Town of Hampton - Lane Memorial Library

Karen Desrochers - Accounts Payable - attended the University of New Hampshire before moving to
California where she worked for Hermosa Beach City School District in Accounts Payable. She also has
experience working in accounting for Fisher Scientific. Karen brings 10 years of accounting experience
to the Town of Hampton. She is also a volunteer in the Portsmouth Soup Kitchen. Karen is planning her
wedding for September of 2007. Karen has worked for the Town of Hampton since August of 2006.
Paul Paquette - Systems Engineer - served in the United States Air Force from 1979 to 1999.
While in the Air Force, Paul was trained to build, install, maintain and repair computers,
workstations and servers, running a variety of operating systems in various locations around the
world. Paul was also a deployment Team Chief for Air Force teams to Cuba, Saudi Arabia and
Mexico to set up and maintain bases for long term deployment in remote locations. He brings
over 20 years of training and experience to Hampton and provides support for 111 users in the
Town Hall, Fire Department, Department of Public Works and the Recreation Department. Paul
proactively protects the information systems from viruses and software exploits. He also
oversees the maintenance and servicing of the telephone communications. Paul is the “go to”
person for many purposes. Paul worked for Hampton as an independent contractor from 2000 to
2003. He has been employed by the Town as our information technology person since 2003.
To the citizens of Hampton,
- Fire, Emergency Medical -
& Rescue Service
I would like to begin by re-affirming to you that your Fire Department remains
of the highest caliber and is known for its leadership in the fire and emergency
medical services. Our personnel remain highly qualified, competent, and
extremely professional. “Experience Counts” as our personnel are highly
skilled and veteran first responders. Your emergency medical service is
continually praised by the staff at regional hospitals and the emergency
medical community. This can be directly attributed to our high standards of
care and their commitment to excellence. Hampton Fire Rescue is staffed with
43 employees with an average of over ten years each of professional service.
OPERATIONS
2006 brought another year of fire and emergency medical response managed on a default budget. Our
call volume has continued to increase and this year was no exception. Calls for service increased by
eight percent. We continue to provide more services with fewer personnel. I have illustrated our call
history below for your information.
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