Today at 14:25 a milestone has been reached by avfd44.com. At this time the site has been  viewed 100,000 times and has over 215,000 page impressions since going online just over 2 years ago. We would like to thank our loyal viewers for their continued support. Keep checking back to see what we have been up to. Again Thank You to all our supporters who have made this milestone possible. And we would like to wish all our viewers a safe and Happy Holidays.

As you all know this time last year Santa Clause and his helpers made a trip to come visit the boys and girls of the Austin area. Last year Santa ran into a little trouble with his sleigh so he decided to ask Station 44 for some help. Santa was really impressed with how well things went last year. So last week we got a special phone call from Santa asking if we could meet him again this year in his special landing spot to take him to see the boys and girls, and we agreed to meet him.

Everyone here at AVFD would like to congratulate Paige McLaughlin on recently becoming an EMT in our department. Paige is one of our Jr members who also runs on the fire side of the department. Again congratulations Paige.

This morning shortly after 06:00 Station 44 was dispatched for a MVA on the Reed Run Road. It was reported that the call was in Keating Township 2 miles from the Bark Shanty intersection. Chief 44-20 (M.Bacon), Chief 44-30 (J.Burgett) and Chief 44-60 (C.Zenns) all responded at time of dispatch. Rescue 44-8 and Engine 44-2 would respond 3 minutes after dispatch followed shortly after by Ambulance 44-7.

Today at 15:37 Station 44 was dispatched for a reported MVA with unknown injuries on the Bark Shanty Road in Keating Township. Chief 44 (D.VanWhy), Chief 44-20 (M.Bacon), FPC 44-90 (R.Setzer) all responded at time of dispatch. Moments later rescue 44-8 and Engine 44-2 would respond followed by Ambulance 44-6.

Everyone here at AVFD would like to congratulate Tracy Orlowski on her recent achievements. A while back Tracy wrote an essay for Voice of Democracy. A program held by Austin Memorial #7810 Ladies Auxiliary. Tracy is currently a senior at the Austin Area School, one of our Junior members and an active EMT with our department. She is the daughter of Sheryl and Dave Orlowski who are also members of our department. Sheryl is currently our 2nd Assistant Ambulance Chief, a position she has held for some time now. Tracy now has a chance of receiving a $30,000 scholarship if her essay goes on the National in Washington, D.C. Again we would like to take this time to congratulate Tracy and wish her good luck as her essay progresses.

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Last night AVFD held their annual election of Officers for the 2010 year the following will be the Officers for the 2010 year. The elected Officers take over their duties at midnight on January 1st, 2010.
 
Chairmen - Peg Rotello
 
President - Kerry Ehrensberger
 
Vice President- Daniele Bennent
 
Secretary - Sabrina Earle
 
Chief 44 - Darren VanWhy
 
Chief 44-10 - Chase Cooney
 
Chief 44-20 - Mike Bacon
 
Chief 44-60 - Colleen Zenns
 
Chief 44-70 - Justin Moate
 
AVFD Cooperation Board - Joe Burgett, Jimmy Dynda, Sheryl Orlowski, Shaun Frank
 
 
**Appointed Positions**
 
Chief 44-30 - Joe Burgett
 
Chief 44-71 - Sheryl Orlowski
 
Treasure - Kathy Brooks

Tonight at 18:02 Station 44 was toned out for a MVA with possible entrapment on SR 607 in Keating Township near the village of Keating Summit. It was reported that there were unknown injuries. Chief 44 (D.VanWhy), Chief 44-10 (C.Cooney), Chief 44-20 (M.Bacon), Chief 44-30 (J.Burgett), Chief 44-71 (S.Orlowski) and FPC 44-90 (R.Setzer) all responded at time of dispatch. 2 minutes later Rescue 44-8 and Engine 44-2 both responded followed by Ambulance 44-6. Chief 44 was the first officer on scene and reported 1 vehicle on its side, no entrapment, 1 BLS injury, 1 ALS injury, requested for a bird to go airborne, requested mutual aid from McKean County Station 3 (Port Allegany). Chief 44 also established Austin Command.