Firefighters’ Bucket Brigade Spotlight: Cleaning the Fire Hoses

Posted on May 26, 2011 by American Red Cross Northeast Wisconsin Chapter

Thursday, May 26, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m 
Today at the Firefighters’ Bucket Brigade for the American Red Cross you will get to meet Northeast Wisconsin firefighters and American Red Cross disaster volunteers who will tell you about their partnership and the firefighters’ lifesaving equipment. We know that when thefire fighters leave a scene of a disaster their work isn’t done but even here at the American Red Cross we learned something new this year about the work our firefighter partners do.
The Disaster Team is hard at work when they are not on the scene with many hours of training and preparation just like the hardworking firefighters but something we never had to think about is how to clean the fire hoses. Thanks to Lt. Nick Craig from the Green Bay Fire Department we learned a little bit more a firefighters’ work back at the station and he showed us how the fire hoses are cleaned.
To find where to spot one of our heroes, at a Firefighter’s Bucket Brigade location, please visit www.newredcross.org.

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Support the Bucket Brigade: Thursday, May 26th, 4-7 pm

Posted on May 26, 2011 by American Red Cross Northeast Wisconsin Chapter
Firefighters throughout Northeast Wisconsin will be armed with red buckets to show their support for the Red Cross and collect much needed funds for Red Cross Disaster Relief.
You can help support this effort by stopping by one of many convenient collection sites and donating your spare change or better yet, a check to help people down the street, across the country and around the globe affected by disaster.
 
Brown County Fire Departments
  • Ashwaubenon Fire Department -Bay Park Square Mall, 2250 West Mason St., Green Bay
  • Bellevue Fire Department – Festival Foods, 2534 Steffens Ct, Green Bay
  • DePere Fire Department – Festival Foods, 1001 Main Ave, De Pere
  • Green Bay East Fire Department – Copps Food Center, 1819 Main St., Green Bay
  • Green Bay West Fire Department – Festival Foods, 2250 West Mason St., Green Bay
  • Howard Fire Department – Olsen’s Piggly Wiggly, 2465 Lineville Rd., Howard
  • Suamico Fire Department – Festival Foods, 2348 Lineville Rd., Green Bay
  • Pulaski Fire Department – Super Ron’s, 960 County Road B, Pulaski
 
Marinette County
  • Marinette Fire Department – Angeli’s Country Market, 2301 Roosevelt Rd, Marinette
 
Oconto County Fire Departments
  • Abrams Fire Department – Abrams Shell Station, County D and Sampson Rd
 
Outagamie County Fire Departments
  • Appleton Fire Department – Festival Foods, 1200 W. Northland Ave, Appleton
  • Grand Chute Fire Department – Copps Food Center 2400 W Wisconsin Ave, Appleton
  • Greenville Fire Department – The Meat Block and The Stone Yard, N1739  Lily of the Valley Dr, Greenville
  • Kimberly Fire Department – Pick’n Save, 850 E Maes Ave, Kimberly
 
Sheboygan County
  • Sheboygan Fire Department – Wal-mart Supercenter, 3711 So. Taylor Dr, Sheboygan
 
Winnebago County Fire Departments
  • Oshkosh Fire Department - Festival Foods, 2415 Westowne Ave, Oshkosh
 
Waupaca County Fire Departments
  • Iola Fire Department – Iola IGA, 125 Meadow Rd., Iola
  • Ogdensburg–St. Lawrence Fire Department – Ogdensburg-St Lawrence Fire Station, 502 Main St., Ogdensburg
Waushara CountyFire Departments
  • Wautoma Fire Department – Copps Food Center, N2573 Plaza Rd, Wautoma & Stoneridge Piggly Wiggly, 975 E. Main St., Wautoma
  • Wild Rose Fire Department – Larsen Co-op, 1010 Main St., Wild Rose

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Firefighters’ Bucket Brigade Spotlight on Brenton Ward

Posted on May 26, 2011 by American Red Cross Northeast Wisconsin Chapter

When local fire departments heard the American Red Cross needed help raising funds they stepped up to support the efforts again. This year increased need has exhausted the disaster response budget so their efforts are much needed. Local firefighters and American Red Cross volunteers have partnered together to ask the community to “invest in the positive” at the Firefighter’s Bucket Brigade for the American  Red Cross - TODAY!  Thursday, May 26, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. These dedicated partners, that support their neighbors in times of disaster, are partnering up to ask their community to be Heroes during this fundraiser.

We always want to know more about our heroes and partners so this year we are spotlighting supporting firefighters and  Red Cross Disaster volunteers. You might only see these partners together during a disaster response or during the Firefighters’ Bucket Brigade for the American Red Cross so we are happy they  took the time to answer our questions.

Brenton Ward is the Manager of Public Relations/Public Education with the Suamico Fire Department and was kind enough to answer our questions. 

When did you know you wanted to be a firefighter? Since I was a little kid.

What do most people not know about your job? The amout of time, planning and coordination that goes into making PR/Pub Ed events a success.

What are you most proud of?  That is a hard question.  I would have to say my girlfriend Kim and her Son, Trent.  They put up a lot of time taken away by me doing this.

Why are you volunteering to participate in the Firefighters’ Bucket Brigade? To give back to my community.

What have you learned about the Red Cross by working with them? Nice people, easy to work with.  They really do what ever they can to help people.

Who’s your Hero? And why? My Hero…..  Hmmmm….. That would have to be my Dad.  He has always been there and formed me to be the being I am today.

For more information and a list of Bucket Brigade locations across northeast Wisconsin, please visit http://www.newredcross.org.

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