Come celebrate the retirements of Deputy Chief Robert Gerlach, Captain Michael LeBlanc, FF Thomas Mulcahey, & FF Craig Garrett at Cranston Country Club on June 11.
Cocktail hour begins at 5PM and dinner is served at 6PM. Please RSVP by May 31.
Contact John Detri, Russ Dixon, Jim Grande, and Jeff Muto for tickets.
This pandemic has caused our daily lives to be interrupted in various ways. Around this time of year, you would normally see firefighters from different cities and towns swarm the streets in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Unfortunately with health concerns, we feel as though it would not be safe for our members and the public to be in the community collecting donations like years past. This year we will be performing a virtual MDA drive running from August 20th-September 30th . We are relying on our neighbors and friends through social media to help support this great charity. Please share the this post or the link attached to help support the MDA Fill the Boot Campaign under Local 2050 The Smithfield Firefighters.
We thank you for you consideration in donating!
Members of Local 2050
Schedule a Birthday Parade: https://smithfieldfire.com/birthdays/
04/04/2020
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations are continually looking for practical ways to efficiently disinfect the workplace. Smithfield’s Lt. Joe Potenza saw an article on social media where a fire department used a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus to create a “sanitizing gun”. The simple design consists of an SCBA with the EBSS (buddy breather) capability, an air hose, and a paint sprayer – all of which are readily accessible in the fire service. With the help Lt. CJ Tasca, Potenza put together multiple sanitizing guns for the fire department and police department.
At the beginning of every shift, the crew is to disinfect all areas of their assigned station to prevent the spread of the virus. What used to be a relatively long and tedious process, disinfecting the station is now quick and thorough.
Potenza: “For all my fire department brothers. Lt. Tasca and myself saw other jobs using an old SCBA to sanitize apparatus, office areas, and the rest of the firehouse. So of course we had to try. I am going to share pictures of the process, if anyone has any questions I am more than happy to help! The set up is for two old Scott packs with buddy breathing.”
Local 2050 is proud to announce that we have upgraded our Union’s website. After years of using an older client we decided as an organization to upgrade to newest web service to fit our needs. We decided to stick with UnionCentrics because of the relative ease and customer support. Over the next few weeks this website will be updated to have many features that will benefit the community in which we serve, Smithfield, the Local, and the members of the department.
Our ultimate goal with our website is to provide an area for members to have access to union files, meeting minutes, and fundraisers while also providing a place for the residents of Smithfield to get to know us. If you are new to local2050.com, check out our social media, radio stream, and our history. Enjoy and thank you! -103