May-June 2007 Alpine Barona East County El Cajon Grossmont ...

theZONE Santee 47captain. Best known for his enthusiasmand motivation, John was an outstandingtraining officer. He developed our DMVCertification Program and was on theHeartland RIC/Accountability Committeeat the time of his retirement. John to, hasmoved on to the green pastures of theViejas Fire Department, as a fire captainand training officer. Good luck to Johnas well.Interim Fire Chief Mike RottenbergRetired Fire CaptainJohn CincottaFour-plus year Firefighter John Snowrecently resigned to take a lateralposition with the Orange County FireAuthority. John, who lives in theTemecula region, started the fireacademy at OCFA in April. Oh to be aproby again…Santee has many new faces. May of 2006brought us Firefighter Paramedics’Daniel Dodds, and James Welsh. Bothgraduated from Academy 13 and haverecently completed their one-yearprobationary periods. Welsh is currentlystationed @ station 4/C and Dodds @station 4/A.Staffing & PromotionsWith the sudden retirement of Fire ChiefBob Pfohl, Deputy Chief MikeRottenberg has been named Interim FireChief and Captain Brett Eldridge hasbeen made Acting Division Chief/FireMarshall. In the next edition of “TheZone” we hope to announce thepermanent promotions of bothRottenberg and Eldridge along with anew captain and engineer as well.Congratulations to both Mike and Brettat this time.Acting Division Chief Brett EldridgeIn December 2006, FirefighterParamedics’ Dustin Garhartt , DanielNenow, and Scott Larson completed the14th Fire Academy. Garhartt is assignedto 4/A, Nenow, 4/C and Larson, 5/C.Welcome aboard to all five newfirefighter paramedics.Seven more are coming, as Santee Firehas recently been awarded aDepartment of Homeland SecurityStaffing grant (SAFER). It is a 5-yearprogram that will assist the department