Riley Witte, a volunteer since July 2011, is committed to learning more about emergency services. Starting off as an EMS-only volunteer, an EMT I, she just completed her testing for EMT III. Riley is currently taking Firefighter-1 class, and looking forward to responding to fire calls in the Goldstream Valley and on Chena Ridge. Riley enjoys volunteering as part of the Chena-Goldstream team, and finds the people she encounters - other volunteers as well as the public - the most rewarding part of the job.

Noah Jordahl, a volunteer since October, 2011, has hit the ground running. He's long been interested in emergency medicine. He went to paramedic school to scratch his itch to know more about EMS. He is February's Volunteer of the Month for the extra shifts he has been pulling and teaching EMS classes. He loves teaching because it motivates him to put in the extra effort required to really know the topics. He thanks everyone at CGFR for being so nice to him. We thank you, too, Noah, for volunteering above and beyond our usual high expectations.

The latest issue of the CGFR newsletter is now available. To save money, we printed and mailed postcards directing everyone to visit our website for the newsletter instead of mailing a printed copy of the entire publication. This cuts our printing and postage costs about $1,000.

If you would like a printed copy of the newsletter, please call the fire station at 479-5672 during business hours. We are happy to mail you a hard copy. We welcome your feedback.

In this issue, we have eight months worth of Volunteers of the Month, a letter from the Chief, a plan to increase the tax cap and a few safety articles. The plan to increase the tax cap as it applies is CGFR is likely to interest many people. More information can be found on Community/Mill Rate Restoration page. We will be bringing more information forward for people in the near future.

Welcome to the newest iteration of Chena Goldstream Fire and Rescue's web page. It has been a number of years since our last version was launched. It was directed almost entirely at current volunteers. This new page will have much of the information our current volunteers find useful and it will include many new sections of interest to the general public and to prospective volunteers.

The site is a little barren at the moment, but we will be working to populate the various sections with new information as the days and weeks progress. If you are interested in contributing to the website, please contact paul [at] cgfr [dot] com (Paul Delys) or asorensen [at] cgfr [dot] com (Anna Sorensen).