More on 228

Getting closer

update on 128

We don't often show the status of our remounts. This is the phase that 128 (soon to be 228) is currently in. We don't have a firm return date yet, but believe it will be before 2009.

New Safety Vest

As of November 24, 2008 Federal law requires that a safety vest be worn by, “All response and support activities that occur on the roadways that facilitate the movement of traffic”.

Simply said if you are on a street of any kind Federal Law says you must be wearing your safety vest, day or night.

We are issuing each employee his or her own personal safety vest, however the order is on back order. To meet the deadline, we are placing two vests in each unit satchel. Additional vest can be acquired for any third riders by going through the normal inventory process (i.e. the cage)

When the bulk order comes in you will be issued your personal vest. See Policy #518 for complete details.

Welcome Tim

You may have seen a new guy around the shop. Tim Bissell recently joined Bobo and Kevin. Tim comes to us after working for a Ford dealership as well as owning his own shop for a few years. When you get a chance stop by and say hi.

Congratulations Tate Hamm

Tate Hamm was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant this week. With this new rank he will also be taking over the bike team form Stan Neal who has stepped down for personal reasons. When you see Tate congratulate him.

Red Cross Hero Awards

On Wednesday of this week Corey Burns, Fred Sterling and Alan Falcone were honored at the annual Red Cross Hero Banquet. They received this honor for the successful resuscitation of 18-month-old Caleb Gore who wandered into a pond and was found code blue. They all will be the first to say that they were just doing their job, and while that is true to some extent, it is good that some of our peers were honored for a job well done. Caleb was also at the event and was carried by Fred to the stage as they received their award. Congratulations!

Christmas party

It is that time for the annual MEMS Christmas party and awards banquet. This is open to MEMS Employees and their mates. This year we will be having it at the Holiday Inn Airport on December 5 2008.
Happy hour is from 18:00 – 19:00 with dinner and awards starting at 19:00.