-Housing and Urban Development. The new Fire & Rescue rig will be put into service in about 4 to 5 weeks following additional radio communication installation and firefighter training on the new Hydraulic systems, including a 100 foot rescue Aerial Platform system. The grant work was submitted by El Cajon Fire Captain Ted Kakuris. Driving the rig from Ontario, California down to firefighters in El Cajon was El Cajon Fire Engineer Brett Medinger and El Cajon Fire Division Chief Tom Jensen.
(Photo provided by Monica Zech, Public Information Officer for the El Cajon Fire Department – (619) 441-1615.)

Training

mzech — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 04:32:52 +0000

Newly hired Firefighter-Paramedics listen intently to one of their training instructors, Captain David Richardson, during their final week of training at the Heartland Training facility.