By squirrels, I mean distractions. A lot has happened in the last year. I can't believe that I haven't blogged here in so long. That being said, we have done a lot over the last year to not only promote the book but to get it ready for publication. This blog post will be a short update on what has happened in the last year. I will be following it up with a number of blog posts about some of the exciting new developments. I may even add in a few squirrels along the way. ...continue reading "Squirrels"
Unveiling of the photo concrete wall at the BC Burn Fund Centre
BC Burn Fund Centre unvails its Photo Concrete Wall
On June 21, 2015 the BC Burn Fund Centre unveiled it's feature Photo Concrete wall. The photo taken by Allan de la Plante depicts a firefighter holding a child with another beside him at a fire scene. The technique used on this wall is Photo Concrete. This is a new process of embedding a photo into the concrete.
I took Nathan down to see the festivities. When we got there, we went to the BC Burn Fund Centre table at the front of the building to get his book signed by some more fire fighters. After we got a few fire fighters to sign the book, Nathan was taken to the podium where they were getting ready to do the unveiling and we were introduced to Michael Hurley, the president of the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund. ...continue reading "BC Burn Fund Centre"
On May 15th Nathan had a professional development day so we visited Burnaby Firehall #1. When we got there we met with fire captain Erik Vogel. He took us down and showed us the dispatch room. He then took us into the engine bay where he showed us through his Command Unit.
After showing the Command Unit Captain Vogel went in where the firefighter were having their morning briefing and send out firefighters Darren Jung and Tyler Codron. Darren is the driver of Rescue 1 and Tyler is number 77 on the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League. As Nathan is a big fan of lacrosse and plays novice lacrosse in Coquitlam, he was excited to meet Tyler.
The guys thought it would be better to show us the firetruck outside the fire bay so he decided to pull it out into the parking lot. Of course it's more fun to have a passenger so Nathan jumped up into the passenger seat and put on the headset so that he could talk to the drive and to dispatch. As they left the driveway and pulled down the street to another entrance onto the property, Darren had Nathan turn on the lights, then the siren.
After they got back to the yard, the firefighters opened the doors around the truck and showed Nathan the safety equipment. Then they took a fire hose and a pylon out and let Nathan shoot the hose at the pylon.
When we were finished, Captain Erik Vogel brought the Santa and His Super Hero book back to us where he had all of the crews sign it.
Thanks to everyone at the Burnaby Firehall #1 for such a great experience. Especially Erik Vogel, Darren Jung and Tyler Codron.
You can see the photos from the visit on our Gallery page.
Our Visit to the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund offices
April 17th 2015
Proceeds of our book, Santa and His Super Hero are going to be donated to the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund. On April 17th 2015, Nathan had a professional development day from school so I arranged to take him to meet the people at the offices at the BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund. When we got there, we were met by the ladies who run the office, Lisa, Nola, and Shelly and BC Burn Fund director, Brent Morgan. Brent has been a firefighter for 16 years in Fort St. John, BC. ...continue reading "BC Burn Fund Office Visit"
December 30,2014 - Coquitlam Fire/Rescue Firehall #1
Nathan sitting in the Fire Engine
The purpose of this visit was to see if we could get an off duty firefighter to help us with the filming of Santa and His Super Hero. What we got was so unexpected.
