From the City Manager's report

During September, all Montclair Fire Department suppression crews participated in roof-top ventilation training.

The training was done at a city-owned residential structure scheduled for demolition -- the same structure that was used for urban search and rescue training in July.

Because the entire roof of the structure was still intact, it was the perfect location for this hands-on training.

Each crew had many opportunities to make openings in the roof with a variety of ventilation tools and equipment.

Included in the training exercise was instruction on ladder placement, chainsaw safety and use, where to cut, and communications. They practiced sizing-up the structure, sounding the roof, and puncturing the interior ceiling.

Neither props nor simulated training could ever be as effective as practicing on the real thing.

The city's Barracuda spam and virus firewall, purchased in 2004, is keeping the e-mail system free of viruses and spam.

The system is an integrated hardware and software solution designed to protect the organization's e-mail server from spam, viruses, spoofing, phishing, and spyware attacks.

For every business and organization worldwide, e-mails are an essential form of communication.

Following are some interesting facts about our e-mail system:

Since 2004, the city has received more than 10 million e-mails (10,017,330, to be exact)

Information Technology staff continuously updates the system with current spam and virus definition to monitor and block the latest Internet threats.

The Special Olympics of the west San Bernardino area, along with the Kiwanis Club hosted a bowling tournament for the Special Olympics late last month.

Held at the Montclair Bowlium on Sept. 26, 180 Special Olympics athletes from Southern California participated.

Police reserve officers Randy Ortiz and Joe Kuskie and Reserve Captain Ron Foss participated in the tournament and were honored to present medals to all of the athletes.