We have a few events coming up that your help will be needed.  These events are voluntary only. No Overtime.

July 31st  Waterball Challenge  9:00am - ?
5 - 6 people needed
THFD Training Facility

August 3rd  National Night Out 3:30pm - 9:00pm
4 - 5 people needed
Fairbanks Park

August 2 - 4  Jr. Fire Camp
 Vigo County Fair Grounds

Also this Friday 7-16-2010 at Old National Bank, 701 Wabash.  Local Heroes Day.  11:00am - 2:00pm
Stop by for free lunch and watch the teams of Rich Gallagher & Glen Hall and Dennis Stewart & Dennis Boyd take on the Sheriff's Dept in Cornhole.

William (Bill) A. Reed Jr.

The Tribune-Star

. — William (Bill) A. Reed Jr., 60, passed away March 21, 2010. Bill was retired fire chief of the Terre Haute Fire Department from 1996 to 2000. He also served the fire department as assistant chief of emergency medical services, emergency medical technician and firefighter. He was preceded in death by a brother, Michael C. Reed.

He is survived by his parents, William A. Reed Sr. and Alice M. Holland Reed; his wife, Deanna Reed; son, Bryan Reed; granddaughter, Jordynn Reed; sister-in-law, Bernice Reed; nephew, Richard Reed; mother-in-law, Dorothy Ross; and other relatives and dear friends.

Bill served his community through the Masonic Hall Prince Lodge 4, Young Men’s Civic Club, and Sportsmen for Youth. Other affiliations included International Association of Fire Chiefs, Indiana Emergency Response Commission, Region 7 Task Force Response Team, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

He graduated from Schulte High School in 1967, and attended Indiana State University and Ivy Tech State College. He received many accreditations and certifications during his 30-year career, including Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), American Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Terre Haute Fire Department Training Institute, State of Indiana-master firefighter, strategy and tactics, arson investigation, Vigo County Incident Command Training for Emergency Responders, American Heart Association, and Indiana Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.

Bill will be remembered as a man of integrity who easily gained the respect of family, friends and colleagues.

Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, 3050 E. Davis, and also 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday in the church. Services are 1 p.m. Friday in the church. Interment is at Stewart Lawn Cemetery. Russell Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.

Capt. Nick Sarris, Firefighter Floyd Mason, & Firefighter Kevin Price will be traveling to Haiti Wednesday to provide care and support for the people.

Capt. Sarris has made numerous missionary trips to Haiti to doing construction work and ministering to the people. 

Firefighter Mason and his wife are in the final stages of adopting their son from Haiti.

Firefighter Price has traveled to Haiti to provide medical assistance to the people. 

  All three will be away from their jobs and families for an amount of time to help others.

Check out who is attending and read more about it on facebook