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December 1, 2007
KHVFD, along with CCFR units E10, R10, R23 and Battalion 1, attended Air Transport Landing Zone training. Life Flight 2, flew down from the Green Cove Springs area to instruct the class. Life Flight 2 has been in service in the Clay County area less than a year. The crew for the helicopter consisted of ( Pilot ) Mike Lapointe, ( Medics ) Tres Oliver and Jairo Herrera, ( Instructor ) Heath Schmidt with Heath being from the Keyston Heights area and currently residing here. The class taught landing zone safety (how to approach the air craft after it has landed).
Attendance for the class was good. KHVFD would like to extend a big thanks to all those who attended and to LF2 for teaching the class.
 
 
September 15, 2007
The new recruits and other probationary members finished session II of III. They performed engine company and hose evolutions and covered response policies, hand tools and radio operations. All participants gained hands-on experience and got a little wet. Thanks go to everyone for having a good attitude towards training, the officers and members who asssisted in the training class, and Mr. Miller for some more good food. We have one more session to go.
 
September 13, 2007
CCFR Staff as well as E10 and KHVFD conducted an Acceptance Test of the newly constructed NFPA compliant 120,000-gallon water storage facility located at the Keystone Airport. The fire protection system constructed by Evans Fire Protection of Jacksonville, Florida, provides protection to existing buildings as well as one additional T-Hanger to be constructed in the future. This expandable system (a self-filling, draft type through a fire hydrant centrally located in the complex of T-Hangers) is a positive step toward securing fire protection within the Airpark complex. This project was made possible only by a highly motivated Airpark committee dedicated to its customers' safety.
September 8, 2007
New Recruit Class Starts with Success
With several new applications for membership being received, the department officers decided to initiate an idea they had been planning. And with four members being voted in on probation and one late application, a class was planned. With many hours of planning put into this new program, it went off without a hitch. The new recruits finished their first session and are excited to return. Gear was issued and department history and meaning were explained. Thanks to President Jeff Miller for the lunch and valuable training. And thanks to all the officers and members who assisted in the class. We hope the next two sessions will be like the first.
September 2, 2007
Volunteers Respond MVA with Entraptment on CR214
At 2130 hrs., Keystone Volunteers were dispatched to CR214 at the intersection of Twin Lakes Road for a two-vehicle MVA with entraptment. Attack 10 arrived on scene first with three volunteers and found a two-vehicle collision with heavy damage. Upon assesment of the scene, it was noted that there was a total of three patients with one trapped. Chief 10 arrived on the scene and began command functions. CCFR E10 arrived on the scene and confirmed Trauma Alert. With a ShandsCair helicopter in route, CCFR Rescue 25 and Bradford County EMS Medic 2 were also responding for patient transport. The driver was extricated by performing a door removal and major dash lift. All patients were packaged for transport. ShandsCair landed next to the scene in a cow pasture. All three patients were transported to Shands of Gainesville. The scene was secured, and Clay County Sherrif's Office remained on the scene for investigation.
April 1, 2007 KHVFD along with E10, St23, R75 and
DOF, responded to a wild fire involving a lake bed. Upon arrival, E10 extended
pre-connected lines to rapidly control the growth of the fire, as brush trucks
worked the perimeter. The Division of Forestry plowed a line around the fire.
Twelve thousand gallons of water from Tankers 105 and 238 was used to darken the
fire. Over 12,000 gallons were pumped through the sprinkler system from a
nearby pond to assist with overhaul. The scene was left in the care of the
Division of Forestry, with the scene’s being checked on a daily basis for
rekindle due to the peat involved.
 
February 22, 2007
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Movie 21, 20, 31
Lake Everett Fire: 23 Acres Burned
KHVFD, St 23, Melrose, Theresa
CCFRST10,R75
Multiple units responded to a reported brush fire which involved
multiple agencies to assist in the extinguishment .
February 21, 2007
KHVFD and CCFR extend our
condolences to the family of Mike Benson and his Melrose VFD family
during this difficult time after his passing. Mike Benson was a
long-time member of the MVFD. He was a valuable family man, as well as
a value to the community in which he lived, as was obvious by his giving
nature. Our hearts and prayers go out.
 
February 17, 2007
Joint Extrication Training
KHVFD, along with Theresa VFD held a joint extrication training
evaluation on Saturday, February 17. Crews learned new extrication
techniques along with learning new sets of extrication tools.
February 10, 2007
E23
arrived to find one vehicle upside down on its roof in the ditch with
the PT under the roof with only the PT’s knees and below visible.
Units worked for eighteen minutes using air bags and cribbing to
extricate the PT. PT was flown by Shands Care to Shands at UF Trauma
Center where the PT is recovering.
 
PT Pinned by Vehicle
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