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Best move for recruit Fire fighting rounds out Acton mans life Hurrying from a baseball game once Gary Pickles found him- bouncing off the walls of the Acton Tire hall thanks to his spiked shoes The 24year old fire fighter la as keen about being firefighter as the day he Joined With the fire department for Just over two years Mr Pickles never consider ed being a firefighter until It was suggested to him by a former boss Working the summer Institute he works his relighting around his studies Five hours a day when hes at school In Toronto he cant fight fires but when he comes back home to Acton hes ready to rush over to the I was playing Inter county tennis one time and my pager went off Luckily It was a short call and I was back in minutes Mr Pickles recalled Most of the calls take only about 30 to 45 minutes to clear tro he said If they are country calls they take longer with the Halton Hills firefighters at the public works de partment under AH he learned about the excitement and res ponsibilities of being a firefighter first hand from the Acton district chief With Mr Duby a encouragement Mr Pickles applied Its the best move I ever nude he said with great sincerity I really love it AT SCHOOL A computer science student at Control Data Just because it takes more time to gel out Mr Pickles lives threequarters of a mile from the Acton station Five of the men live right on Bower Avenue and It takes them only a minute to get down to the to man the first truck The danger doesnt bother me I figure if you know what youre doing youre pretty safe besides If you get Into any trouble there are lots of guys out there to help you Mr Pickles Mid CONSTRAINTS Over the years fire fighters build up quite a store of knowledge Al though Mr Pickles said hed like to see more raining for the men he acknowledges there are time constraints and other commitments that make It difficult to do I always want to keep learning Here youre always learning new things and thats what the older guys tell me he said I want to be sure I know what Im doing when I go In there After all its my life Just recently Mr Pickles got his D licence which allows him to drive the trucks and makes him a pumper operator He has also learned to use the air pumps and has taken on responsibility for the maintenance of a tank Some people think Jerks dont know why Mr Pickles said Once theyve had a fire In their place they change their minds pretty fast 1 think most people are pretty happy with the lob we do Actons Gary Pickles has been with the communitys brigade for two Family support Understanding takes edge off volunteer chores Georgetown squad of Hills volunteer firefighters Wilson 25 finally made It four months ago CAL WILSON trying for the past three years to Join I think the work they do Is good work its something I wanted to get involved with he said wiping the grease off his fingers as he climbed down off a truck hed been working on A mechanic with Burns Transport In Georgetown Mr Wilson has had a lot of support In his new endeavor My wife agreed She felt the same way about as I did that its something to help the community She stood right behind me he said It helps to have a lot of backing from your wife If theyre out some where and Mr Wilson gets paged tor a fire his wife understands that he has to leave right away Already its happened that she been left stranded in a shopping mall as her husband drove away with the car She understands he said She called one of her friends to give her a ride Mr Wilson also gets support from his boss Don Burns Mr Burns has had other men who were firefighters work ing for him one of them being his son Larry Were aware that the volunteers are an asset to the town and we do our bit like everybody else Mr Burns said There s time lost but the guys are pretty good about it They try to work through their noon hours to make up for It Mr Wiison said he doesnt respond to his pager every time goes off 1 wouldnt go If a truck came In with something broken on it say with a toad of on It that had to go Mr I wouldnt leave because you have to give and take a little bit Theyre good enough to let me go to fires so I cant sting them We cooperate back and forth Mr Burns sold It can cause prob lems especially In the transport business when a lot of Jobs are rush time he wanted to put to good use Since he un Initial training with the department for three months Mr son has been out to a couple or fires times it s crazy and other times fairly quiet he commented All the guys here pull for one another They re a pretty close bunch of guys Mr Wilson said They take you right in and don t make you feel like you re an outsider He plans to keep on as a firefighter as long as he can Mr Wilson said HIHK A Last weeks spell of cold weather signalled that full Isnt too far behind a time when many Hills residents begin thinking about local fall fairs Town council Inst Monday approved the Hit ALU August K Fall fair season Acton Agricultural Societys bid for a 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potential recruit lag Fire Marshalls office tackles scores of applications Funds delay expected By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Special Fire departments which applied to the province tor grants to purchase extrication equipment may have to wail but eventually they will get their money Al Dupuis chief of fire advisory services with the Ontario Fire Marshals office said grant applications or IBM are almost double the annual allotment for purposes Speaking to the Ontario Fire Fighters Associati on lis annual conven tion Mr said the government only set aside for rants on extrication equipment In 1983 and already cations totalling have been received It may take a year or more before money Is available meet all the applications but they will be paid provided the application Is approved he said Mr Dupuis said the province alms have a basic extrication kit in every fire station even tually but it may take 10 to 12 years before the aim is met The is now matching municipal funds spent on equipment for use In removing people from wrecked vehicles The province will also sponsor an Invitational International auto extri cation competition at the Ontario Fire College In Gravenhurst next September he said Already Ihelr office has heard from an American team wanting to parti cipate and a couple of European teams Mr Dupuis said He said since the number of tors would be limited he expects the province will bo split Inlo regions and a team accepted from each region That would entail regional competitions to determine the beat team to enter the event Mr also told the association that the ministry of labors leg station on a new standard of personal protection only Involves helmets at this time He predicted legislation minimum stand of protective clothing will be broaden ed to Include coats pants boots gloves and some thing for eyes but that may be a year or more away Tests are still ongoing to find a minimum standard for each item he said