Calling All Closet Firemen
If you’ve always had a secret desire to be a firefighter, the upcoming Citizens Fire Academy may be just what you’ve been waiting for. Once a year the Fort Worth’s Fire Safety Education officer offers an 8 session course that provides an overview of all the aspects of the Fort Worth Fire Department.
It’s free, but you must be a resident of Fort Worth and be willing to have a background check.
The classes start on Thursday August 9 and every consecutive Thursday evening through September 27. Classes start at 6:00 p.m. and run for approximately three hours.
Here is the general outline of the classes:
- Thursday August 9th – Orientation; Red Helmets; Citizens Fire Academy; RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service)
- Thursday August 16th – First Aid/CPR/AED; Fire Safety Education; ID badges
- Thursday August 23rd – Field trip to Fire Department Communication Center and Emergency Management Office
- Thursday August 30th – Hoses; Personal protective equipment; Self contained breathing apparatus (Station 31)
- Thursday September 6th – Dive team; Hazardous materials team; arson
- Thursday September 13th – EMS-99; Utility truck (air shop)
- Thursday September 20th – Technical rescue team rappelling; vehicle extrication; etc.
- Thursday September 27th – Graduation Ceremony
After graduation you have several options which include applying to become a member of the Citizens Fire Academy Alumni and assist the Fire Satefy Education Department throughout the year. You can also apply to become a member of the Red Helmet organization.
There are four spaces left in the class, so if you’re interested or want more information, call Gabriela Yanes at the Fire Safety Education office at 817-392-6862.
Community Coffee with the Mayor and Councilman
Mayor Betsy Price and Councilman Dennis Shingleton invite anyone who would like to come visit with them to a Community Coffee on Saturday, August 18 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Bluebonnet Bakery, 4705 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Searching for memories and old photographs of Camp Bowie businesses and the Colonial Hotel
Arlington Heights author Juliet George is working on her next book about our neighborhood. This time she is focusing on Camp Bowie businesses and is looking for stories and vintage photographs. She is also working on an FW Weekly story about the Colonial Hotel which was at the corner of Camp Bowie and Montgomery from 1945 through the late 1960s.
Juliet, who authored “Fort Worth’s Arlington Heights” published by Arcadia Publishing in 2010, also wrote a cover story for FW Weekly about the Dorothy Lane Apartments.
Contact her at julietgeorge7@sbcglobal.net
Next AHNA membership meeting
Monday August 20 @ 6:30 p.m.
Arlington Heights United Methodist Church
4200 Camp Bowie Blvd. (enter through Hillcrest door)
Guest speaker: Aaron Holt, archives technician at the National Archives Southwest Region, will show us how to use this untapped resource in our community.