Hungry Heros

These hungry fire fighters made a quick stop by the SactoMoFo's food truck event in Lowe's parking lot last night on their way back to their home station house on Sacramento Avenue. They were called to the West Side to assist in putting out two grass fires in the Southport area. The Fire and Police personnel in West Sacramento are just the best and we really appreciate their service in protecting our community.

Honoring Grandpa Frank Norton

"Growing up in Broderick" by Frank Norton

https://west-sacramento.blogspot.com/2022/07/growing-up-in-broderick-california.html

My grandpa, Frank Norton was born on this day in 1910 in Broderick, CA. My sister and I are third generation West Sacramentans. This was grandpa's badge when he was Commissioner of the Washington Fire Department. Just a little bit of history to honor my grandpa's memory. He was the ultimate story teller and historian on the history of The Town of Washington, Broderick and West Sacramento.  Post by Debbie.

"Growing up in Broderick" by Frank Norton

Mangia, Mangia!! Spaghetti Feed for Michael G. Carr

On Friday, October 26,2012 at 6:00 p.m. the west Sacramento VFW Hall, located at 905 Drever Street, will host a Spaghetti Feed to benefit retired West Sacramento Fire Captain Mike Carr's fight against cancer. Mike was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in May of this year and has been valiantly fighting ever since. Mike’s fight has now come to the point where he will need a bone marrow transplant in San Francisco at UCSF. The transplant is an out-patient process that requires Mike to stay in San Francisco for approximately 3 months. During this time, Mike and Betty, his wife of 46 years will need to find housing close to UCSF so that Mike can get to his daily appointments. As you are aware housing in SF is not cheap and will likely cause Mike and Betty a hardship if they do not receive some help from friends and family. We ask that you join us in support of Mike and Betty by attending the Spaghetti Feed, or by making a donation. Tickets are $20.00 a person. Please call to RSVP by October 15, if you plan to attend since seating is limited.

Donations, if you cannot attend, can be made by calling any of the numbers below. Checks can be made out to Michael G. Carr.
Thanks so much for your help!
Please call either: Bob Perry 371-8839, Don Logsdon 371-5822 or Julie Coulombe 483-8808.

"Chance" the Police Dog

This is Chance... and he is demonstrating his skills/job for the crowd at the Relay For Life event held at River City High School. He found a container of gun powder and is excited to retrieve his stick as his reward. Beautiful dog!

Field Trip to Station 45

The firefighters in West Sacramento are great! The James Marshall Preschool recently had a field trip to West Sacramento Fire Station 45 where they had a demonstration of a fireman getting into his gear for a call. The bottom photo shows the new fire pole with a safety gate surround.

Our West Sacramento Firemen are ready for action

Thank you to photographer Keith Slagerman for sharing these great photos our West Sacramento Fire Department. Keith says "I live in Southport near Nugget and several times a week the West Sac FD does practice drills in the vacant lots behind our house. I thought it would be fun to grab a few shots and send them your way. I think its a good example of our fire department at work."

Check out Keith's website for more great photos at : http://www.slagermanphoto.com

"Safe Place" where kids can get help fast in West Sacramento

The Harbor Boulevard Fire Station is designated as a Safe Place. "Safe Place" provides access to immediate help and supportive resources for all young people in crisis through a network of sites sustained by qualified agencies, trained volunteers and businesses.

National Safe Place | Where is Safe Place?

Faithful Partner Monument

On Tuesday, March 31, at 12:30 p.m. the School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis Police Department and the Western States Police Canine Association held a public rededication of the Faithful Partner monument honoring the California police dogs that died in the line of duty between August 2002 and February 2009. More than 200 police officers from law enforcement agencies throughout the state attended, along with numerous dog and handler teams.

For more photos of the canine officers that were honored at this event visit Webshots.

West Sacramento Fire Station #43 on Harbor Boulevard

West Sacramento Fire Station #43 on Harbor Boulevard (across from the Port of Sacramento Entry Gate) is one of five fire stations located throughout the City, each of which houses one front line fire engine equipped to handle a variety of emergency calls.

Police Commercial Safety Vehicle

The West Sacramento Commercial Safety Enforcement team at work in West Sacramento.

Santa Visits West Sacramento

Santa toured the streets of West Sacramento this week and with the help of the West Sacramento Fire Fighters, many candy canes were distributed to kids in the neighborhoods.

Training Law Dogs-WSK9 Training Facility

Training Law Dogs for the WSPD is done at theWSK9 Training Facility. WSK9 is a non profit organization for the K9 officers of the West Sacramento Police Department. According to the organizations website: "The West Sacramento K-9 team conduct weekly maintenance training every Wednesday. We are always looking for new challenging buildings or outdoor facilities for our training."

Testing our fire hydrants~

The West Sacramento Department of Public Works routinely schedules the fire-fighters to flush and test the fire hydrants and last week they were in our neighborhood.

West Sacramento Fire Station 45 Open House Today

All members of our community are invited to attend the West Sacramento Fire Department, Station 45, open house on Saturday October 11, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The new "state of art" station is located at 2040 Lake Washington Boulevard in the south area of town.

West Sacramento Police Department

The City of West Sacramento Police Department is located at 550 Jefferson Boulevard. ~ Barbara

The Old Bryte and Broderick and Fire Stations

I've heard that the old Bryte Fire Station on Lisbon Avenue (top) is slated to be the museum by the West Sacramento Historical Society and the Broderick Station on Third Street (bottom) will be renovated into a bar and restaurant.
Post by Barbara

West Sacramento Fire Station #44

West Sacramento Fire Station #44 on Fremont Street in West Sacramento.

Station 45-West Sacramento

West Sacramento Fire Station 45 located new Jefferson and Lake Washington Boulevard was completed in the Summer of 2007 and was the first completely new fire facility constructed in West Sacramento since becoming a city. This modern state of the art facility is 27,000 square feet and cost $6.9 million.

Debbie says that one of the reasons the stations is so big is because our police department has an outpost in the building.
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I have been tagged by Jana at Susanville Daily Photo (Susanville (USA) by Jana) to comment on my New Year's Resolutions. According to the game, I am then to tag 3 other blogs to do the same.

"When it comes to New Year’s Resolutions we seem to fall into four categories: 1) quite serious about them, 2) flippant about them, 3) pressured to do them, or 4) do not do them. So, the purpose of this little game is to let us know which category you are in. I will give mine, then tag 3 other sites to do the same thing."

For me--simply put--I'm a category 4-I do not do them anymore. More appropriate for me would be Category F (for failure)...

So now to continue the harrassment, I tag the follow:
San Diego (USA) by Felicia
Mazatlan (Mexico) by Kate
Bellefonte (USA) by Barb-n-PA

Santa Arrives On Fire Truck

"The West Sacramento Fire Department, in conjunction with the West Sacramento Firefighter’s Association, made their annual “Santa Run” through neighborhoods in West Sacramento this week. With the help of many off-duty firefighter “elves,” Santa rode on an elaborately decorated fire truck “sleigh”, handing out candy canes and collecting donated canned goods".

Come to the WSFD Open House—Meet Your Firefighters!

A West Sacramento Fireman shows Jack how to use the fire hose, at the James Marshall PreSchool. Photo by Debbie.

As part of National Fire Prevention Week, the West Sacramento Fire Department invites the public to an “open house, Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Fire Station 45, 2040 Lake Washington Blvd., east of Jefferson Blvd.