December 2009 - Hudson Firefighters

Captain Steve Gannon
Recognized For 20 Years Of Service
By Fire Chief Shawn Murray
Captain Steve Gannon was hired on
December 15, 1989. Steve was promoted to
Lieutenant in April of 1997 and to Captain
in March of 2002. During his 20 years of
service to the Town of Hudson Captain
Gannon has obtained certification as a Level
III Firefighter, EMT - Paramedic, Fire
Officer I & 2, Hazmat Technician and Fire
Instructor. Captain Gannon has also
received training in Incident Command and
the National Incident Management System.
Captain Gannon is currently assigned to
Group 4.
He lives in Hudson with his Wife
Melanie.
Captain Steve
Gannon
Recognized
The Town of Hudson appreciates the
service and dedication that Steve has
provided the Town over these past 20 years.
The Town would like to congratulate Steve
Department Anniversaries
Tim Kearns 12/3/1984
Steve Gannon 12/15/1989
Erich Weeks 12/1/2002
on reaching this milestone in his
years of service and wish him the
best in his future.
Litchfield Crash
Requires The Response
Of Two Ambulances
A two vehicle crash during the
first snow storm of the year in the
area of 551 Charles Bancroft
Highway in Litchfield on December
9th, required the response of two
Hudson ambulances.
Ambulance 2 with a crew of
Firefighters Sullivan and Haerinck
along with Litchfield crews were
toned to the scene by Dispatcher
Glenn at 06:55. On arrival crews
found a head-on two vehicle crash
with heavy front end damage. Upon
checking the occupants of the cars
two were found to be injured. After
evaluating the patients command
requested a second ambulance to the
scene at 07:14.
Toned to the scene was Ambulance 1
with a crew of Firefighters Blinn and
Crane. Due to the weather and the crash
Charles Bancroft Highway was shut down
causing a large traffic back up. A second
patient with minor injury was loaded into
Litchfield Car 1 and transported to a
nearby Technical Park and transferred into
Ambulance 1.
Both patients were treated by crews
for their injuries and transported to
Manchester and Nashua Hospitals.
We Say Goodbye
We say goodbye to Firefighters Steve Jarry
and Buddy Hallowell who both resigned in
December. We wish them both the best of
luck with their future endeavors.
Pelham Fire recently placed this 2009 GMC 4500 Horton into service as Ambulance
1. The unit is equipped with a rear view back up camera, on demand privacy
windows, in cab navigation system and Mobile Data Terminal. Photo by Pat Weaver
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