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"Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 4, 2001 ¢ wn Keeping Scugog safe and sound Richard Miller Who: Richard Miller Age: 46 From Where? | was born in Port Perry and raised in Caesarea. Background? | went to (elementary) school in Blackstock and then went on to high school at Cartwright before mov- ing to the University of Guelph where my major was Turf Grass Management. My parents owned a general store in Caesarea and in 1952 my uncle and dad helped start the Caesarea Fire Department. For 30 years my dad was the chief and my mom was a phone operator until the high-tech equipment started to come into the picture. | start- ed to get involved with the fire depart- ment in February of 1974 when | was 18 and 1 am still involved now. What is your current position with the Scugog Fire Department? | received the duties of fire chief on May 8, 1995. Before that I was the deputy chief, and I've held almost every posi- tion in the 27 years that 1 have been here. Any prior work with other fire departments? No, | have worked strict- ly with the Port Perry area. | was at the Caesarea station when I was the deputy chief for six years, but that was when the deputy chief worked outside of the Port Perry fire station. Describe the changes in the fire department since your start: The new Port Perry station; it is a milestone and one of the biggest changes. There now are 25 to 30 people per station and the call load (number of incidents) has gone up a lot. There used to be around 60 to 70 calls for Caesarea and around 180 for Port Perry. Last year there was 360 calls between both stations and this year we are already at about 430 with four more weeks left in this year, so we've had 110 to 120 more calls than last year. The trucks and pumps are bigger, the techniques have changed a lot, we now extract people from vehicle NICK BRONSON / PORT PERRY STAR Richard Miller holds the postion of fire chief with the Scugog Fire Department. He grew up in Scugog and has been with the local fire department for the past 27 years. He first got Involved in firefighting when he was 18 years old. accidents and we are going to purchase heart defibrillators to help people who are having, or who have just had, a heart attack. The level of service and training is going a lot higher... we test firefighters more often and keep a record of province-wide training. Any changes that we can expect in the next five years? Staff levels will change as the department and commu- nity grows. We are looking at hiring full- time day staff for a quicker response rate. We are thinking of hiring a preven- tion presentation person and replacing some of the outdated vehicles. What is something the public should know about the fire depart- ment that they probably don't know? Some people in the community think that this station is staffed with full-time firefighters but we only have part-time volunteers who are fire-fighting profes- sionals. And that was 15 minutes with Mr. Miller. Thanks Richard. 'Nick Bronson is a Port Perry High School co-op student who is working at The Port Perry Star. They'll advise, assist councillors on matters Council okays establishment of Heritage Scugog committee By J. Peter Hvidsten Port Perry Star Scugog Township has set in motion the process to establish a Heritage Committee in the com- munity. Passing a bylaw last Monday, council will now move ahead and form a committee whose responsibility it will be to advise and assist council on matters per- taining to architectural and historical value to the community. The new group will become known as Heritage Scugog and will consist of nine members of the community, one of which will be the Mayor as well as another mem- ber of council. CORRECTION NOTICE We wish to draw your attention to the following in our current "Gifts That Sparkle!" Flyer Page 10 - Item 3 - 30" Sitting Moose or Snowman, 51-6556-0 w i Copy reads: 30" Sitting Moose or Snowman, 51-6556-0. Reg 29.99 Sale 24.99 Save 5.00 Should read: 21" Sitting Moose or Snowman, 51-6556-2. Reg 14.99 Sale 9.99 1/3 Off. Page 10 - Item 4 - 21" Standing Moose or Snowman, 51-6556-2 Copy reads: 21" Standing Moose or Snowman, 51-6556-2. Reg 14.99 Sale 9.99 1/3 Off. Should read: 30" Standing Moose or Snowman, 51-6556-0. Reg 29.99 Sale 24.99 Save 5.00. Page 13 - Item 3 - Remote- " 5 50-4249-6 Copy reads: Remote-Controlled Monster Vehicles. Should read: Radio-Controlled Monster Vehicles. Please Note: The Extreme Baja Beetle is no longer available. WE SINCERELY REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE WE MAY HAVE CAUSED YOU. Cnote D349 - All zones INSURANCE ASSIGNMENT ACCEPTED (WE COLLECT FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES) + PAYMENT PLANS ARRANGED + SENIOR CITIZENS DISCOUNT Vike NEW PATIENTS WELCOME 462 PAXTON ST. (ACROSS FROM PORT PERRY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL) 905-985-8459 PoRrT PERRY STAR www.portperrystar.com YOUR'1SOURCE FOR LOCAL INFORMATION The term of the com- mittee will run concur- rent with council and at its first meeting each year will elect a chair and secretary. Some of the duties of Heritage Scugog will be: OQ to act as a resource to residents interested in conserving structures of historical and/or architec- tural interest; OQ enable local resi- dents who have opted to designate their proper- ties to access provincial funding for heritage con- servation and renova- tion; Q act as a resource to staff by reviewing devel- opment applications and providing comments; Q establish criteria for the evaluation of proper: ties of architectural or historical value of inter- est; and QQ advise and assist council on current her- itage conservation pro- grams, regulations and legislation. See Store for details