Lawrence Retired FireFighter Society

Shadon and Kristi Satter are the proud parents of a baby boy. Gerrit was born February 25, 2012. He weighs 6.2 pounds and is 19.5 inches long.

Congratulations to the Landau family on the arrival of their new baby boy (7 LBS 3 OZ.)!

1951-2011

Funeral services for William C. “Bill” Brubaker, 59, Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Lawrence Free Methodist Church. Burial with full honors will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.
He died Aug. 10, 2011, in St. Joseph, Mo.
He was born Nov. 30, 1951, in Lawrence, the son of Clark E. and Catherine Filkins Brubaker.
Mr. Brubaker joined the Lawrence Fire Department on Sept. 1, 1970. He was promoted to Captain in January 1983 and then to Major in 1988. He retired Dec. 15, 2001. He was responsible for fire training, 14 recruit academies and promotional assessments. His family had a long history with the fire department; their employment had been continuous since 1938.
After his retirement from the Lawrence Fire Department, Mr. Brubaker spent a short time working for Douglas County Emergency Preparedness. He joined the Kansas Division of Emergency Management (KDEM) as Northeast Regional Coordinator on Dec. 5, 2005. His interview was by phone because of his deployment to Hurricane Katrina response in Mississippi. He returned several times to Mississippi to instruct incident management to their State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at the request of Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Mr. Brubaker received the Instructor of the Year award from the Kansas Emergency Management Association in 2008. He received the Owen V. Turrentine Outstanding Emergency Management Professional Award for Kansas in 2010.
He enjoyed being in the field working with his peers and helping people. He also knew the value of an emergency scenario exercise and was a Master Exercise Practitioner. He developed and delivered numerous exercises statewide. He led the State Deployable Resource Committee, which includes search and rescue teams, incident management teams, and the law enforcement working group. His thoughts on deployable resources forever changed the state’s ability to respond and help community’s recovery from disasters.
One of Mr. Brubaker’s priorities was building a statewide Search & Rescue team for Kansas, and this goal was achieved. He spent countless personal hours in recruiting and developing not only team members, but securing sponsors and partners for funding and equipment. He was in the process of making preparations for the fourth annual Kansas Technical Rescue Conference in September. When his endeavor began, Kansas did not have any search and rescue teams. As of today, Kansas has seven teams, one in each Homeland Security region; combined, they make up Kansas Task Force One.
Mr. Brubaker led the development of the Incident Management Teams, and was one of the first team members deployed to support the Greensburg tornado response and recovery efforts and the 2007 Southeast Kansas flooding. His last days were spent in response to the Missouri River flooding.
Most of the emergency management and first responders in Kansas called him by the nickname “Fire Marshall Bill.” Though employed at the state level, he was an advocate for local government and responders, and was their champion in all things emergency management and public safety.
He married Denise Peery on Dec. 3, 1983, in Lawrence. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a daughter, Stephanie Brubaker Morley, Lawrence; a son, William Clark “Will,” Miami; his mother, Catherine Brubaker Evans, Lawrence; a brother, Bob, Lawrence; three sisters, Deborah Hobgood, Kansas City, Mo., and Wanda Fulks and Tamara Guinn, both of Lawrence; and a grandson, Kaden Morley.
He was preceded in death by his father and a sister, Kathy Meyers.
The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society, the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross, sent in care of the mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence.
Online condolences may be sent to warrenmcelwain.com.

Memorial Video;

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/may/16/lawrence-douglas-county-fire-medical-planning-rest/

Engineer / Paramedic Steve Welter has been selected by his peers and approved by the Executive Staff as the 2010 Firefighter of the Year.

Engineer Welter will be honored by the Fraternal Order of Eagles at the annual Public Safety Awards Luncheon on Sunday February 6, 2011 at 1300 hours. The lunch will be held at the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1803 W 6th Street.

Please congratulate Engineer Welter on his outstanding service to the citizens of Lawrence and Douglas County and the receipt of this year’s award.

From the Lawrence Daily World…

Lawrence fire department to choose between additional fire station or new ‘automobile fire wagon’”

• “Would it be more economical for Lawrence to purchase an automobile fire wagon or to establish another fire station? This is a question which the Merchants Association is trying to solve. The present headquarters are very centrally located, but on long calls to the city limits, so much time is consumed in making the run that a blaze gets under great headway before the arrival of the fire fighters. An automobile truck, capable of making forty to sixty miles an hour, would enable the firemen to reach any section of the city within a minute or two after receiving the alarm.”

Congratulations to John and Wendy Mathis. They are the proud parents of a baby girl born Oct. 13^th at 2047. She is 7lbs 9 oz. and 19 ¾ inches.

Retired Firefighter Ralph Kendrick made the trip to Estes Park, CO and brought back some information and pictures of the 1928 American LaFrance that once served Lawrence, Kansas. Ralph spent approximately 8 years with this pumper and a mechanic for one year until it left 1968. It left when the 3 Seagraves were ordered.

1928 American LaFrance

Model 112 RC PWT Pumper

• Engine: 855 cu in T-Head 6-Cylinder Engine, 120 Horsepower, Dual Ignition
• Drive:    Chain Drive
• Pump:   750 G.P.M Rotary Gear Pump
• History: This truck was found in a field in Missouri, and rebuilt from the frame up between 1994 – 2003. It has a chain drive rear axle, was built in Elmira, NY and originally served Lawrence, Kansas Fire Department. “RC PWT” stands for Rotary pump, Chain drive, triple combination pumper: Hose, Water & Pump.
• Owner: Reliance Fire Company Museum, Estes Park, CO, Doug & Cheryl Klink, Directors
• Restoration: Doug Klink & Dale Minton, K.V.R. LLC, Estes Park, CO & Parkville, MO (Authentic Gold Leaf and Decoration Extensively Researched and Replicated by Doug Klink)
• Link: http://www.reliancefiremuseum.org/id29.html

1946 – 2010 Lawrence

Funeral services for Arthur Turner, 63, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday (6-17-2010) at the Ninth Street Baptist Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.

Mr. Turner died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was born Sept. 23, 1946, in Vicksburg, Miss., the son of Henry Plug and Sceressa Wilson Turner.
Mr. Turner had been a loyal member of the Lawrence community for more than 40 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from Kansas University. Mr. Turner was a firefighter for the Lawrence Fire Department and, after retiring, he was a mediator for the state of Kansas. He was a member of the Ninth Street Baptist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Cassandra Turner, Atlanta, Keziah Turner, of Virginia, and Ciara Turner, Bonner Springs; three sisters, Louise Turner, Topeka, Eliza Wiseman, Memphis, Tenn., and Bernice Davis, Hollandale, Miss.; two brothers, Aaron, Lawrence, and Willie, of Mississippi; a granddaughter, Maya Turner-Jones; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, five sisters and two brothers.
The family will greet friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday (6-16-2010) at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
The family suggests memorials to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent to warrenmcelwain .com.