Euless CFA Alumni Assn

Tarrant County College - Fire Academy

2011-07-25T19:02:00.001-05:00

Thanks to Chief Rhodes, our tour guide, the Citizens Fire Academy Alumni toured the TCC Fire Academy. We had an awesome time and got to see and feel some of the training tools for our regional Firefighters.

World Trade Center Piece in Euless, TX

2011-05-26T21:22:00.002-05:00

Just in - a piece of main support for the World Trade Center arrives in Euless. Training Chief Dale Skinner and Firefighter Joel Daniel left on Monday morning and returned Thursday evening for the 3,170 roundtrip mission. This piece will soon be made into a monument in front of Fire Administration in Euless.

Thanksgiving at the Station

2010-12-09T09:18:00.004-06:00

Thank You for your time, care, and great cooking - our Firefighters on duty for Thanksgiving deeply appreciated the turkey dinner! They were thrilled with the fancy dinner and were even more talking about the leftovers they enjoyed later that night and into the early morning...

Thank You for taking care of our Heroes!

17th Annual Christmas Parade of Lights - CFA

2010-12-04T21:10:00.001-06:00

Our entry won 1st place for the City of Euless Unit.
Thank You to Bill Stone for the guidance,
Jacob Smith for the donation of the trailer,
Bill Versteeg for driving the float.

Cokie and Lori playing on the theme "Out of this World"

See all the winners here:

http://www.eulesstx.gov/pacs/parade.htm#awards

Final Touchups before the Parade.

2010-12-04T08:51:00.000-06:00

During the daylight - we decorated Utility 553. Last touchups before the parade that night.

Almost Complete - Parade Float

2010-11-21T20:15:00.000-06:00

Week #4 - We are Ready!

Christmas Parade of Lights - CFA Entry

2010-11-06T22:00:00.000-05:00

The CFA Parade float is coming to life! The pictures are of week number two. We are assemblying it on Saturdays - 2pm at Station #3. We could use your personal touch! Thanks Sue for taking the pictures.

EFFA Golf Tournament at Texas Star

2010-09-14T21:21:00.000-05:00

As it was told by Jacob Smith - this was the 30th running of the EFFA Golf Tournament. A full tournament with awesome raffle prizes and a great lunch. The ECFAAA was a huge help in supplying the manpower to get everyone checked in and manage the special holes of closest to the pin and the longest drive.

Kroger Fundraiser

2010-06-28T16:17:00.002-05:00

Just bring this letter with you to Kroger and show the register person... They will link your Kroger card and start funding the Euless Citizens Fire Academy Alumni!
Thank You!

Euless CERT Disaster Drill

2010-05-15T13:42:00.001-05:00

The restaurant was hit by a large tornado - we can hear people inside, calling from deep inside the building. At first glace there is a person in the room with a heavy wall on them.

This is a scenario of what could happen in our community - the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) has a new class - ready and trained! Learn more about CERT here: CERT Info

Baskin Robbins 31 cent Scoops!

2010-04-28T22:00:00.000-05:00

Baskin Robbins of Euless held its 31 cent scoop night on April 28th. The corporation donates $100,000 to the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation and the local franchisees team up with local fire departments. This year we brought out the boots and raised funds for Jerry's Kids / MDA. It was a beautiful night for Ice Cream!

Fundraiser

2010-04-26T23:00:00.000-05:00

Arbor Daze 2010

2010-04-25T11:26:00.000-05:00

We sold Cokes and Educated the Citizens of our Fire Department and Free Classes to learn more about the Fire Service. Check out the Fire Clowns!

Thank You Volunteers for a succesful fundraiser!

ECFAAA Christmas Party

2009-12-07T16:09:00.000-06:00

For the December meeting of the Euless Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association we have a Christmas Party! We invite the family, have some food, great wrapped presents and enjoy time with the Firefighters. We always get a chuckle from the 12 days of Christmas as it is sung and acted out by the different tables. There is bingo, puzzles and a raffle for the gifts. There were plenty of gifts and smiles! Thank You to the committee for the quality party - Great Job!

2009-12-06T16:04:00.000-06:00

Flag Football with Firefighters - Known as the Border Bowl - The Bedford Fire challenges Euless Fire (Them). It was a rainy and cold day - great for football! Congratulations Euless Fire for winning the Border Bowl!

Euless Christmas Parade of Lights

2009-12-05T15:42:00.000-06:00

Here are the pictures from the 16th Annual Euless Christmas Parade of Lights. The ECFAAA float was number 3 of 132 entries - up front. Also pictures of the Reserve Fire Engine from Station 3.

Thanksgiving at the Fire House

2009-11-26T11:47:00.002-06:00

Thanksgiving at the Fire House! Thank You to all who cooked and baked a little extra to provide for the on shift Firefighters. They very much appreciated the home cooked turkey dinner.

Christmas Parade Float ~ under construction.

2009-11-20T10:31:00.000-06:00

Here is our 2009 Euless Christmas Parade of Lights entry. This years theme is "A Star Spangled Christmas", we have plenty of stars and plenty of blinking lights. Look for us December 5th on Midway. And look here for pictures of the completed entry.

EFFA Golf Tournament.

2009-11-10T10:23:00.001-06:00

The Euless Firefighter Association asked the CFA to help with their charity golf tournament - and we were glad to assist! As you can see the line of golfers paraded down our line of tickets and goodies - starting with check-in and ending with the official polo shirt. Once the tournament started our role was to monitor the holes that had extra activities on them.

Open House at Fire Station #3

2009-10-03T22:15:00.002-05:00

Open House 2009! Euless Fire opened the bay doors and showed off their equipment and Firefighters! Hot dogs and drinks were served by our CFA, there was even a fundraiser bake sale - goodies baked by firefighters and citizens. Come check out the next one in October of 2010.

Kroger Fundraiser

2009-06-24T07:00:00.000-05:00

The ECFAAA is APPROVED! We are approved to participate in the Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Program. All that is needed from you is take this form to your local Kroger and have them scan it along with your Kroger Card to link the two together. That is it! Once that is linked, based on our participation, the ECFAAA will get a portion of one million dollars that is portioned out to the program participants of TX and LA.

I did check and you will continue to get your Fuel savings with the Kroger Card.

If you have any questions - contact Jeremy.

Here is the form's address: http://www.krogerneighbortoneighbor.com/pdf/10000080567.pdf

1st Annual Dinner with the Fire Guys

2009-05-22T22:24:00.001-05:00

We had a Spectacular turn out of CFA Grads and Alumni, the guys had a blast visiting and mingling with all in attendance. ~ and the food was "out of this world" good! We started arriving at 2:30pm to prepare and cook - dinner was served at 6:30pm... we cleaned and departed about 7:45ish. It was a really great evening!

Arbor Daze 2009

2009-04-26T09:14:00.000-05:00

Get your cold soda here! Arbor Daze was a success, our largest fundraiser, and we couldn't of done it with out you - our members. Here are some fun pics, if you missed it - I hope you can make it next year! A special Thank You to the volunteers at the Coke booth, Information Table, Fun Walk and also to Sue Kosec for designing and donating the Fire Station to raffle.

Texas Trash Off 2009

2009-04-06T13:32:00.003-05:00

It was a sunny day for the 2009 Texas Trash Off! The CFA cleaned the City Hall complex and surrounding area. Then finished off at Incredible Pizza - the event sponsor.

CFA Raffle 2009

2009-04-02T16:55:00.003-05:00

Raffle Poster - tickets to be sold during Arbor Daze at the Fire Department Public Education Booth. Drawing will be held during the April meeting of the CFA - Monday the 27th.
Click on the raffle poster to print a copy.

Welcoming a Soldier Home to Euless

2009-03-20T21:30:00.002-05:00

It started as a request to the Mayor for an official Certificate of Recognition. Euless could do better and we did, at the request of City Manager Gary McKamie. Our Quint & Medic 551 was in attendance, Fire Admin was there, as well as several CFA folks. Presentation from our Mayor as well as a presentation from Congressman Marchant was the highlight. Here are the pictures!

Pictures....

2009-03-09T16:58:00.003-05:00

Santa brought me a new camera for Christmas... I am getting real good at daytime activities but night time still presents a challenge.

Follow the link to see some Fire Scene Pictures and also CFA Activity pictures.

Jeremy~

Texas Citizens Fire Academy Association

2009-03-07T19:21:00.000-06:00

Garland CFA hosted the Chiefs Forum on March 7th. It was a great time by both the Citizens as well as the Fire Chiefs from each North Texas city that participates. An awesome breakfast was served, and great fellowship was had - but we were there for the forum and that turned out to be Fantastic.

Euless Fire Fighters Hockey Night.

2009-01-27T15:02:00.002-06:00

This just in - Deadline is February 24th - the event is February 27th in North Richland Hills.

January 6, 2009 REHAB Call

2009-01-14T10:44:00.005-06:00

Thanks to Faye for cordinating Susan and Jeff! The guys appreciated hot drinks and water. It was Midnight and about 38 degrees for this call out.

Euless Christmas Parade of Lights

2008-12-09T09:50:00.007-06:00

Here are some pictures of the 2008 Parade of Lights. With our Santa's Choice winnings in 2007 we carried Santa for 2008. Thanks to Jerrie Keller (Float Committee Chair) - and her helpers - we scored tops in our category.

What did you like most about the float or the parade?

2008-12-03T16:05:00.002-06:00

For additional Information Visit:

http://www.euless.org/fire/cfa.htm

http://ecfaaa.org/

http://tcfaaa.org/

Euless Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association

2008-12-03T15:44:00.002-06:00

Welcome to our spot in the world! For an application to be in an upcoming class follow this link and submit it to Euless Fire Administration on Ector.

http://www.euless.org/fire/docs/CFPA%20Brochure.pdf