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Show 0 R E M TIMES Thursday, July 112007 FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAGEDY Page 8 Firefighters to pay tribute at funeral Charlynn Anderson Firefighters from all over !he stale will pay tribute to one of their own as Saratoga Springs I-ire Chief Mike I'enovich is laid to rest at the Lehi City Cemetery on Friday. I ellow firefighters will form a processional pro-cessional honor guard of fire trucks and personnel, standing stand-ing at attention along I-ehi streets in silent tribute. Chief I'enovich was killed in a tragic traffic accident on July ! when he was driving home from eastern Utah and his truck swerved and fell UK) feet into the Deer Creek Reservoir. The cause of the tragic crash that led to his death has yet to lc determined, but a report on the accident is expected to arrive ar-rive to the Saratoga Police Department De-partment in a week or two. Cedar Valley residents were saddened and reflective as the news of Mike Penovich's death spread among his neighbors and friends. "This is so very difficult that I can hardly talk," said former Cedar Tort Mayor Jeanine Qxk. "Mike was like a shining shin-ing light to everyone, such a kind- hearted man, a total gentleman, so professional and always optimistic," said Cook. Penovich leaves a wife, Shelly, and two children, Colton and Chyann. He and his family have lived in the White North Count)' Newspapers Doily HetoM Publishing Co 399 E. Stat Rd. Pleownt Grove, UT 84062 756-7669 FrX:756-5i74 Abortion? Why? 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O down financing fi-nancing Must see to appreciate Call 376-6360 for details & directions Jan Pe terson Dev Really www.neraldextra.com yellowpages Hills subdivision in Cedar Valley Val-ley for over a decade, making a positive difference in the community. "Mike was larger than life in everything he did. He'd give you the shirt off his back if he figured you needed it. Mike was always there to give a helping hand," said Cedar Fort Fire Chief and White Hills neighbor, Don Miller. Penovich was a volunteer firefighter with the Cedar Fort Fire Department for four years before being elected to the position of chief. He served as Cedar Fort fire chief for nearly seven years. Professionally, he worked with the Saratoga Springs Public Works Dept. Penovich was also a leader in the local fire community. The Saratoga Springs Fire Department De-partment built close ties with other fire service departments in the local area, including Lehi, Eagle Mountain, Cedar Fort and the Utah County Fire Marshal. "Mike has taken a lot of barriers bar-riers away," said Rick Scott, Saratoga Springs Deputy in Charge. His considerable time and effort on the Cedar Fort Fire Department was all in his "free" time. "It was incredible the hours he put in as a volunteer," said current Cedar Fort Fire Chief Don Miller. As chief, Penovich searched for any money he could find to help the under-equipped all-volunteer department. He put in countless hours writing grants for updated fire protection pro-tection gear, equipment, and communication devices. He also worked tirelessly training volunteers and encouraging his team to attend advanced certification training. Fire department remains strong Lance Madigan NORTH COUNTY STAFF After the tragic loss of Saratoga Springs Fire Chief Mike Penovich last week, some residents may be concerned con-cerned about compromised service in case of emergency, but city officials are confident in the departments organization. organiza-tion. "We don't expect any changes in our emergency services," said Ken Leetham, Saratoga Springs city manager. man-ager. "We are going to need to replace Mike as Fire Chief, of course, but there is a good structure in the fire department. depart-ment. We have no reason to think that will really change things." Deputy in Charge Rick Scott agreed when reporting to the Saratoga Springs City Council Tuesday evening. "Of course we still have to continue with business," said Scott. "I want to you know that when someone calls 9-1-1, nothing will have changed." Leetham did say they were turning to neighboring agencies for assistance this week while they coordinated and regrouped. "These are all part of mutual aid agreements. agree-ments. This week we are just involved in arrangements to be made." Scott said that the surrounding sur-rounding areas would provide all fire and EMS services on Thursday and Friday, but that by 9 p.m. on Friday it would be "business as usual." As for the transition, Scott explained that he had been working closely with "Mike" he refused to call his fallen chief by any other name for several months. They had even laid contingency contin-gency plans for a tragedy like losing their chief. "We are copying exactly what is coming out of the fire chief's handbook," Scott said. "I have been working very closely with Mike the last six months to make the department depart-ment stronger. "There are a lot of things Mike and I were working on, and I want to put them into place. Mike did a lot, even on his way out." City and fire officials also took the time to express gratitude for the help from surrounding areas. Cities, fire departments, police and others oth-ers have all volunteered assistance as-sistance from across the state and even out of state. "Rick has done a great job helping to direct the team," said Mayor Timothy Parker. "There has also been tremendous tremen-dous input and support from volunteers from across the state." It is important for the Saratoga Sara-toga Springs fire personnel to understand how appreciated they are, he said. "Mike is the focus right now, but they are a strong team," Parker said. Services for Penovich are Thursday and Friday. A viewing view-ing is planned for Thursday evening from 6-8 and Friday morning from 9-11 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building located at 587 S. Saratoga Drive in Saratoga Springs. During the entire time, there will be fellow fire officers offi-cers will be on duty. "He will always be with somebody while he is laying at rest," said Scott. 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