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Mr. Levine said accidents in-
Mr. Levine and the other vol-
volving children are always emo- unteers in Farmington Hills are
tional. In one incident, a young on call when the paid firefighters
girl was killed in an automobile are not at the station, from 6 p.m.
accident.
until 7:30 a.m. Each station has
"It was traumatizing because about 20 volunteers who respond
the girl was the same age as my to nighttime calls.
daughter," he said. "Emotions are
Mr. Bordman and other re-
always involved, but you try to servists don't replace Oakland
County Sheriff's deputies. They
work with them, even in danger-
"Emotions are
ous situations.
"Anytime you go to the most
always involved, but dangerous
of calls — family dis-
putes,
traffic
stops on lonely
you try to hide them roads, or a circumstance
where
until after. "
weapons can be involved — you
wonder," said Mr. Bordman, who
Richard Levine
is trained to carry a gun and
wears a bullet-proof vest.
Joe Glazer, coordinator for
hide them until after. Then you Southfield Emergency Manage-
look for a way to vent those feel- ment, began his work in the
ings."
1950s when the force was called
Mr. Levine's family is used to Civil Defense. Mr. Glazer said he
hearing his pager go off during finds his work rewarding and is
dinner or when they are attend- especially proud of mobile watch,
ing an event. Most of the time a eyes-and-ears patrol program
they do not mind the interrup- he helped originate.
tion. They are glad he is helping
Mr. Glazer remembers taking
the community and doing some- a group of volunteers to West
thing he enjoys.
Bloomfield in the late '70s when
Emergency Management volunteers can Issue citations.
a tornado swept through the
township.
"We helped maintain security
throughout the night to protect
the area from looters," he said.
In most cases these volunteers
heard about the programs
through friends. In all cases, they
stay involved because they find
the work rewarding.
Nancy Kaufman, a 24-year-old
Southfield resident, has been vol-
unteering with Southfield's park-
ing enforcement division since
October. She says she does not
mind waking up early on the
weekends because she likes vol-
unteering and helping people.
"It bothers me when I see oth-
ers using a handicapped parking
spot," she said.
Harry Rose has been wearing
the Southfield uniform since Jan-
uary. He often works alongside
Mr. Graff, whose interest in am-
ateur radio got him involved with
the force. He and other volunteers
with amateur radio licenses can
assist in patrolling the city dur-
ing certain events. One such oc-
casion was on Devil's Night.
Today, Mr. Graff is unem-
ployed and devotes a lot of
his time to volunteering.
"It's nice to go out and do
something and it keeps you
going," said Mr. Rose, who is
retired and learned about
the emergency management
program through a friend.
"Every day you learn some-
thing new."
Before these volunteers
could begin their work, they
had to go through training
programs.
When Mr. Levine became
a state certified firefighter he
had to go through 300 hours
of education. During that
time, he learned how to work
with the equipment; the
physical properties and be-
havior of fire; hydraulics; and
fire codes.
Mr. Levine also put in
hundreds of hours to become
a trained paramedic and
then a state-certified fire of-
ficer.
Mr. Bordman went
through an initial 12-week
training program but said
the learning process is ongo-
ing.
Training is also continu-
ous for the Southfield volun-
teers. They learn
self-defense, traffic control,
handicap parking enforce-
ment and what to do when
there is a downed electrical
wire.
"It is always rewarding
when someone goes by us
and stops to tell us what a
good job we are doing," Mr.
Graff said.
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