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We are hoping this Newsletter finds you well. Spring is on its way and we want to share a few things going on in your area.
Welcome District 4 Supervisor: We are honored to welcome Mandy Metzger to theCounty Board of Supervisors. District 4 Supervisor Mandy
Metzger will be at the Coffee Beanery (526-0911), 7133 N.89,the thirdof April and May, from 7:00 to 9:00 am.
Spring Beautification: Come meet with Supervisor Liz Archuleta while working on beautifying Summit Fire Station #33. Help us plant flowers
around Station #33 and join in planting flowers, making fun edible crafts and more art projects. May 16, 2009 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Again
Summit Station #33 on Highway 89.
Neighborhood Watch News: Coconino County Sheriff Bill Pribil and District 2 Supervisor Liz Archuleta would like to invite residents of the
Timberline-Fernwood community to attend the monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting the first Tuesday of each month. The meetings begin at 6:
30 pm at Summit Fire Station #33 on Highway 89A. Refreshments will be served. Call Theresa Thomas at (928) 779-6578 for more information.
Coconino County Sheriff Bill Pribil and District 4 Supervisor Mandy Metzger would like to invite residents of the Doney Park, Cosnino and Leupp
Road communities to attend the monthly Doney Park Neighborhood Watch meeting the first Thursday of each month.The meetings are from 6:00
to 8:00 pm at Cromer School, 7150 N. Silver Saddle Road.Call Elaine Beyal at (928) 779-6644 for more information.
Increased Rabies Activity Reported: The Coconino County Health Department is advising caution on all hiking trails and in other areas where
wildlife may be while engaging in outdoor activities and to always avoid any wild animal, particularly one that appears to be sick, is dead, or is
behaving in a strange manner. If you notice animals behaving in a strange manner, contact the Animal Management office at (928) 679-8756.
After normal business hours and on weekends, contact the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 774-4523.
County Sponsored Rabies Clinics: Two clinics will be June 6th and August 18th at Coconino Humane Association, 3501 E. Butler Ave. in
Flagstaff. All clinics are from 1-4 pm.Rabies vaccinations are $6 each, forand cats.veterinarian will also offer other vaccines; prices will be
determined by the veterinarian (cash only).licenses and spay/neuter vouchers ($30 value) will also be available at the clinic. For more information,
call Coconino County Animal Management at (928) 679-8756 or Second Chance Center for Animals,11665 N.89, in Flagstaff (928) 526-5964.
2010 Tax Valuation: On February 9th, the Coconino County Assessor’s Office mailed nearly 73,000 Notices of Value for the 2010 tax year to all
property owners within the County. Property owners are encouraged to review the Notice of Value carefully. If you do not understand the Notice,
or feel the valuation is too high, a Petition for Review of Valuation (Department of Revenue form 82130-R) may be filed with the Assessor no
later than Friday, April 10, 2009. Only 2010 values may be appealed.
Coconino County Fair: Labor Day weekend, September 4-7, 2009, The Coconino County Fair’s 60th Birthday—Party Till the Cows Come Home.
Interested business owners and operators are encouraged to turn in their application by May 3, 2009 to avail the $50 early bird discount
available only to Coconino County-based businesses. For more information, please contact Regina Salas Szal at (928) 679-8027.
Coconino County Housing Rehab Program: Does your home need emergency repairs for a roof, electric wiring, plumbing, water heater, furnace,
ADA accessibility, walls, windows, or doors? There are no interest, deferred payment loans or in some cases, grants if you qualify. Contact
Community Services for more details or an application (928) 679-7465 or toll free: 1-866-822 9298 and ask for the Housing Rehab Program
Northern Arizona Native American Culture Trail: This program helps Native artisans to market and sell their arts and crafts. NANACT aims to
bridge the gulf between visiting tourists and Native American culture. If you would like a FREE application to participate in NANACT or have any
questions, please contact Scott Neuman at (928) 679-7463.
Wishing you a beautiful Spring and please do not hesitate to contact either of us with questions about your neighborhood or the county.
Supervisor Liz Archuleta, 779-6578
Supervisor Mandy Metzger, 679-7154
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Coconino County Updates
Supervisor Mandy Metzger, District 2
Supervisor Deb Hill, District 4
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Summit Fire District Citizen Survey (please click here for link to full page)
The Summit Fire District (SFD) Budget Advisory Sub-Committee would like to hear your opinions about the SFD. We have listed some questions
below and would appreciate you mailing (8905 N Koch Field Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86004), e-mailing (sfdadm@infomagic.net), or dropping your
comments off at one of our stations. You can also answer this survey by going online to our website at: www.summitfiredepartment.org. If there
are any questions you would like clarified, we encourage you to call or come by any of our fire stations.
1. What do you expect from your fire department? Please reference normal daily duties as well as what you expect during 911 emergencies.
___________________________________________________________________________________
2. What suggestions can you provide to the SFD that would lead to a more efficient and fiscally responsible
organization?___________________________________________________________________________________
3. What comments would you like to make to the fire chief and fire board of the
SFD?___________________________________________________________________________________
4. With respect to Summit Fire District, do you expect a service level that is the same as, greater than, or less than you would expect if you
lived in the city limits of Flagstaff?___________________________________________________________________________________
5. What do you believe is a reasonable property tax levy for such Summit Fire services for a home valued at $250,000?For a home valued at
$500,000?___________________________________________________________________________________
6. In the past eight years, the SFD has continued to expand staffing in order to get to three man engine staffing, as many in the fire service
feel it is important. We finally accomplished this staffing level this year. Do you support maintaining the current level of district property taxes to pay
for this service?___________________________________________________________________________________
7. Please share any other comments. ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Help us help you!
Every year homes, properties and lives are threatened by the risk of wildfire, that is why we at Summit Fire District are asking you to
HELP US HELP YOU!!!
Summit Fire District is offering free property inspections in order to determine the potential dangers of wildfire on your property and in our
neighborhood. After completion of a property inspection, we discuss our recommendations with the property owner. Most of our recommendations
are based off of national standards developed by FireWise.
Please fill out the attached request for property assessment form and drop it off at the closest fire station, or mail to: Summit Fire District, 8905
N. Koch Field Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86004.
Property Assessment Form:
If you are interested in having your property checked, please fill out this form. Mail or bring it to any of the
three fire stations.
Name: _____________________________________
Address: ___________________________________
Phone: _________________ mail to: 8905 N. Koch Field Rd.
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
Best time to call: _________
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Chief’s Thoughts (click here for link)
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
As I sit writing my thoughts we find ourselves in the most severe economic decline that the great majority of us have ever known. As this crisis
impacts all of us as citizens, it also impacts us at the Summit Fire Department (SFD). We are asking ourselves how we best respond to this. We
currently have a Budget Advisory Sub-Committee that is working on next year’s budget as well as some strategic planning for the future. The
committee will produce some options that will be presented to the fire board for their evaluation and final decision.
In Arizona, if you don’t live in a municipality, it is the citizens who have to provide fire and EMS response for themselves through the formation of
fire districts with elected boards. We have done that in our community. We believe that our services and fire department should be driven by what
the community wants. We have built community rooms onto each of our stations and they are used almost daily. We have provided a Fuels
Management Program that allows homeowners to have fuels reduced on their property for more than a reasonable rate. We provide Public
Education and provide for “All Risk” response. Our main mission, however, is to provide immediate, professional fire and EMS response. This
costs a lot of money to do and will never be cheap but is this what the community wants? Does the community support us to provide Advance Life
Support, Public Education, Fuels Reduction and a staffing level of a minimum of two and maximum of three firefighters per engine? Are the efforts
of the SFD important to the health and well being of our community? These are but a few of the questions we are trying to sort out in order to
determine what kind of service delivery we should provide. We have canceled or postponed many projects that we had scheduled for this year. We
are writing many grants to acquire as much funding support from outside the district as possible. Each of our firefighters is assigned to a “program”
so that we reduce the amount of “out-sourcing “ we use to reduce operating costs. We have established a hiring freeze and are discussing
furloughs and a salary freeze to try and keep our staffing level where it is today. We are doing all of this to try and keep the service delivery we’ve
worked for years to provide from slipping away. Those of you who have used our services understand what an emergency can be and how you
can be impacted by it. Incidents happen every day and we want to make sure we are providing the best service available to those of you who pay
our way.
We would like to hear from you concerning what level of service you think we should provide. You can call us, send us a letter or send an e-mail to
sfdadm@infomagic.net and we will respond to you.
As we enter another fire season with below normal precipitation, we ask for all of you to be safe with fire. We at the SFD hope that you and yours
have a great Spring and Summer and we hope to see you at our Open House in May.
Don Howard, Chief
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New White Engine
You may see a new (used) white fire engine in the area. Summit Fire District bought this from the City of Mesa for $8,000. Our purpose for this purchase is to extend the need to purchase a new engine by
several years. Our last brand new engine cost us $428,000 so we believe this used, but well maintained engine will serve us well and take some of the pressure off of our 4 wheel drive engines we need in
the winter.
Please feel free to stop by anytime and look at this engine or any of our other stations and apparatus.
Burn Permits
You are required to have a burn permit before burning any weeds or branches. The burn permits are FREE and have no expiration for as long as you own the property.
If you do not have a burn permit, please call before driving to the station to get your permit. You can get a permit at any of our three stations:
Station 31 6425 N. Cosnino Road 526-0344
Station 32 8905 N. Koch Field Road 526-9537
Station 33 6050 E. Firehouse Lane 526-1724
Please make sure that you read your copy of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) rules and regulations for there are some things that you are not allowed to burn. Burn times are 9:00
am to 4:00 pm April through September, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm October and March, or 10:00 am to 2:00 pm November through February. Please abide by the burning times and call Station 32 at (928) 526-
9537 before you burn.
Squirt and Blaze (click here for link)
Summit Fire District would like to welcome two new members to their fire suppression team: Squirt and Blaze, Public Education Characters.Squirt and Blaze recently attended the Arizona Fire and Burn
Educators Association's 22nd Annual Educational Characterization through Clowning and Puppetry camp in Bullhead City.Blaze and Squirt spent four jam packed days learning tools to reduce the loss of
life, property, and injuries caused by fire and other emergency situations through educational
characterization and clowning.
This camp attracts fire department educational teams from all over the country, not just here in Arizona. They had the pleasure of making new friends and learning from educators from very different
backgrounds including some professional clowns. Summit Fire District is excited to offer a new program to the community addressing fire prevention education.
Squirt and Blaze will be appearing at the Home Show in March, Summit Fire Annual Open House and BBQ with Bicycle Rodeo on May 30th and the Annual Summit Fire Car Show on June 12th and 13th.
More information will be available on other appearances.encourage you to come meet two rock’n“Characters” providing very important messages.
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Blood Drive
Summit Fire District is having a Blood Drive on Thursday, July 23rd and Thursday, November 20th from 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm at Summit Fire Station 32 on 8905 North Koch Field Road.
To make an appointment, please call 1-877-448-GIVE (4483) or go to www.bloodhero.com and type the zip 86004. You can also call the fire station at (928) 526-9537.
Only one in twenty people regularly give blood. For every person in need of blood, the simple act of giving is heroic. Please give blood and be a Hero!
Free Tax Assistance
Just trying to get by? VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Sites provide FREE tax assistance to families earning less than $42,000 in 2008. That means you can keep up to $300 that you would have
spent on tax preparations fees. Come visit an Earn it! Keep it! Save it! VITA site to claim Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) which can help you pay bills, support your family and even afford medical care. If
you have made anywhere between $1 and $42,000 in 2008 you may be eligible for EITC which can be worth up to $4,824 depending on your income and family size.
Earn it! Keep it! Save it! VITA Site
Coconino High School
Saturdays ONLY
January 24th through April 11th
9am to 4pm
For more sites and information, please visit www.nazunitedway.org or call 1-800-829-1040.
Doney Park Water Nominating Committee
Doney Park Water is looking for DPW members to volunteer to be on the 2009 Nominating Committee. Responsibilities would include giving petitions to members interested in running for the DPW Board of
Directors and counting ballots with the DPW staff on Thursday, June 11, 2009 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am.
Please call Doney Park Water for full details at (928) 526-1080.
KKONA Discussion Group
(relatives raising kin)
On Thursday, April 9th and Thursday, May 14th, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at Cromer Elementary School at 7150 E Silver Saddle Road, there will be a discussion group for relatives raising relatives’ children.
KKONA (Kinship Kare of Northern Arizona), a program of the University of Arizona’s Coconino County Cooperative Extension, provides opportunities for caregivers who are raising children of family
members, to exchange ideas and solutions with other caregivers in a comfortable and confidential environment. Child care and refreshments are provided. Call 774-1868 ext. 15 for more information or
come on by!
Summit Fire Auxiliary
The Summit Fire Auxiliary helps the fire department and the community by providing assistance to victims of fires and serious traffic accidents. We also help families at Thanksgiving and Christmas so that
they may enjoy a nice holiday meal and receive a few gifts for Christmas.
The Auxiliary pays for this by conducting fund-raisers. One of our fund-raisers is the Summit Fire coffee mug which we are selling for $5.00. The mugs are navy blue with gold writing and the Summit Fire
logo. If you would like to help the Auxiliary with their fund-raiser, please stop by Station 32 and purchase a mug today!
The Auxiliary is always looking for new members. There are NO membership fees and you do not have to be affiliated with the Fire Department to become a member. If you are interested in becoming a
member, have some time to spare and would like to help your community, please call Peggy at (928) 526-9537.
Students and Community Work
If you are a student or a member of our community and are looking for some Community Service, we can always use some help with the mailing of our Summit Siren Newsletter. The newsletter is mailed
three times a year: April 1st, August 1st and December 1st. If you are interested, please call Summit Fire Station 32 at (928) 526-9537 for more information.
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PSPRS Board Welcomes
New Members
The Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Board would like to welcome and thank its newest members of the
board:
Mr. Jim Newkirk
Mr. Gary Selig
Mrs. Cyndy Woods-Wilson
From the members of Summit Fire Department and the community, thank you for your commitment to the future and
retirement of our public safety personnel.
Friends and Family CPR Classes
CPR has been a proven tool that can save the life of someone experiencing a heart attack. The Summit Fire District
conducts regularly scheduled CPR classes.
The next Friends and Family CPR classes are scheduled for May 11th and July 13th. Classes are from 6:00 pm to 9:00
pm at Station 32 at 8905 North Koch Field Road.
For more information or to register for this class, contact Matt Gibbs at (928) 526-9537.
Please Note: This class is NOT for certification purposes.
Please remember to change the batteries in your Smoke Detectors!
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Summit Fire Annual Open House
and BBQ with Bicycle Rodeo
Saturday, May 30th
12 noon to 4 pm
Station 32
8905 North Koch Field Road
Attending:
Public Education Clowns—Squirt and Blaze
Bear Jaw Fuels Module
Coconino County Sheriff’s Dept.
Guardian Medical Transport
Coconino County Emergency Managment
Bicycle Coalition
Block Watch
DPS
Voter Registration
SARS
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Proposed Timberline Trail Project
An Information/ Public Comment Meeting on the proposed Timberline Trail Project will be held on Wednesday, May 13th, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at
Cromer School on 7150 N. Silver Saddle Road in Doney Park. Coconino County Parks & Recreation Department will host the meeting with help
from Coconino National Forest.
Meeting attendees will review public comments received from the January 14th public meeting and learn about proposed changes to address
concerns and suggestions received at that meeting. Attendees will also be invited to provide additional comments.
The proposed trail is intended for hikers, bicyclists and equestrians to access popular Forest trails along Mount Elden and connect with the
Flagstaff Urban Trail System (FUTS) and the new Flagstaff Loop Trail. The trail alignment consolidates existing unauthorized trails, Forest roads,
and new construction into a single right-of-way that protects valuable wildlife habitat and archeological resources.
For more information contact Jan Bush at Coconino County Parks & Recreation (928- 679-8025 or jbush@coconino.az.gov) or Brian Poturalski at
Peaks Ranger Station (928-526-0866 or bpoturalski@fs.fed.us)
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7th Annual SUMMIT Car Show,
Poker Run and Burger Burn
(click for link)
Hosted by Summit Firefighters Local 1505 to benefit youth, and families in need.
Friday June 12, 2009 Burger Burn - 5:00 to 8:00 Food, music, and
informal cruise. $5 for a burger and your choice of space for Saturday’s show.
Saturday June 13, 2009 Car Show - 9:00 to 2:00
Poker Run - 2:00 ending back at show with awards following.
All makes, models and types of vehicles and motorcycles welcome
limited to first 80 vehicles
Celebrating the 70’s—Special Awards for 70’s Cars and Dress
Summit Fire Station #33 – 6050 E. Firehouse Lane Flagstaff, AZ
(6 miles north of the Flagstaff Mall on Hwy 89)
Registration - $20 pre-registered (prior to June 1) $25 day of show
Poker Run - $5 w/show registration $15 w/o show registration
Vendors Welcome - call for information. Call for list of hotels and rates.
Dash plaques for all entries, Special awards
Best of show and class trophies, Music, Games
Concessions, Raffle, Auction, and 50/50 Drawing
Parts Swap spaces available
For Show Classes, Valve Cover Race, and Slow Drag rules visit www.summitfiredepartment.org
Bring your VALVE COVER Racer
Valve Cover Races
Fri and Sat—$5 entry
Registration Form - one vehicle per form Checks payable to: Summit Firefighters Local 1505
Name___________________________________ Vehicle make, model, and year ______________________
Address ________________________________________________________________________________
Phone______________________ Fax____________________ E-mail_______________________________
Burger Burn -Number ___________@ $5.00 ea. Total $____________
Show registration -$20 pre reg; $25 reg Total $____________
Slow Drag Races -$5 w/reg; $10 Drag only Total $____________
Poker Run -$5 w/reg; $15 Poker Run only Total $____________
Valve Cover Races -$5 registration Total $____________
Parts swap space—$25 Total $____________
Total amount enclosed $ ____________
Liability release:
I hereby certify and agree to release and hold harmless the Summit FD and Summit Firefighters Local 1505 agents, members or
affiliates from loss, damage, or injury resulting from participation in the above event. I certify that my vehicle is properly insured to
meet legal requirements of liability.
________________________________________ ________________
Signature of Registrant Date
Mail to: Car Show, 8905 Koch Field Rd. Flagstaff, AZ 86004 or Fax to: 928-526-2750
For more information call Ben Fisk, Bill Dunlap, or Keith @ 928-526-9537 or e-mail bfisk@summitfiredepartment.org
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