September 5 (Saturday) – Fire Engine Night at Cruisin’ Grand (Escondido, CA)
5pm - 9pm. Staging at 5pm at Broadway and 2nd Avenue. Broadway will be closed on both sides of Grand Avenue for static display of modern and classic fire equipment. Open cruise along Grand Avenue. Pre-1974 American-made classic, vintage hot-rods, custom cars and trucks. Participants and visitors are welcome! Art Galleries, Antique Shops and Restaurants are open. Live DJs playing 50's music. Last year's event included many in-service Escondido units and a Code 3 Parade down Grand Avenue. Several thousand people attend this event in Escondido on Friday nights to see several hundred classic vehicles on display. For more information, call 760-745-8877 or visit www.downtownescondido.com/cruisin.html.
September 13th, 2006 (Saturday) – Open House at Fire and Cop Shop (Moreno Valley)
The Fire and Cop Shop at 24070 Postal Ave in Moreno Valley will be holding it's Annual Open House. They are looking for rigs for display. Start time is 5pm (rigs should be there about 4:30 so they can be set up) and it goes untill the last person leaves. Food is provided and last year the Hammers and Alan Gilliam brought rigs and had a great time. If you are interested, give either Teri or Art Deyo a call at 951-485-6828 or email them at fireandcopshop@aol.com (or for more info contact Don Beckwith at arffcoach@msn.com or 909-936-0818 cell). The store has a web site at www.fireandcopshop.com. Directions: Westbound on the 60 Freeway, take the Heacock exit and turn left. Stay to the left as Postal Avenue is the first street on your left after going under the freeway. For eastbound travelers, take Heacock exit off 60 and turn right. ASAP get into left turn lane as Postal Avenue will be the first left after getting off freeway. (Riverside County Thomas Brothers Map Page 717 E2).
September 18-21 (Thursday - Saturday) – Route 66 Rendezvous (San Bernardino)
Car Show and Crusin, ATHS display. On Sunday the 21st, from 9am - 4pm, Firefighters’ Competition (Presented by the San Bernardino Fire Department) located at Meadowbrook Park (3rd Street btwn. Mt. View & Sierra Way). For more info visit www.route-66.org/.
September 20 (Saturday) - CFE Board Meeting & Election Nominations (Ontario, CA)
9:30 AM - Ontario FD Training Center. Board Meeting in the morning including nominations for the Six Director positions on the board up for re-election in November. We will break for lunch and in the afternoon have our regular monthly 2009 Convenion planning meeting. Directions: (San Bernardino Thomas Brothers Page 642-F4): Take the 60 freeway to the Grove Ave. exit and go north on Grove (coming from the west offramp turn left and coming from the east offramp turn right). Take Grove to the second traffic light which is Francis Ave. Turn right on Francis and go one long block to Parco Ave. Station is on corner so make right turn on Parco and turn into gate at rear of station. You will see training building as you go in. Any questions contact Don Beckwith at arffcoach@msn.com or cell 8909-936-0818
September 21 (Sunday) – Chino Valley Firefighters Fun Muster and Chili Cookoff (Chino)
9 am - 3pm. (Staging at 8am, enter north gate off of Central). Chino Valley Fairgrounds, Central at Edison. CFE rigs welcome for short parade and static display. Sponsored by the Chino Valley Independent Fire District. If you can bring a rig, contact Don Beckwith at 909-628-2110 or arffcoach@msn.com
September 21 (Sunday) – 6th Annual Northern Fire Equipment & Memorial Swap Meet
8am-1pm at Sacramento Fire Station 21 and Drill Grounds, 7461 Green Lane, Citrus Heights, CA 95610. Free admission and free selling spaces. Set up starts at 7:00 AM on Sunday. Sale is limited to fire related items. To reserve space or for further info: Call Gil Aymeric at 916-408-3710 or email gilaym@starstream.net or Call Randy Wooton at 916-216-1407 or emai pmhls.archives@gmail.com
September 27 (Saturday) – Cruisin’ for a Cure Car and Truck Show (Costa Mesa)
9am, Orange County Fairgrounds. There will be spaces for fire apparatus and there will also be a flag raising ceremony with CFE fire apparatus at the start of the event. Many classic and antique cars and trucks on display. Cruising all day. Vendors and displays. All proceeds to support Prostate Cancer Research at the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center. Contact Don Croucher at 949-493-8718 or crowncoach@aol.com, or for more info visit www.cruisinforacure.com.
October 18 (Saturday) - 2009 Convention Planning Meeting (Ontario, CA)
9:30 AM - Ontario FD Training Center. All CFE members on one of the committees, or any who want to help with the 2009 SPAAMFAA Winter Convention being hosted by our chapter, please attend this meeting. Directions: (San Bernardino Thomas Brothers Page 642-F4): Take the 60 freeway to the Grove Ave. exit and go north on Grove (coming from the west offramp turn left and coming from the east offramp turn right). Take Grove to the second traffic light which is Francis Ave. Turn right on Francis and go one long block to Parco Ave. Station is on corner so make right turn on Parco and turn into gate at rear of station. You will see training building as you go in. Any questions contact Don Beckwith at arffcoach@msn.com or cell 8909-936-0818.
October 26 (Sunday) – Wings, Wheels and Rotors Expo (Los Alamitos)
10am - 4pm (Show apparatus parking, 7 AM to 9 AM). Los Alamitos Joint Forces Reserve Center, Los Alamitos, CA. Military and Civilian Aircraft and Helicopters and Car Show, Antique Fire Apparatus Display, Food and Vendor booths. Parking and spectator admission is free. More info at: http://www.wwrexpo.net To participate in the antique fire apparatus display, contact Don Croucher by e-mail at crowncoach@aol.com or by phone at 949-493-8718.
November 15 - CFE Board Meeting, Election of Officers, Convention Planning(Ontario, CA)
9:30 AM - Ontario FD Training Center. The board meeting will be in the morning, followed by the elections for the six Director positions. (Check the home page in November for information on the nominees). We will break for lunch and have our monthly convention planning meeting in the afternoon. Directions: (San Bernardino Thomas Brothers Page 642-F4): Take the 60 freeway to the Grove Ave. exit and go north on Grove (coming from the west offramp turn left and coming from the east offramp turn right). Take Grove to the second traffic light which is Francis Ave. Turn right on Francis and go one long block to Parco Ave. Station is on corner so make right turn on Parco and turn into gate at rear of station. You will see training building as you go in. Any questions contact Don Beckwith at arffcoach@msn.com or cell 8909-936-0818.
December 6 (Sunday) – John Force Holiday Car Show (Yorba Linda)
***Tentative Date*** Benefits "CHiPs for Kids", a community program for the California Highway Patrol. 10 AM to 4 PM at the John Force RaceStation, 22722 Old Canal Rd, Yorba Linda. Hundreds of hot rods, muscle cars, antiques, exotics, trucks & classic cars on display. For general info about the car show, call 714-921-1651, email carshow@johnforceracing.com or go to http://www.johnforceracing.com/index.html. (scroll down the left side near the bottom and click on "holiday car show"). To participate with your rig, contact Don Croucher by e-mail at crowncoach@aol.com or by phone at 949-493-8718
December 13 (Saturday) - 2009 Convention Planning Meeting (Ontario, CA)
9:30 AM - Ontario FD Training Center. All CFE members on one of the committees, or any who want to help with the 2009 SPAAMFAA Winter Convention being hosted by our chapter, please attend this meeting. Directions: (San Bernardino Thomas Brothers Page 642-F4): Take the 60 freeway to the Grove Ave. exit and go north on Grove (coming from the west offramp turn left and coming from the east offramp turn right). Take Grove to the second traffic light which is Francis Ave. Turn right on Francis and go one long block to Parco Ave. Station is on corner so make right turn on Parco and turn into gate at rear of station. You will see training building as you go in. Any questions contact Don Beckwith at arffcoach@msn.com or cell 8909-936-0818.
