Christmas Toy Drive - 2008

Over the course of 3 weeks, hundreds of toys were collected at city fire stations from both firefighters and the general public wishing to donate to a worthy cause.  The collected toys were then distributed to organizations throughout the city such as shelters and church organizations.  The photos below were taken as city firefighters prepared to distribute the toys to the shelters from Fire Station 6.

Restoration of George Saba's house in Faihaven

For the past several months, many members of Local 841 have been donating their time and skills to renovate and restore the home of Firefighter George Saba, who passed away this past year due to cancer.  The work had begun long before Brother Saba's death, and continued for months after until the project was finally completed.  Below is a statement issued by Firefighter Richard Spoor regarding all the work that has been done at Brother Saba's home:

On behalf of the family of our brother George Saba, I would like to thank the many members of local #841 for their time and effort.  The amount of work quickly became more than expected however; the members stepped up to the plate and without hesitation worked very hard to bring this project to completion.  In addition I want to thank those individuals who worked swaps so that others could complete special jobs.  We could not have done this without the help of two local companies, Harvey Industries through the Marshall family and Fairhaven Lumber through the Kalife family, for without their contributions this project could not have been completed. Again, thank you all very much.

-Rick Spoor

Below are before/after photos of the project:

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2008 Station 6 Alumni Dinner - October 23, 2008

Station 6 recently held an alumni dinner attended by many NBFD retirees as well as almost all of the active Station 6 members.  Firefighter Anthony Poente was the MC for the event.  Special thanks to Lt. Jeff Camara (ret.) for providing numerous photos of the event.

2008 I.A.F.F. Convention - Las Vegas

Members of the Local-841 Executive Board traveled to Las Vegas for the 2008 IAFF Convention.  Below are photos from the convention provided by Treasurer Lt. Mike Martin.

August 16, 2008 - Taunton MDA Softball Tournament

The New Bedford Firefighters Softball Team competed in the 2008 Taunton MDA Softball Tournament on Saturday, August 16, 2008.  Below are photos from the event provided by Lieutenant Steve Torres.

August 8, 2008 - Funeral for Tiverton Firefighter Gerald Leduc

Tiverton Firefighter Gerald R. Leduc died in the line of duty on Sunday, August 3, 2008 during an underwater search and rescue mission.  His funeral was held on Friday August 8, 2008 and several New Bedford firefighters were in attendance to pay tribute to their fallen brother.  Below are photos from the funeral service.  Thanks to Firefighter Steve Holzer Jr. for providing photos.

June 8, 2008 - Firefighters' Memorial Sunday

New Bedford Firefighters, along with firefighters nationwide, took part in Firefighter Memorial Sunday activities as is customary every June.  Despite extremely hot and humid weather, both active members and retirees came out to pay their respects to the past Local-841 members who have passed away within the last year, as well as to support the current members.  Special thanks to Jean and Matt Gallant for providing photos of the ceremony.