We spend a good part of our life working every day in an industry that

helps prevent loss of life and property. In some way every employee at

Fire engineering helps make sure our fire protection systems really can

save a life and safeguard property.

The chance of you being caught in a fire and saved by a fire protection

system is much less likely than you having a health related problem that

could take your life. Most everyone sincerely worries about their health.

But often, taking better care of our own bodies is set aside because we

prefer not to worry about it. Ask Tim Gardner and he will tell you that is

what he did. He pushed aside the worries and went on with life. Until his

life almost ended.

Our health insurance company is worried about you and they want to

save your life. That is why they have a Wellness Plan. If the phrase

“Wellness Plan” makes you defensive or raises your blood pressure, then

you may be the one who’s life needs to be saved. If the phrase “Wellness

Plan” is a positive thing for you, then you are the one who will take the plan

and add it to all the things you are currently doing to improve your health.

Beginning on January 1, 2018, a Wellness Plan will be implemented at Fire Engineering. You are not required to

participate. But if you choose not to participate, your health insurance will cost you more. How much more?

Possibly as much as 30%.

We each know about the unexplainable health issues that silently hit us or our loved ones. Then the questions

come such as, “Why is this happening?” Most agree that it is society’s responsibility to help carry these costs

through general health insurance premiums. Yet is it society’s responsibility to help carry the medical cost of

those who should be taking better care of themselves?

Our Wellness Plan will require the following for all employees and spouses,

if applicable:

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 Annual well visit must include the

following:

 EKG

 Blood screenings:

 Diabetes (Glucose & A1C)

 Cholesterol (Lipid Panel)

 CBC

 Metabolic Panel

 General Health Panel

 PSA – 40 years or older

 Colonoscopy – 50 years or older

 Chest x-ray – once at age 50 and once

at age 60

Women

 Annual well visit must include the

following:

 EKG

 Cervical cancer screening

 Blood screenings:

 Diabetes (Glucose & A1C)

 Cholesterol (Lipid Panel)

 CBC

 Metabolic Panel

 General Health Panel

 Mammogram – 40 years or older, every

two years

 Colonoscopy – 50 years or older

 Chest x-ray – once at age 50 and once

at age 60

At Fire Engineering we help save lives, we want to save your life too.

We can do this! You can do this!

Health Smart

By Ronda Lopez

Used

Electronics

Sale!!!

We will have various

used electronics,

such as iPad2s,

available for

purchase at the

company shop party.

If you have any

questions on

particulars, you can

contact Leah

Freeman prior to the

shop party, however

none will be sold

before the party.

Shop Christmas Party:

Friday, December 22, 2017

Meeting: 11:00-12:00

Lunch: 12:00

Alone we can do so little, together we

can do so much.

Falls are the leading cause of fatalities in construction, accounting for one-third of all deaths in the

industry, Fall Arrest Systems are designed to eliminate the hazard. Fall Arrest Systems are made up of four

components: Full body harness, lifeline or lanyard, deceleration device (shock absorber), and an

anchorage point. The anchorage point selection is critical to a properly engineered Fall Arrest System. If

the anchorage point is inadequate, then the system will fail and the person will still fall. It is crucial to use a

Fall Arrest System as it was engineered to ensure that a fall will be stopped before you hit the ground.

Last October, two of our team members tested their Fall Arrest Systems at the Ormat Cooling Tower

project in California. They were standing on planks and hanging the main when the boards that were

holding their planks broke and they fell. Thankfully, they did not fall to the ground. Their Fall Arrest Systems

worked, and those two individuals are still here will us today.

Fall Arrest Systems may not be the most comfortable or easiest to work in, but without them two of

our friends and their family’s lives would have been changed for the worst on that October day.

-Steve Pincock

Fall Protection

Welcome Back!

Happily returned to the Fire Family

 Brent Wright

 Ronald Smith

 Jeremy Heath

 Samuel Ricketts

 Sheldon Scott

 Bert Berrett

 Bracken Hughes

 Brandon Lofgreen

 Coalton Atwood

 Derran Turner

 Dustin Schlager

 Isaiah Talamantes

 Jacob Ritchie

 Jason Shauan

 Jeffrey Viernes

 Jimmy Medina

 John White

 Joshua Watts

 Lenna Hanson

 Michael Gallaher

 Patrick Duran

 Peter Louangsithideth

 Roger Hatch

 Scott Rackley

 Shane Landon

 Steven Rackley

 Troy Richards

 Tyler Blackham

 Zachary Ybarra

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