Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School
Presents first continuing education assistance gift
On October 26th, 2009 members of the Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School (LTBHMFS) Advisory Board presented the first ever gift from its continuing education assistance program. The program was designed to help emergency service providers receive training to better prepare them to serve their communities in a time of need.
The first ever recipient of LTBHMFS continuing education assistance was the White House Community Volunteer Fire Department (WHCVFD). This was the department were Brad was an active member of at the time of his death.
A request for assistance had been received by the LTBHMFS to help the WHCVFD in purchasing 10 new IFSTA Essentials manuals. These manuals would be used by all their members for training purposes and to prepare for state firefighter certification exams.
The request was received, voted on, and the training manuals were purchased by funds generated from an annual fire school named in Lt. Hutcherson’s memory. The manuals were delivered in person and each book had an inscription on the inside cover noting they had been donated in Brad’s memory by his fire school. The LTBHMFS staff hopes these manuals fullfill the training need of the WHCVFD members while honoring Brad.
The LTBHMFS will continue to provide continuing education assistance to Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement responders in the future. We are proud to keep Lt. Hutcherson’s service and pride alive through his fire school and continuing education assistance program. Please contact us if you have assistance needs or would like to donate to the fund.
Thanks for the Memories!
Monday, November 17th, 2008 The First Annual Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School is complete and what an event! Brad's family, the Fire School Board of Directors, the course Instructors, and the event staff would like to thank everyone for participating and making the event a huge success. It was a special day for many as we upheld the four guiding principles that are the foundation of Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School.
We honored Brad with an event of which he would be proud and honored. We had some of the best training around at the most affordable price and raised money for the Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fund. This money will be used to benefit emergency service providers through other training opportunities.
We presented an event that would help heal the void that Brad left through training, fellowship, brotherhood, and love for others.
Every aspect of the event was special! The heartfelt words and hard work from Brad's father, Steve, the involvement and participation by Brad's family, the enthusiasm of the students, the professionalism of the Instructors and staff, the fantastic food and service, the support of our sponsors, the hard work and investment of the LTBHMFS Board of Directors, and the list goes on and on. Seeing everything come together for this wonderful cause was something special and we were glad you could be a part of it.
Brad's family and the Board of Directors have decided this will be an annual event. The Fire School was beneficial to several people, so it's only right for it to continue. We plan on expanding the class topics to draw more emergency personnel in need of various training. EMS training, Arson Investigation for the First Responder, plus many more are just some of our thoughts.
We encourage you to check the website often as we will provide updates throughout the year. Things such as photos, class listings, instructors, dates, times, and other event related materials will be posted as they come available.
We also encourage you to support our event sponsors. You can find this list on the website menu with the sponsor tab. These sponsors provided food, door prizes, raffle items, training equipment, t-shirts, and all the other things you saw that made the event successful.
We hope to make next years event bigger and better, so we need your help. We want your opinion and honest feedback. On the website menu, you'll see a contacts tab; this is the contact information for the Fire School Committee. Please take a moment to call, email, or write to us with your thoughts, good or bad, on the 2008 Fire School. This will help ensure we bring back what you liked while improving the event for the future.
In closing, we again want to thank you for being a part of the 2008 Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School. We hope the event was a learning experience that will help you increase your ability to help others in a time of need. Please spread the word about the website, the Memorial Fund, the Fire School, and the life Lt. Brad Hutcherson lived that impacted so many. We hope to hear from you soon and see you again next year at Brad's annual Fire School event.
Stay safe,
Captain (Trey) Nelms, Fire School Director
Monday, November 17th, 2008 The First Annual Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School is complete and what an event! Brad's family, the Fire School Board of Directors, the course Instructors, and the event staff would like to thank everyone for participating and making the event a huge success. It was a special day for many as we upheld the four guiding principles that are the foundation of Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School.
We honored Brad with an event of which he would be proud and honored. We had some of the best training around at the most affordable price and raised money for the Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fund. This money will be used to benefit emergency service providers through other training opportunities.
We presented an event that would help heal the void that Brad left through training, fellowship, brotherhood, and love for others.
Every aspect of the event was special! The heartfelt words and hard work from Brad's father, Steve, the involvement and participation by Brad's family, the enthusiasm of the students, the professionalism of the Instructors and staff, the fantastic food and service, the support of our sponsors, the hard work and investment of the LTBHMFS Board of Directors, and the list goes on and on. Seeing everything come together for this wonderful cause was something special and we were glad you could be a part of it.
Brad's family and the Board of Directors have decided this will be an annual event. The Fire School was beneficial to several people, so it's only right for it to continue. We plan on expanding the class topics to draw more emergency personnel in need of various training. EMS training, Arson Investigation for the First Responder, plus many more are just some of our thoughts.
We encourage you to check the website often as we will provide updates throughout the year. Things such as photos, class listings, instructors, dates, times, and other event related materials will be posted as they come available.
We also encourage you to support our event sponsors. You can find this list on the website menu with the sponsor tab. These sponsors provided food, door prizes, raffle items, training equipment, t-shirts, and all the other things you saw that made the event successful.
We hope to make next years event bigger and better, so we need your help. We want your opinion and honest feedback. On the website menu, you'll see a contacts tab; this is the contact information for the Fire School Committee. Please take a moment to call, email, or write to us with your thoughts, good or bad, on the 2008 Fire School. This will help ensure we bring back what you liked while improving the event for the future.
In closing, we again want to thank you for being a part of the 2008 Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School. We hope the event was a learning experience that will help you increase your ability to help others in a time of need. Please spread the word about the website, the Memorial Fund, the Fire School, and the life Lt. Brad Hutcherson lived that impacted so many. We hope to hear from you soon and see you again next year at Brad's annual Fire School event.
Stay safe,
Captain (Trey) Nelms, Fire School Director