Sand Springs firefighters and other City officials gathered Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, to dedicate the fire department’s new pumper truck – Engine 1. The 2008 Spartan Gladiator model was custom built by Crimson Fire Inc. of Brandon, SD.The new truck’s $408,047 cost s being funded by rural fire subscription fees that property owners located outside the city limits pay monthly to defray out-of-pocket expenses for fire responses.

The dedication also marked the retirement of the Fire Department’s Engine 3, a 1978 Pierce pumper truck that previously served as Engine 1 until the mid-1990s.

Following a dedication blessing by Rev. Dan Milford of First Presbyterian Church, Mayor Bob Walker formally dedicated the truck with the following resolution:

“The City of Sand Springs Fire Department would like to announce the retirement of Engine Company 3, Asset #701, and welcome new Engine Company 1, Asset #729.

“We would like to wish this apparatus and the personnel of Engine Company 1 a safe journey and the skills necessary to provide the best possible service to our visitors and the citizens of the City of Sand Springs.

“Formally placed into service this fifth day of November, 2008.”

Story taken from www.sandspringsok.org

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By Paul Waldschmidt, staff writer Sand Springs Leader - 08/21/08 

The accident occurred in the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 64, just west of the 81st West Avenue exit at 2:15 p.m.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Quenton Payne said a 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck, driven by Juan Alaniz Amezcua, of Seattle, Wash., had stopped in the outside eastbound of U.S. Highway 64 to retrieve a piece of furniture that had fallen off another vehicle and which was partially blocking the highway.

A 1997 Ford Contour, driven by Chelsey Hill, 23, of Owasso, “swerved to miss the object on the roadway” and struck Amerzcua’s pickup truck in the rear, Payne said in his report.

The impact sent the pickup truck across three highway lanes, witnesses said.

Sand Springs firefighters had to use hydraulic power tools to extricate Hill from the wreckage of her car.

Hill was pinned in her car for 30 minutes. She suffered head and leg injuries and was taken by ambulance to St. Johns Hospital in stable condition, Payne said.

Amezcua was not injured.

Sand Springs firefighters use hydraulic power tools to extricate a woman from a small passenger car Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 64. - Leader photo by Paul Waldschmidt

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An intervention is in the works, as Lt. Jeremy Wade was caught losing his battle of the bulge recently at the “Cop Shop” err I mean Donut Shop. FF Stephen Brewer called out “Noooo!, Where is that Navy Discipline,” But Lt. Wade did not waver, he even assigned someone to watch for B Shift Life Fitness Coach, Driver Phillip Stephens, knowing that Phillip would remind him of his plumpier past.  J Dawg - It is your fault, you are alone, but as your brothers we are calling you back to the other side!

Denial is the first indicator, so if you ask Lt. Wade about this he will probably tell you that he was sent by Admin to get donuts for the Green Country Fire Chief’s Meeting - how despicable is that.

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By Caitlin Getchell, Sand Springs Leader - May 28, 2008

SAND SPRINGS–A special camp for youthful victims of burns is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

The Tulsa Firefighter’s Burn Camp will be Aug. 13 to 17 this year at Camp Dry Gulch.
The camp is for any child or teenager, ages 5 to 16, who have suffered burn injuries at any point in their lives.

The camp is provided to the kids free of charge, which is one reason a donation from Wal-Mart in Sand Springs meant so much.

Sand Springs Wal-Mart manager Teressia Kehr gave a $1,000 donation to the program Tuesday.

“We are 100 percent volunteer and 100 percent of the donations go to the camp or the burn apartment,” Sand Springs firefighter Barry Molencupp said.

Molencupp also serves as the president of the Tulsa Firefighter Clowns. The same organization that organizes the burn camp, educates the public about fire safety and keeps an apartment available for the families of burn victims being treated at the Alexander Burn Center.

The Tulsa Firefighter Clowns pay the rent and bills for the apartment and make sure it is furnished.

Molencupp said that anyone interested in donating for the burn camp or the burn apartment can contact him on his cell phone, 810-4987.

Registration for the burn camp in August is still open. To find out more about the camp visit www.tfdclowns.com and go to the burn camp link. Or call Scotty Stokes, the burn camp director, at 371-6351 or 857-6351.

Caitlin Getchell can be reached at cgetchell@sandspringsleader.com

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During the November snow storm of ‘06 we had pulled our trucks into the bay at Station 1 to keep them from being recovered by snow overnight.  While returning from the store, Stephen Brewer had secured himself to the beam above the door. Read the rest of this entry »

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By Dustin Hughes, Managing Editor - Sand Springs Leader 05/19/07

Sand Springs’ firefighters continued their dominance over the police department in the game of softball Friday night, taking their third straight Mayor’s Cup.
More importantly, the two teams helped to raise $850 in cash, along with a pickup truck bed full of food, for Sand Springs Community Services.

The two teams faced off in a best-of-three matchup. Firefighters swept the first two games, neither of which were exactly defensive masterpieces, taking the title. The final scores were 18-8 and 20-14. Read the rest of this entry »

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By: Dustin Hughes, Managing Editor�- Sand Springs Leader 05/07/07�

The Mayor’s Cup, a test of softball skills between the city’s firefighters and police officers, returns to Sand Springs May 18.

The best-of-three softball tournament is more than fun and games, though.

Money and food donated by spectators and gathered by the sparring teams will go to aid Sand Springs Community Services, said SSCS director Lisa Romine.

This year, the games are set for an evening start, at 6:30 p.m. The games will be played at River City Park’s softball field. Read the rest of this entry »

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Congratulations to Stan Smith - Driver, B Shift, for his recent promotion to Fire Marshal! Stan’s uncanny ability to stir up hate and discontent will be missed, but I am sure it will surface again when we least expect it.

B Shift staffing at 10 was short lived, but for historical records we have photo proof that once we were 10, but again we are 9.

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