Over the years, among many other duties and accomplishments, the Walker Fire Protection Association Board has made possible to our community, a new Fire Station, better fire trucks and equipment, trained fire fighters, an emergency medical staff of EMT’s and paramedics, and an emergency medical vehicle.

Your Participation is very important to the community!

We need people with ideas and good intention, who have a love for the Walker community. We need team members who can set goals and make decisions. This is work, and it should be shared among seven Board members that can think critically and get well-advised results.

Please consider running for a Board position. The application is attached. Each applicant is asked to read the application form very carefully when making such an important commitment as to become a responsible Board member. The Community will be counting on the wisdom of your decisions.

You may download the Candidacy Application Form by right-clicking this link and selecting "Save Target as".

On December 12^th, 2009 the WFPA Board voted to create “The Walker Trash Collection Service, LLC”. It is chartered to handle the trash collection in the Walker/Potato Patch area of Yavapai County starting January 1^st 2010. The Agreement needs to be read, signed and mailed, along with the fee, to the address at the bottom of the Agreement. You may download the form by right-clicking this link and selecting 'Save Target as".

When your check has been received, and cleared, the countersigned Agreement will be returned to you along with the combination to the dumpster’s lock. The current combination on the locks will remain as they are now until February 1^st, 2010 to avoid any inconvenience

The LLC will be administered by Carol Guthrie and Carol Tocker as a committee of the WFA. If there are any questions please contact

Carol Guthrie 928-776-8811

Carol Tocker 928-776-4364

A message from our Fire Chief, continued

Installing a generator, please read the manufactures recommendations as to where to place it. The generator needs to be a certain distance from the home. The exhaust, from the generator, should not be near any home VENTING system. If you place the generator exhaust near a vent, the exhaust will enter the vent and your home could be consumed with the exhaust fumes. Symptoms of inhaling exhaust fumes or carbon monoxide are, dizziness, nausea, headaches and a flushed face. Leave the home immediately and call 911. Carbon Monoxide monitors are as important as smoke detectors. What great gifts these would make for family members and friends. Please remember to change the batteries at least twice a year, some models have an "alert" sound when the batteries are low.

What to do with the ashes in your fireplace, wood stove or fire pit:

Hot Ash Safety Fact Sheet

Allow your ashes to cool thoroughly before placing them into a metal container with a tight fitting lid.

Improper ash disposal has become a common cause of many forest fires. Wood ashes retain enough heat to ignite other combustible materials for several days. Forestry officials caution homeowners about this serious threat to the safety of their families and homes. Improper ash disposals have already destroyed homes, outbuildings and valuable resources this fall. Please be careful!!!

What can you do to prevent forest and field fires from igniting from hot wood ash?

Dispose of wood ashes in a metal container that can be tightly closed, douse with water, place the closed container outside your home away from combustible materials and leave in the container for several days before disposing of them. (Did you know that many people dispose of their wood stove ashes in garbage containers that are often plastic or even paper bags? It doesn’t take much heat for these types of containers to burst into flames.)
Teach other family members about the dangers associated with hot ash disposal
Be careful with ashes around areas you might not consider as combustible during wetter times such as mulched flowerbeds and lawns that are drought stricken.
Do Not place hot ashes in a dumpster where there are certainly other combustible materials
Do Not dispose of ashes in a paper, plastic or cardboard containers
Do Not assume the ashes are cold and pour them onto the ground (even into a hole) where leaves can blow onto them or the wind can stir up sparks.

A cord of wood produces about 50 pounds of ashes, which can be used for many other purposes.

Once you are POSITIVE your container of ashes is “Cold”, place in a pile and prepare your container for the next load.

Lets all enjoy the Holiday season and our beautiful community safely and responsibly. Thank you.

Jill Maisonneuve

Fire Chief

NEW CALENDAR!

The 2010 Calendar featuring Walker Historic Sites is now available. This is a new project allowing us to earn money for our Department. We thank you in advance for purchasing the calendar. It will make wonderful gifts for friends and we will have a bit of History in beautiful pictures.

ADDRESSES NEEDED

We are missing email addresses for the majority of the Walker Community Residents. There will be an opportunity to sign up for community email announcement at each Monthly Pancake Breakfast, and now there is a place to sign up on this web site