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By Joe Reavisnews@princetonherald.com

A volunteer with the West-minster and Blue Ridge fire departments was arrested by Collin County deputies over the June weekend in connection with several fires he is suspect-ed of starting.

Booked into Collin County Detention Center on an arson charge was Dylan Joseph Ima, 28, of Anna.

Officers with the Collin

County Fire Marshall’s Office investigated a March 21, 2011, fire at an abandoned mobile home, another fire of an aban-doned mobile home on April 5, 2011, and an April 20, 2011, fire, all in Westminster, and an April 22, 2020, house fire near Blue Ridge.

In an affidavit filed by Deputy Fire Marshall Matthew Jones, the 28-year-old was a volunteer with Westminster Fire Depart-ment until late April. The af-fidavit stated that Westminster

Assistant Fire Chief Donnie Norman accused Ima of setting the fires and that he expected

him to resign from the depart-ment.

Jones also reported that, acting on information given by a witness, an investigation showed that gasoline cans and clothing soiled with gasoline were found in the bed of a pick-up owned by Ima after a fire on April 20.

Ima also was identified as a suspect in the fires because of his early response to fires, al-though he lived in Anna. The volunteer firefighter also had

reported a fire at an abandoned house near Blue Ridge.

Fire marshal investigators questioned Ima on May 14 at the Blue Ridge Fire Depart-ment and the suspect admitted to setting the Westminster area fires in 2011 so that he could fight them as a volunteer with the departments, the affidavit states. He also described the Blue Ridge fire that is still un-der investigation.

Ima also told investigators that he ignited the fires with

gasoline and implicated an ac-complice who has not been charged.

In a statement to officers, Ima is quoted as saying, “I was young, dumb, uh I’d never fought a structure fire before, and I was like ‘aw s__t, hey . . .’ like see I got the chills thinking about it and I was like, hey, I’ve never fought a fire and it looks cool.”

The 28-year-old is charged with setting fire to a building on March 21, 2011.

By Jean Ann Collinsjcollins@princetonisd.net

When Princeton High School opened its 2,000-seat competi-tion gymnasium, it was quickly determined the existing sound system would not meet the needs of the space. The facil-ity would not only be used for sporting events, but also guest speakers, musical performanc-es and a host of other large events, so it was clear that something more was needed.

FOH Productions, LLC, based in Princeton, was hired to lead the system upgrade and started a design process in consultation with RCF USA to build a solution that would pro-vide ideal coverage.

“We were in need of an up-grade to our sound system in our competition gym at Princ-eton, so we reached out to FOH for their expertise and recom-

mendations,” David Vincent, Director of Technology for PISD, said. “They recom-mended an RCF line array sys-tem based on room specifica-tions and coverage needs.”

Once the design was final-ized and the school board gave approval, FOH began the installation. The system is comprised of 28 line array-style speakers, with 16 for the home side and 12 for the visi-tor stands. There are four high-powered 18-inch subwoof-ers and two speakers pointed straight down for court cover-age.

Totaling an impressive 55,000 watts, the complete system provides plenty of cov-erage to every area of the gym, and enough low end to get fans on their feet.

After a thorough tune by RCF System Specialist Zach Anthony, the new state-of-the-

art sound system is ready for use.

“The team at FOH was able to get the system installed ahead of schedule and on bud-get,” Vincent said. “The clarity and depth of the RCF system is incredible. I have heard bigger sound systems [in other school gymnasiums] not sound this good. I look forward to more projects with FOH and RCF in the future. The system is amaz-ing.”

Representatives at FOH be-lieve they chose the best setup for PHS. “We have complete confidence in the RCF brand,” Brycen Welborn, FOH vice president and co-owner, said. “RCF has a solution for every application, and we know they are always available to assist and offer support after the sale, and the installation. We’ve known for years that the prod-uct sounds great.”

PHS gym gets new sound system

Blue Ridge volunteer fireman charged with arson

Courtesy PISDFOH Productions, LLC, based in Princeton, was hired to lead the system upgrade at the Princeton High School gymnasium. From left, Brycen Welborn and Bob McClure in front of the speakers for the sound system they installed at the PHS gym.

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