"SAVE THE DATE!"
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Happy Memorial Day everyone! Hope all is well with each of you!
Just wanted to give you a few quick items of information pertaining to the 2009 Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School. This year's event is looking to be shaping up into quite a big one.
We have once again found ourselves in Greenbrier, Tennessee for the one day event. We will hold all Fire School festivities at Greenbrier High School, with opening ceremonies beginning at 0730 hours. We will one again provide top notch classroom and hands on training sessions, a raffle, and lunch on site to all participants. There will also be Fire School merchandise on hand for students and supporters to purchase.
We already have some of your favorite Instructors from last year scheduled to return. We have some high demand classes from 2008 on the schedule along with some new additions. We already have confirmation of Flashover Recognition and Survival, Peaked Roof Ventilation, Quick Ladders, and Rapid Primary Search. Instructors are still sending in their topics and course descriptions. We'll list more as we receive more information.
The Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School is not just for Emergency Service Providers in Tennessee; it is for anyone that believes in Brotherhood, Training, Duty, and Loyalty. We had Instructors last year from Massachusetts and Ohio and students from Virginia. If you've got the time and the desire to attend, we'd love to have you. We will have another great day of training, food, fun, and fellowship while paying tribute to Brad.
Keep watching the website for future updates! We hope to have online registration up in few months along with mail out pamphlets.
Stay safe,
Captain (Trey) Nelms, Fire School Director
| Posted by Website Administrator | Category: News | Updated: 5/30/09 |
Website updates!
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Whether you participated in the 2008 Memorial Fire School or not, please take a moment to look at the new pictures taken from the event!
Enjoy!
Website Administrator
| Posted by Website Administrator | Category: News | Updated: -/--/-- |
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
| Posted by Website Administrator | Category: News | Updated: 11/17/08 |
First Annual Memorial Fire School
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
The Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial fire school has evolved from an idea to an event that looks to be held annually. The idea was to provide top-notch training to those that need it most at minimal cost while honor in Lt, Brad Hutcherson and his contributions to the Fire Service in Robertson County, Tennessee. Lt. Hutcherson was killed in a motor vehicle crash in August of 2008 and his loss has left a void in the lives of family, friends, and emergency responders. The Fire School hopes to provide healing to those trying to cope with Brad's loss by being involved in something that would please him and help better prepare our area firefighters.
We have some of the best instructors around presenting at our 1st annual event. All presenters are certified Instructors and each has several years of fire service experience. Most have served in Career and Volunteer departments and have served in various positions/ranks throughout their careers. Some of our Instructors are very well known on the national curcuit as they have presented at the FDIC, Firehouse Expo, and National Fire Academy. There will be something for every student, from the fire recruit to the experienced Company or Chief Officer.
The Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School strives to enhance the knowledge, skill, and ability of all attending students. Each year we will have informative classes, the best instructors, challenging hands on activities, and great door prize and raffle opportunities. All proceeds from this event will go to the Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fund, that will provide training scholarships to area emergency service providers.
We know this event would make Brad proud and we hope you can be a part of it. We encourage anyone interested in participating, donating, etc. to contact us for more information. Thanks for your interest in the Lt. Brad Hutcherson Memorial Fire School and we hope to see or hear from you soon.
Stay safe,
Captain (Trey) Nelms, Fire School Director
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