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- Hometown:
- Frankford, New Jersey
- I Live: (City, State)
- Frankford, New Jersey
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- Well oficially only 2, but i have been around the fire house with my father for 16 years.
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- I grew up in the fire house with my dad. I have loved it since i was three years old when he joined the department. When my father became the chief, i decided it was time to join, i was the minimum age of 14 and really wanted to do it. Then i was told by my father to wait until i was 18 to join. Talk about making me feel so unwanted in the fire house or whatever. So there i was 14 years old and told that i have to wait another 4 years... AGAIN. So i turned 18 and put my application in with the department. I was voted in at the monthly meeting and now i am a full blow, fully qualified firefighter.
- Relationship Status:
- In a Relationship
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Frankford, New Jersey
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Rank/Role There:
- Firefighter
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 2
- My Training:
- Firefighter 1, Ice Rescue, Wilderness Evacuation, Rope Rescue, ICS 100, NIMS 800, Fuel spill fire/hazmat, CPR and basic first aid.
- About Me:
- Frankford township fire department is a 50 member department in upstate NEw Jersey. WE have two section of the department. We have the Fire, and Rescue (EMS and extrication). We are all volunteer. The town does not "own" us, we work for everything we have and the town doesn't help us in any way. We are a totally private identity of the town.
This department was established in 1948. Since then we went from having one firehouse to have two, and starting the rescue/EMS divsion. The Rescue/EMS division is only about 6 or 7 years old. In the rescue division we train in Extrication, wilderness evacuation, rope rescue, ice rescue, swift water rescue, abandoned mine and cave rexscue, confined space rescue and other stuff i just don't remember.
Right now our fire department is in the middle of saving money, making time, and receiving support to build a much needed new fire house to replace our first fire house. We have many plans, but in order to do so we need the support from the town to help us. We do as many fundraisers as we possibly can a year to make the needed money for this project. All we have done so far is buy the property. We are meeting with architects to create the building, and thats about it so far. The most in the building stage we have gotten done is the curb cut. I know its not much, but we all know that these things take A LOT of time. A fire house isn't built overnight.
- Day Job:
- Secretary for a forklift repair company
- Personal Site/Profile:
- http://www.myspace.com/firerescuegirl52
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Discrimination against female firefighters. Lack of interest in something that is volunteer, everyone wants to be paid, but up by me, its hard just because were not a rich city, were a little 48 square mile country town.
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- I just love the feeling when i get home from a call. I love getting the pat on the back with the "good job" at the end of the day.
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Plane Crash 7/22/07
Posted on August 31, 2007 at 2:37pm —
Structure Fire 7/21/07
Around 0700 hrs on the morning of 7/21/07 the Branchville and Frankford Fire Departments were assigned to the report of a possible structure fire in the Culver Lakes section of Frankford. I was on Engine 1 with my father. While enroute, my LT. 674 (M. Dann) arrived on scene with and address of 166 Lower North Shore Rd. and to confirm a working house fire. When that was herd, my father (the driver) put the pedal to the medal. We arrived on scene to see nothing but flames. My father and his goo
… ContinuePosted on August 31, 2007 at 2:36pm —
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