Tylenol recall: FDA slams company
Submitted by sysop on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 15:49NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The maker of several over-the-counter drugs, including Tylenol, Motrin and Benadryl, announced a broad-based recall of these and other drugs Friday after receiving complaints of an "unusual moldy, musty or mildew-like" odor.
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UPDATED - AVFD Receives Grant for Smoke Detectors - Application now online
Submitted by sysop on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 07:56The Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department has received a federal grant from the Department of Homeland Security to purchase, distribute and install smoke detectors within their coverage area. A PDF copy of the application can be found here.
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Andersonville Vol. Fire Department Announces 2009 Stats
Submitted by sysop on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 05:10The Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department set a new record for emergency
responses in 2009 at 809. Specifically in the month of December the AVFD
responded to 38 calls for assistance with 24 being Emergency Medical First
Responder calls, 8 Motor Vehicle Accidents, 2 structure fires, 2 service
calls, and 2 false alarms. During 2009, the AVFD responded to 470
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All Members : (SPECIAL ATTN JUNIORS)
Submitted by sysop on Fri, 01/01/2010 - 15:08The first junior business meeting of 2010 will be held on Thursday January
7th @ 1900hrs. at Stn 1. If you want to be a junior firefighter with the
Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department, I strongly encourage you to be at
this meeting. There is going to be a lot of changes for this upcoming
year. (Mostly good and positive changes). Please pass the word to other
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Ray Viles Ford Helps AVFD
Submitted by sysop on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 04:19
Ray Viles Ford has made what amounts to a $6,000 donation to the Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department, they just made it in the form of a pickup truck. The AVFD purchased the vehicle at a much reduced cost from the local Ford dealership, a Ford F250 Diesel 4 door 4x4 pickup truck.
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House Fire - Old Burrville Ln
Submitted by sysop on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 04:14The Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the 100
block of Old Burrville Ln in the Clinton area just before 3:00pm on Monday
for a report of smoke coming from a residence.
Fire units arrived on the scene within minutes reporting light smoke from the house. Firefighters made entry into the structure to find a small fire in a back bedroom near the electrical panel.
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AVFD Members Complete State of TN Fire Courses.
Submitted by sysop on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 08:06Your Fire Department has had a very successful year again this year with members complete the state mandated classes to come fire fighters. Then we also had 2 members who continued complete additional courses to reach the Firefighter Level II.
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Smokey Mountain Weekend
Submitted by sysop on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 22:59If anyone is interested and wants to attend, they need to let me know ASAP!!
Jeff
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The Following Information on Smokey Mountain Weekend and the Chief Officer Course is from Chief Tony Watson of Pigeon Forge. Chief Watson is President of the Sevier County Fire Chief’s Association.
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4-Wheeler Winner Selected
Submitted by sysop on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 10:09The raffle began back in July and ended in October.
The process began by gaining approval from the State of Tennessee and submitting all necessary paperwork and requests through the Secretary of State. In March, our request went before the State General Assembly and with the support of Senator McNally, and Representatives Jim Hackworth and Les Winningham it passed without any problems.
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2009 Year in Review
Submitted by sysop on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 07:16As we come to the end of another year, let’s look at the Accomplishments of 2009 for your Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department:
- Increased money in savings from $5,000 to $33,000 for future projects like station additions
- Placed $10,000 of that $33,000 in a high interest earning CD
- Increased funds from Fall Fund raising letter and Spring Fund Raising Letter
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