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 In
memoriam - Saturday, March 10, 2012 at age 75. We
are going to miss Jerry Altenau. Jerry was an active member of
the club. He enjoyed cutting up with the new fire classes at
their graduation. There are so many memories.
Jerry Altenau was a member of Box 13 since 1984. He was
Chief for 13 years.
Jerry was a life-long resident of Cincinnati and lived with his
wife, Patty in Springfield Township.
He graduated from St. Xavier High School and Xavier University.
From there he served 6 years with the 123rd Air National Guard
(Blue Ash) where he and his unit were activated to Landsut,
Germany for 1 year during the Berlin Wall crisis.
Jerry was also a member of the American Red Cross for 17 years
during which he became Disaster Chairman of the Executive
Committee. Following this, Jerry joined the Fire Museum Board
and became part of the Executive Committee. In 1999 Jerry
retired from his job as a Vice President of Franciscan Health
Services.
He was a member of CERT (Community Emergency
Response Team) for Springfield Township Fire & Police
Departments. He was also a member of the Ohio Firefighters’
Dependency Fund.
Jerry found it an honor and a pleasure to serve with and for
the Cincinnati Fire Department through his affiliation with Box
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photo by Bill Strite member Box 13 |
photo by Bill Strite member Box 13 |
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Box 13 Associates was formed on May 1, 1933, by a group of businesspeople and
professionals who were interested in the operation, welfare, and public relations
of the Cincinnati Fire Department. That spirit continues on
today.
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Mission - Box 13 Associates is an organization of professionals,
executives, and business owners that supports the Cincinnati Fire
Department in promoting and improving fire safety protection, in
promoting effective medical response, and in promoting
state-of-the-art hazmat and terrorism response, by assisting
the department, the fire administration, and the men and women of
the department in any capacity as is appropriate. Box 13 interacts
with the Greater Cincinnati community, business, and the city
administration to promote the mission and needs of the Cincinnati
Fire Department and the welfare and safety of the department's
members. Box 13 provides financial support, scholarships, and
awards, and assists with public awareness, fund raising, special
projects, and other activities that promote and support the
effectiveness of the Cincinnati Fire Department.
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Here is how one member describes the
organization:
I would like to tell you about the most exciting organization
I’ve ever been associated with.
Well, not just exciting, it’s more!
It’s rewarding and offers a great deal of personal
satisfaction. You
can have fun and make a real contribution to one of our
community’s most valuable and respected resources!
What am I talking about?
Well it’s an organization that has been in existence
now for 70 years! Not
a headline grabbing, publicity seeking, flag waving bunch.
No, just a group of concerned people with a desire to
contribute in some way to the wonderful tradition of the
nation’s first professional fire fighting force.
Sound
interesting? Well
think about this. Could
you enjoy a meal or a visit to one of Cincinnati’s fire
stations? Could you
stand a complete change from that hum-drum daily routine?
Well, Box 13 Associates of the Cincinnati Fire Department
could be the answer. A
true service organization where you can make a solid
contribution to the remarkable men and women that comprise the
Cincinnati Fire Department.
We take dinner to a different fire station each month, we ride
along on emergency runs, (if you so desire) we recognize the
firefighters for their achievements.
We participate in their activities.
We supply little things like shift calendars, we’ve
even been known to help drag a hose line or assist in changing
an air bottle at a fire! There’s
nothing else in the city, no nothing in the rest of the country,
that compares to Box 13!
Howard
Kuhnell, member and former Box 13 Chief
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| In case you missed it, Hyde Park Living Magazine April 2008
edition, has an article about Station 46 in Hyde Park and an
article about Box 13.
Here
is a link to that article. |
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