February 1st, 2008
Welcome the New Chief....
The fire chief search committee spent many hours reviewing 6 applications, interviewing 4 candidates, and holding second interviews with two candidates. The result of this process was that Richard Colcord was selected to be the next Tamworth Fire Chief. Chief Colcord has 23 years of fire and emergency medical service experience including 4 years as Chief of the Madison Fire Dept. He has been with the Tamworth Fire Department since 1999 and has held positions including Firefighter, Captain, and Deputy Forest Fire Warden, as well as being a Lieutenant of the Tamworth Rescue Squad. The Firewards and search committee feels that Richard’s Fire/EMS background combined with his experience in the building trades and good mechanical ability make him well suited to be our next Fire Chief effective February 1, 2008.
November 28th, 2007
Chief Heads North...
At
a special Firewards meeting on Thursday the 8th of November, the Firewards
chose to accept the resignation Fire Chief Steve Solomon, with regrets. Chief
Solomon is moving on, at the end of the month, to fill the long time shoes
of Conway Fire Chief Larry Wade, who himself is retiring after 28 years
in the fire service.
Chief Solomon
was hired just under two and half years ago as Tamworth’s first paid
full time Fire Chief. In his time here Steve has been implemental in
bringing the town up to par and beyond on fire inspections, Dept. administration
and organization. Some of Chief Solomon’s accomplishments, but
not limited to are; applying and receiving grant funding in the amount
of $90,000 for new SCBA air packs, working diligently with Ski & Beach
to make them the first Firewise community
in the state of New Hampshire, taking over as chairman of the Ossipee Valley
Mutual Aid Association and instituted the Passport accountability system throughout
the mutual aid system, instrumental
in working with surrounding towns to establish the Carroll County Haz-Mat Team
(in which he will continue to serve as director of the team), taking
over as Emergency Management Director for the town and helping to establish
an Emergency Management Plan and apply for grant funding, assisted the Highway
Dept with storm damage control from the past Spring and secured FEMA disaster
relief aid for the town. Not
to mention Steve’s work with the Rescue Squad and his countless assistance
to the local government and many citizens of Tamworth.
On behalf of the Tamworth Fire Dept. and Rescue Squad we would like to say thank you for Chief Solomon’s time of service to the town. Steve’s knowledge, intuitiveness and direction will be greatly missed. We
wish him the best in his endeavors as Conway Fire Chief.
Thank You!
Old Meeting Minutes
Firewards Meetings Minutes January 07 February 07 March 07
June 19th, 2007
Tamworth
firefighter injured, loses garage to fire...
As reported by The Conway Daily Sun & Chief Solomon
June 18th, 2007
Drivers,
dog safe after Chocorua head-on crash on Monday...
As reported by The Conway Daily Sun
June 15th, 2007
Conway motorcyclist seriously injured in collision...
As reported by The Conway Daily Sun
April 16th, 2007
Flood Information
The Spring Nor-Easter of April 15 through 19, 2007 did cause significant damage in Tamworth. Many roads were damaged and some areas of Town did become inaccessable to emergency equipment for about one day. The Town opened it's Emergency Operations Center and used the Emergency Operations Plan. Your Highway crew and Fire Department worked tirelessly to minimize the damage and keep as many roads passable as possible. By the end of the day on Tuesday, April 17th the Highway crew had every Town road open again and had all major repairs done by the end of the week.
The Town has applied for disaster relief through the State and is awaiting the President's decision.
All told Tamworth got off easy compared to other parts of the State. That can be attributed to good planning, and preparedness. Our Road Agent, Bruce Robinson, works every year to improve drainage in areas prone to washout and keeps gravel on hand to make immediate repairs as needed. Without that foresight, there would be greater damage and longer times needed to repair it. Thanks Bruce.
Attached is a copy of the Governor's letter to the President requesting the disaster declaration.
Those looking for individual assistance, please check back. We will post further information as it becomes available.
March 24, 2007
2006 Town Report
February 08, 2007
$96,579.00 grant received
The Tamworth Fire Department recieved a $96,579.00 grant to replace our aging air packs. $91,751.00 came from the FEMA AFG program with the remaining $4828.00 being given to the Town by the Tamworth Fireman's Club. Nearly $100,000.00 worth of equipment without a single local tax dollar!
