Firemen honored at dinner held for their retirement
Tue, 03/14/2017 - 11:52am
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Three Gonvick Fire Department men were honored at the Gonvick American Legion on Satuday, March 4.
They will retire after many years of service to the community. Dan Sundquist, “Rocky” Eck and Pete Peterson are hanging up their boots and equipment.
They were honored with a dinner and awards. Pete Peterson has been on the fire department for the past 24 years, Dan Sundquist for 21 years and Rocky Eck for 20 years.
Besides house and grass fires they also helped this year with the fuel stop in Gonvick for the I-500 Snowmobile race that was held.
They are called for car accidents and medical calls in the area. They are quick responders for those.
In February they had a pump operations and water transfer training with the Clearbrook Fire Department That is just one of many training sessions that they attend during the year.
Last year the Gonvick Fire Department had 76 calls during the year.
They included Medical Assist 33, Vehicle Accident 2, Structure Fires 2, Grass fires 5, Other Fires 1, False Alarms 1, Misc. 3, Mutual Aid 4, Training 14 and meetings 11.
They are sometimes called on for Mutual Aid to other fire departments including Clearbrook, Oklee and Fosston.
Photos courtesy Carol Peterson