San Antonio Rotary - The Wheel - Archive (Jul 29, 2009)

Nim Kidd was appointed to the San Antonio Fire Department in April of 1993. He has held the rank of Firefighter, Fire Apparatus Operator, Lieutenant, Captain and District Fire Chief. Chief Kidd was formerly assigned as the Lieutenant in charge of the SAFD Technical Rescue Team and Captain of the SAFD Hazardous Material Response Team. Nim has been a member of the Texas Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Team since 1997 and has responded to several disasters including the World Trade Center collapse in September 2001. He is the Assistant Task Force Leader.

Chief Kidd has been the City Emergency Manager since 2004, and has managed the City’s response efforts for over a dozen Local, State, Major, and Presidential Disaster Declarations. Chief Kidd is also designated as the City’s Homeland Security Director and manages the Homeland Security Grant Program and is the Chair of the Urban Area Security Initiative Working Group that has infused over $36 Million into the City’s preparedness efforts.

Chief Kidd has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Emergency Management Association of Texas, and currently serves on the Governor’s EMS and Trauma Advisory Council-Disaster Committee and the Governor’s Texas Preparedness Advisory Council for the Division of Emergency Management.

Chief Kidd and his wife, Dr. Emily Kidd, share three children together.

Emergency management is a comprehensive system to respond to emergencies or disasters impacting our community. The mission of the City of San Antonio Office of Emergency Management (SAOEM) is to coordinate activities of the City departments responsible for continued operations during disasters, coordinate agreements for the use of resources, communicate with State and Federal agencies, and provide education and training to citizens and municipal employees.

Emergency Management Encompasses:

Prevention: Actions taken to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring in the effort to protect lives and property.

Preparedness: Activities such as planning, training, public education and outreach to create awareness of potential dangers and increase readiness in our community.

Response: Use of available resources to meet the needs of the community when disaster strikes. Depending on the severity of the disaster, this can include local, county, State and Federal resources, to include fire and EMS services, public works and law enforcement.

Rotary Golf

Sign up for the next Rotary golf outing September 17 at Oak Hills Country Club. Thanks to Bob Hollingsworth for arranging the outing. If you want to play, contact Tom Vaello at 225-0858 or tom@rightimages.com

Membership Proposals

On recommendation of the Admissions Committee, the Board of Directors has authorized the following for publishing for membership in accordance with the club bylaws. They will automatically become members in 7 days unless ten (10) written and signed objections are submitted.

Christopher Rometty

Telecommunications: Sales

Time Warner Cable

Sales Manager

Proposer: Rick Cavender

Endorser: Scott Lane

Club Builders

Our thanks to all the club builders who proposed new members during the 2008-09 Rotary year. You helped us realize a net gain in membership for the year.

Have you proposed a new member lately?

Club Builder: New Member:

Barbara Banker Barbara Hagen

Clark Boddy Ryan Tucker

Gregg Weston

Trey Garner

Bob Braubach Jason Adelstein

Rick Cavender Bill Archinal

David Belle-Isle

Tom Damiani

Dave Force

Phil Marquez

Jim McCutcheon

Jimmy Norman

Chrys Parker

Joe Ramirez

Corbett Christie Craig Browning

Tina Conchin Mike Baker

Doug Cross Nick Grimaldi

Pat Frost Linda O'Brien

Tony Hargrove Adena Loston

Kitty Hawkins Kristina Gillen

Harriett Helmle Bob Grimes

Jeff Jung Liz Crawford

Charlie Lutz Howard Lutz

Milt McFarland Mark Larson

Cottie Miles Jim Lane

Lou Miller Ralph Diaz

Jim Roschek

Mark Muecke David Aycock

George Wommack

David Nicolson Tom Stephenson

Russ Rinklin Ed Fulkerson

Scott Rote Steve Darling

Mellick Sykes Travis Barnes

Chris Williams Amanda Lara

Gavin Rogers

Mac Williams Janice Simons

Bryan Jaax

Reggie Williams Tessa Martinez Pollack

Thad Ziegler Meade Flavin

Congratulations!

Congratulations and many thanks to the U40 Class for arranging the service project with St. Peter-St. Joseph’s Children Home. The class took 80 children from toddler to teen to the San Antonio Zoo on July 16. The class had it very organized from name tags to water stations. It was a wonderful experience for everyone involved.

U40 Class:

Jason Adelstein, David Aycock, Travis Barnes, Craig Browning, Liz Crawford, Meade Flavin, Trey Garner, Kristina Gillen, Bryan Jaax, Jim Lane, Amanda Lara, Mark Larson, Howard Lutz, Gavin Rogers, Ryan Tucker, George Wommack

Thanks to our YMB and others who also attended:

Scott Lane, Gardner Peavy, Scott Rote, Chris Williams, Anna and Thad Ziegler

Special thanks to Bailey Lara, Amanda’s daughter, for making the name tags.