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Writings by Jeff Powell

As I have said from time to time in various places, I want to write more. I am hoping that having a place to post what I write will help keep me at it, so here it is. I'll add more as time and events allow. New postings here will probably not be particularly common, at least for a while.

Title Date
Fencing Update: Summer Nationals 2008 July 13, 2008
Three Short Stories Reviewed Feb 8, 2007
Thank You Sept 12, 2006
A Miracle May 25, 2006

In addition to writing the above, I'm also writing a series of more-or-less monthly articles for our local news magazine - the Mountain Network News. These are written in my role as a volunteer fire fighter, and designed to help the community with safety related topics. Some notes about these:

Title Publication Date
Recruiting Open House Sep 2008
Getting Information About Incidents Sep 2008
Heat Stress Aug 2008
The Summit Fire Jul 2008
LE-100 Inspections and Fire Safety Jun 2008
LPVRF's 45th Annual BBQ is Coming May 2008
Emergency Contact Information Mar 2008
Chimney Fires Jan 2008
Santa Cruz County (CA) Backyard Burn Regulations Jan 2008
Calling 911 Jan 2008
Holiday Safety Dec 2007
Fall Safety Nov 2007
LPVFR Needs You Oct 2007
CSA-48 Ballot Measure Oct 2007
Helipatio Oct 2007
CERT Sep 2007
Mountain Charlie Fire Aug 2007

And the writing doesn't end there. I'm also writing a series of articles introducing various members of the fire department. These are also published in the MNN. All the caveats listed about the VFD related articles above apply here. In addition, the volunteers are selected at random each month, so no one knows who's next.

Volunteer Publication Date
Jeff Powell Sep 2008
Charlie Denues Aug 2008
Rich Harrison Jul 2008
Steve Jankowski Jun 2008
Genoa Fox May 2008
Randy Weeton Apr 2008
John Haak Mar 2008
Kay Nealis Feb 2008
Brian Miguel Jan 2008
Frank Schonig Dec 2007

Thanks for reading these. I'd like to hear your thoughts on any of these works. Use the "Contact" button above to share them with me.