The IAFF Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery is a one-of-a-kind addiction treatment facility specializing in PTSD for IAFF members – and IAFF members only – who are struggling with addiction, PTSD other related behavioral health challenges to receive the help they need in taking the first steps toward recovery. It is a safe haven for members to talk with other members who have faced or overcome similar challenges.
October is Fire Prevention Month!
This month, the Centralia Professional Fire Fighters Local 618 are proud to visit local schools and spend time with our community’s youngest members!
Our firefighters are giving presentations to students about fire safety, prevention, escape planning, and what to do in an emergency. We believe teaching children about fire safety at an early age can help keep them, their families, and our community safer.
A big thank you to our local schools and teachers for helping us make fire safety education a priority!
Stay safe, Centralia! And remember — fire safety starts with YOU!
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Drafting Operations 🚒💧
Shift 2 spent some time today working on drafting operations, with training led by Lt. Hyde.
While hydrants are our primary water source for many fires in town, they aren’t always an option. When responding outside the city or assisting neighboring departments through mutual aid, crews may need to establish a water supply from a pond, lake, or other static water source.
Today’s training gave crews hands-on practice setting up a drafting operation, establishing a prime, and supplying the engine with a dependable water source without the use of a hydrant.
Training on these skills helps ensure our firefighters are comfortable with different water-supply options and prepared to adapt when the next call takes us beyond the reach of a hydrant.
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Training & Appreciation
A big thank you to Carter Hulsey for taking the time to work with Shift 1 and provide hands-on training with the acetylene torch.
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Happy Birthday, Lieutenant Josh Derick!
Please join us in wishing Lieutenant Josh Derick of the City of Centralia Fire Department a very Happy Birthday!
Lt. Derick joined the department in 2022 and continues to serve our community with dedication and professionalism.
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Good Vibes Cafe THANK YOU for feeding today's crew! That Chicken Philly never fails 😋❤️🇺🇸 Today we remember. Today we say thank you ❤️🤍💙
From 11am - 2pm today, lunch is on us for all EMTs, police officers & firefighters 🚑🚓🚒
Just a small thank you to those who answer the call every day❤️
We will never forget 🇺🇸
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THANK YOU, CENTRALIA! ❤️
Today’s MDA Fill the Boot was another incredible success!
Because of the extreme heat, we made the decision to wrap things up about an hour early, but that didn’t stop our community from showing up in a BIG way. Even with the shortened day, we surpassed last year’s fundraising total!
We cannot thank everyone enough who stopped by, dropped money in the boot, waved, honked, shared our posts, or simply offered some words of encouragement. Every dollar raised helps the Muscular Dystrophy Association continue its mission of supporting individuals and families living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases.
And a HUGE special thank you to Melinda's Coffee + Bistro for taking care of our very HOT firefighters and providing lunch today! 🌡️🔥🥪 It was greatly appreciated and definitely helped keep our crew going.
Days like today remind us just how fortunate we are to serve such a supportive community.
From all of us at Centralia Firefighters IAFF Local 618 — THANK YOU for helping us Fill the Boot and make this year even better than the last! 👨🚒👩🚒❤️
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🥾 FILL THE BOOT — A FIRE SERVICE TRADITION SINCE 1954 🚒
If you see Centralia Fire Fighters standing in the roadway today with boots in hand, you are seeing a tradition that goes back more than 70 years.
The relationship between the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) began in Boston. In 1953, Boston Fire Fighters Local 718 member George Graney helped a friend whose two sons had Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Graney and fellow firefighters took to the community to raise money, collecting approximately $5,000. The following year, in 1954, IAFF delegates officially designated MDA as the union’s charity of choice and committed to continuing the fight until cures are found.
That simple act of firefighters asking their community for help grew into what we now know as Fill the Boot.
Since then, IAFF members across the United States and Canada have carried their boots into intersections and communities year after year. Together, firefighters have raised more than $700 million for MDA, helping fund research, treatments, care centers, summer camps, education, advocacy, and support for children and adults living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and other neuromuscular diseases.
Today, Centralia Fire Fighters Local 618 is proud to carry on that tradition right here at home.
Every dollar dropped into one of our boots becomes part of something much bigger — more than seven decades of firefighters standing together with families affected by neuromuscular disease.
To everyone who stopped, waved, honked, donated, or simply helped spread the word today: THANK YOU!
Centralia has always supported its firefighters, and we’re proud to have the opportunity to give that support back.
🥾 Fill the Boot.
🚒 IAFF Local 618.
❤️ For MDA — until cures are found.
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