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At 6:53pm on November 18, 2009, KEN COLLINS said…
hello girl just stopping in to say hello, hope all is well...fly safe...smiles..
At 9:27pm on November 17, 2009, KEN COLLINS said…
hey girl hope your having a good week and your weekend went well...keep smiling
At 12:36pm on November 17, 2009, Dale said…
thanks for the comment karen, and yeah.. i didnt think that my quote forum would stay as long as it has
At 1:20pm on November 15, 2009, Clyde R Chapman said…
Rangeley Fire/Rescue
We cover 500 square miles of territory here in the Western Mountains of Maine.
LifeFlight of Maine has got the job done for us and then some!
At 2:21am on November 14, 2009, Randy Soard said…
please visit my site www.facesofthebrave.com I would like your help in distributing this artwork to the world. Please respond to me at randysoard@hotmail.com

343 Heroes....

1. Joseph Agnello, Lad.118
2. Lt. Brian Ahearn, Bat.13
3. Eric Allen, Sqd.18
4. Richard Allen, Lad.15
5. Cpt. James Amato, Sqd.1
6. Calixto Anaya Jr., Eng.4
7. Joseph Angelini, Res.1
8. Joseph Angelini Jr., Lad.4
9. Faustino Apostol Jr., Bat.2
10. David Arce, Eng.33
11. Louis Arena, Lad.5
12. Carl Asaro, Bat.9
13. Lt. Gregg Atlas, Eng.10
14. Gerald Atwood, Lad.21
15. Gerald Baptiste, Lad.9
16. A.C. Gerard Barbara, Cmd. Ctr.
17. Matthew Barnes, Lad.25
18. Arthur Barry, Lad.15
19. Lt.Steven Bates, Eng.235
20. Carl Bedigian, Eng.214
21. Stephen Belson, Bat.7
22. John Bergin, Res.5
23. Paul Beyer, Eng.6
24. Peter Bielfeld, Lad.42
25. Brian Bilcher, Sqd.1
26. Carl Bini, Res.5
27. Christopher Blackwell, Res.3
28. Michael Bocchino, Bat.48
29. Frank Bonomo, Eng.230
30. Gary Box, Sqd.1
31. Michael Boyle, Eng.33
32. Kevin Bracken, Eng.40
33. Michael Brennan, Lad.4
34. Peter Brennan, Res.4
35. Cpt. Daniel Brethel, Lad.24
36. Cpt. Patrick Brown, Lad.3
37. Andrew Brunn, Lad.5
38. Cpt. Vincent Brunton, Lad.105
39. F.M. Ronald Bucca
40. Greg Buck, Eng.201
41. Cpt. William Burke Jr., Eng.21
42. A.C. Donald Burns, Cmd.
43. Ctr. John Burnside, Lad.20
44. Thomas Butler, Sqd.1
45. Patrick Byrne, Lad.101
46. George Cain, Lad.7
47. Salvatore Calabro, Lad.101
48. Cpt. Frank Callahan, Lad.35
49. Michael Cammarata, Lad.11
50. Brian Cannizzaro, Lad.101
51. Dennis Carey, Hmc.1
52. Michael Carlo, Eng.230
53. Michael Carroll, Lad.3
54. Peter Carroll, Sqd.1
55. Thomas Casoria, Eng.22
56. Michael Cawley, Lad.136
57. Vernon Cherry, Lad.118
58. Nicholas Chiofalo, Eng.235
59. John Chipura, Eng.219
60. Michael Clarke, Lad.2
61. Steven Coakley, Eng.217
62. Tarel Coleman, Sqd.252
63. John Collins, Lad.25
64. Robert Cordice, Sqd.1
65. Ruben Correa, Eng.74
66. James Coyle, Lad.3
67. Robert Crawford, Safety Lt.
68. John Crisci, H.M. B.C.
69. Dennis Cross, Bat.57
70. Thomas Cullen III, Sqd. 41
71. Robert Curatolo, Lad.16
72. Lt. Edward D'Atri, Sqd.1
73. Michael D'Auria, Eng.40
74. Scott Davidson, Lad.118
75. Edward Day, Lad.11
76. B.C. Thomas DeAngelis, Bat. 8
77. Manuel Delvalle, Eng.5
78. Martin DeMeo, H.M. 1
79. David DeRubbio, Eng.226
80. Lt. Andrew Desperito, Eng.1
81. B.C. Dennis Devlin, Bat.9
82. Gerard Dewan, Lad.3
83. George DiPasquale, Lad.2
84. Lt. Kevin Donnelly, Lad.3
85. Lt. Kevin Dowdell, Res.4
86. B.C. Raymond Downey, Soc.
87. Gerard Duffy, Lad.21
88. Cpt. Martin Egan, Jr., Div.15
89. Michael Elferis, Eng.22
90. Francis Esposito, Eng.235
91. Lt. Michael Esposito, Sqd.1
92. Robert Evans, Eng.33
93. B.C. John Fanning, H.O.
94. Cpt. Thomas Farino, Eng.26
95. Terrence Farrell, Res.4
96. Cpt. Joseph Farrelly, Div.1
97. Dep. Comm. William Feehan
98. Lee Fehling, Eng.235
99. Alan Feinberg, Bat.9
100. Michael Fiore, Res.5
101. Lt. John Fischer, Lad.20
102. Andre Fletcher, Res.5
103. John Florio, Eng.214
104. Lt. Michael Fodor, Lad.21
105. Thomas Foley, Res.3
106. David Fontana, Sqd.1
107. Robert Foti, Lad.7
108. Andrew Fredericks, Sqd.18
109. Lt. Peter Freund, Eng.55
110. Thomas Gambino Jr., Res.3
111. Chief of Dept. Peter Ganci
112. Lt. Charles Garbarini, Bat.9
113. Thomas Gardner, Hmc.1
114. Matthew Garvey, Sqd.1
115. Bruce Gary, Eng.40
116. Gary Geidel, Res.1
117. B.C. Edward Geraghty, Bat.9
118. Dennis Germain, Lad.2
119. Lt. Vincent Giammona, Lad.5
120. James Giberson, Lad.35
121. Ronnie Gies, Sqd.288
122. Paul Gill, Eng.54
123. Lt. John Ginley, Eng.40
124. Jeffrey Giordano, Lad.3
125. John Giordano, Hmc.1
126. Keith Glascoe, Lad.21
127. James Gray, Lad.20
128. B.C. Joseph Grzelak, Bat.48
129. Jose Guadalupe, Eng.54
130. Lt. Geoffrey Guja, Bat.43
131. Lt. Joseph Gullickson, Lad.101
132. David Halderman, Sqd.18
133. Lt. Vincent Halloran, Lad.8
134. Robert Hamilton, Sqd.41
135. Sean Hanley, Lad.20
136. Thomas Hannafin, Lad.5
137. Dana Hannon, Eng.26
138. Daniel Harlin, Lad.2
139. Lt. Harvey Harrell, Res.5
140. Lt. Stephen Harrell, Bat.7
141. Cpt. Thomas Haskell, Jr., Div.15
142. Timothy Haskell, Sqd.18
143. Cpt. Terence Hatton, Res.1
144. Michael Haub, Lad.4
145. Lt. Michael Healey, Sqd.41
146. John Hefferman, Lad.11
147. Ronnie Henderson, Eng.279
148. Joseph Henry, Lad.21
149. William Henry, Res.1
150. Thomas Hetzel, Lad.13
151. Cpt. Brian Hickey, Res.4
152. Lt. Timothy Higgins, S.O.C.
153. Jonathan Hohmann, Hmc.1
154. Thomas Holohan, Eng.6
155. Joseph Hunter, Sqd.288
156. Cpt. Walter Hynes, Lad.13
157. Jonathan Ielpi, Sqd.288
158. Cpt. Frederick Ill Jr., Lad.2
159. William Johnston, Eng.6
160. Andrew Jordan, Lad.132
161. Karl Joseph, Eng.207
162. Lt. Anthony Jovic, Bat.47
163. Angel Juarbe Jr., Lad.12
164. Mychal Judge, Chaplain
165. Vincent Kane, Eng.22
166. B.C. Charles Kasper, S.O.C.
167. Paul Keating, Lad.5
168. Richard Kelly Jr., Lad.11
169. Thomas R. Kelly, Lad.15
170. Thomas W. Kelly, Lad.105
171. Thomas Kennedy, Lad.101
172. Lt. Ronald Kerwin, Sqd.288
173. Michael Kiefer, Lad.132
174. Robert King Jr., Eng.33
175. Scott Kopytko, Lad.15
176. William Krukowski, Lad.21
177. Kenneth Kumpel, Lad.25
178. Thomas Kuveikis, Sqd.252
179. David LaForge, Lad.20
180. William Lake, Res.2
181. Robert Lane, Eng.55
182. Peter Langone, Sqd.252
183. Scott Larsen, Lad.15
184. Lt. Joseph Leavey, Lad.15
185. Neil Leavy, Eng.217
186. Daniel Libretti, Res.2
187. Carlos Lillo, Paramedic
188. Robert Linnane, Lad.20
189. Michael Lynch, Eng.40
190. Michael Lynch, Lad.4
191. Michael Lyons, Sqd.41
192. Patrick Lyons, Sqd.252
193. Joseph Maffeo, Lad.101
194. William Mahoney, Res 4
195. Joseph Maloney, Lad.3
196. B.C. Joseph Marchbanks Jr, Bat.12
197. Lt. Charles Margiotta, Bat.22
198. Kenneth Marino, Res.1
199. John Marshall, Eng.23
200. Lt. Peter Martin, Res.2
201. Lt. Paul Martini, Eng.23
202. Joseph Mascali, T.S.U. 2
203. Keithroy Maynard, Eng.33
204. Brian McAleese, Eng.226
205. John McAvoy, Lad.3
206. Thomas McCann, Bat.8
207. Lt. William McGinn, Sqd.18
208. B.C. William McGovern, Bat.2
209. Dennis McHugh, Lad.13
210. Robert McMahon, Lad.20
211. Robert McPadden, Eng.23
212. Terence McShane, Lad.101
213. Timothy McSweeney, Lad.3
214. Martin McWilliams, Eng.22
215. Raymond Meisenheimer, Res.3
216. Charles Mendez, Lad.7
217. Steve Mercado, Eng.40
218. Douglas Miller, Res.5
219. Henry Miller Jr, Lad.105
220. Robert Minara, Lad.25
221. Thomas Mingione, Lad.132
222. Lt. Paul Mitchell, Bat.1
223. Capt. Louis Modafferi, Res.5
224. Lt. Dennis Mojica, Res.1
225. Manuel Mojica, Sqd.18
226. Carl Molinaro, Lad.2
227. Michael Montesi, Res.1
228. Capt. Thomas Moody, Div.1
229. B.C. John Moran, Bat.49
230. Vincent Morello, Lad.35
231. Christopher Mozzillo, Eng.55
232. Richard Muldowney Jr, Lad.07
233. Michael Mullan, Lad.12
234. Dennis Mulligan, Lad.2
235. Lt. Raymond Murphy, Lad.16
236. Lt. Robert Nagel, Eng.58
237. John Napolitano, Res.2
238. Peter Nelson, Res.4
239. Gerard Nevins, Res.1
240. Dennis O'Berg, Lad.105
241. Lt. Daniel O'Callaghan, Lad.4
242. Douglas Oelschlager, Lad.15
243. Joseph Ogren, Lad.3
244. Lt. Thomas O'Hagan, Bat.4
245. Samuel Oitice, Lad.4
246. Patrick O'Keefe, Res.1
247. Capt. William O'Keefe, Div.15
248. Eric Olsen, Lad.15
249. Jeffery Olsen, Eng.10
250. Steven Olson, Lad.3
251. Kevin O'Rourke, Res.2
252. Michael Otten, Lad.35
253. Jeffery Palazzo, Res.5
254. B.C. Orio Palmer, Bat.7
255. Frank Palombo, Lad.105
256. Paul Pansini, Eng.10
257. B.C. John Paolillo, Bat.11
258. James Pappageorge, Eng.23
259. Robert Parro, Eng.8
260. Durrell Pearsall, Res.4
261. Lt. Glenn Perry, Bat.12
262. Lt. Philip Petti, Bat.7
263. Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, Eng. 33
264. Lt. Kenneth Phelan, Bat.32
265. Christopher Pickford, Eng.201
266. Shawn Powell, Eng.207
267. Vincent Princiotta, Lad.7
268. Kevin Prior, Sqd.252
269. B.C. Richard Prunty, Bat.2
270. Lincoln Quappe, Res.2
271. Lt. Michael Quilty, Lad.11
272. Ricardo Quinn, Paramedic
273. Leonard Ragaglia, Eng.54
274. Michael Ragusa, Eng.279
275. Edward Rall, Res.2
276. Adam Rand, Sqd.288
277. Donald Regan, Res.3
278. Lt. Robert Regan, Lad.118
279. Christian Regenhard, Lad.131
280. Kevin Reilly, Eng.207
281. Lt. Vernon Richard, Lad.7
282. James Riches, Eng.4
283. Joseph Rivelli, Lad.25
284. Michael Roberts, Eng.214
285. Michael E. Roberts, Lad.35
286. Anthony Rodriguez, Eng.279
287. Matthew Rogan, Lad.11
288. Nicholas Rossomando, Res.5
289. Paul Ruback, Lad.25
290. Stephen Russell, Eng.55
291. Lt. Michael Russo, S.O.C.
292. B.C. Matthew Ryan, Bat.1
293. Thomas Sabella, Lad.13
294. Christopher Santora, Eng.54
295. John Santore, Lad.5
296. Gregory Saucedo, Lad.5
297. Dennis Scauso, H.M. 1
298. John Schardt, Eng.201
299. B.C. Fred Scheffold, Bat.12
300. Thomas Schoales, Eng.4
301. Gerard Schrang, Res.3
302. Gregory Sikorsky, Sqd.41
303. Stephen Siller, Sqd.1
304. Stanley Smagala Jr, Eng.226
305. Kevin Smith, H.M. 1
306. Leon Smith Jr, Lad 118
307. Robert Spear Jr, Eng.26
308. Joseph Spor, Res.3
309. B.C. Lawrence Stack, Bat.50
310. Cpt. Timothy Stackpole, Div.11
311. Gregory Stajk, Lad.13
312. Jeffery Stark, Eng.230
313. Benjamin Suarez, Lad.21
314. Daniel Suhr, Eng.216
315. Lt. Christopher Sullivan, Lad.111
316. Brian Sweeney, Res.1
317. Sean Tallon, Lad.10
318. Allan Tarasiewicz, Res.5
319. Paul Tegtmeier, Eng.4
320. John Tierney, Lad.9
321. John Tipping II, Lad.4
322. Hector Tirado Jr, Eng.23
323. Richard Vanhine, Sqd.41
324. Peter Vega, Lad.118
325. Lawrence Veling, Eng.235
326. John Vigiano II, Lad.132
327. Sergio Villanueva, Lad.132
328. Lawrence Virgilio, Sqd.18
329. Lt. Robert Wallace, Eng.205
330. Jeffery Walz, Lad. 9
331. Lt. Michael Warchola, Lad.5
332. Capt. Patrick Waters, S.O.C.
333. Kenneth Watson, Eng.214
334. Michael Weinberg, Eng.1
335. David Weiss, Res.1
336. Timothy Welty, Sqd.288
337. Eugene Whelan, Eng.230
338. Edward White, Eng.230
339. Mark Whitford, Eng.23
340. Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, Eng.238
341. B.C. John Williamson, Bat.6
342. Capt. David Wooley, Lad.4
343. Raymond York, Eng.285

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Hometown:
Georgia...
I Live: (City, State)
Colorado...
Years in Fire/EMS:
13
Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
I became a flight nurse because I wanted to combine my love for emergency medicine and flying... My father was a FF/EMT-P for many years until he recently passed... I have much love and respect for firefighters in general because you guys are always such a big help to the medevac team... Everything from helping us transfer pts to the chopper to providing us with a safe LZ.... You are appreciated for all you do!
Relationship Status:
In a Relationship
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
AirLife Denver
Department Type:
Other Response Agency Type
Rank/Role There:
Training Officer, Administrative Staff / Team Member, Other Emergency Services Staff
Years With This Department/Agency
8...
Other Past or Current Departments:
Presbyterian / St. Lukes - Denver, CO - ER Nurse
Swedish Medical Center - Englewood, CO - ER Charge nurse
My Training:
Bachelor of science in Nursing
Air Medical Crew National Standard Curriculum (AMCNSC)
Altitude Physiology Course
Trauma Nurse Core Course(TNCC)
Basic Trauma Life Support (BTLS)
Pre-Hospital Advanced Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Neonatal Resuscitation Course (NRC)
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
5 yrs ER charge RN experiennce...
About Me:
Believe it or not I'm a pretty down to earth lady... Enjoy getting back to nature ALOT... Skiing, ATV's, and hiking are among the most enjoyable... I have a great time at sporting events such as a Broncos game (GO BRONCOS...lol) And I love off road races and monster trucks...lol
Day Job:
Same as my night...
Top Issues Facing Responders:
I think that safety for any and all rescue personnel. as well as the safety of the patient should ALWAYS be the major issue...
I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
Because I have the ability to have a positive outcome in someones life...
 
 

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