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- Hometown:
- Rockbridge County virginia
- I Live: (City, State)
- ithaca ny
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 8
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- was kind of a family thing. my grandfather was a firefighter, my mother an EMT so i was kind of born into it
- Relationship Status:
- In a Relationship
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Etna Fire Dept
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer, EMS/Rescue Squad - Volunteer
- Rank/Role There:
- Firefighter, Driver / Engineer
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 1
- Other Past or Current Departments:
- Naples Fire dept- NY
Rockbridge county haz mat team-va
Rockbridge baths fire dept- Va
Fairfield Rescue squad- Va
- My Training:
- Firefighter 1,EVOC,Haz-mat Operations , Basic and Light Duty Rescue, Basic Pump Operations , ICS-100, ICS-200, ISC-300, ICS-400, NIMS 700, EMS Operations at Multi Casualty Incidents, Community Safety Educator, Emergency Response to Terrorism, Command and Control Decision Making at Multiple Alarm Incidents, Fire Service Supervision, Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies
- About Me:
- Joined the local vol rescue squad when i was 15 and soon after started the fire/rescue side and have been doing it every since
- Day Job:
- cook
- Personal Site/Profile:
- http://myspace.com/bigjfromthava
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- staffing (recruitment and retention). the decline of vol has really had an impact on the fire service
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- of the brotherhood as well as the rush
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What i wish...
Dispatchers, & Law Enforcement.
I wish you could know what it is like to
search a burning bedroom for trapped children at 3
AM, flames rolling above your head, your palms and
knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under
your weight as the kitchen below you burns.
I wish you could comprehend a husband's horror at 6 in
the morning as I check his wife of 40 years for a
pulse and find none. I start CPR anyway, hoping to
bring her back, k… Continue
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 11:47pm —
Comment Wall (111 comments)
- At 3:12pm on November 24, 2009,
Tiffanie Pettis said…
- i hope that you have a great turkey day!!! :)
- At 3:11pm on November 24, 2009,
Tiffanie Pettis said…
- yea lol sorry things have been kinda nuts lately. slow for calls tho but man everything in my life has been crazy :( ans i kno its cold lol i hate winter!!! you must really hate it from bein down where its warm lol ---so what you been upto?
- At 3:47pm on November 21, 2009,
Mandy said…
- hey thanks hope u have a great weekend
- At 9:02pm on November 13, 2009,
THOMAS A. STOFFER said…
- warm if you want to call it that a mid nov Heat wave woooo lol Be safe brother
- At 11:19pm on November 12, 2009,
THOMAS A. STOFFER said…
- hey justin hows NY treating you this time of the year ? lol be safe brother
- At 5:11pm on November 10, 2009,
Misty Cummings said…
- Hey there. Class is going good. It's been busy the past two weeks, but I am making all A's and one B. How are you?
- At 12:28pm on November 6, 2009,
laura said… - how are you doing
- At 6:26pm on November 3, 2009,
Sabrina Lowery said… - thank you besafe
- At 6:28pm on November 1, 2009,
Tiffanie Pettis said…
- no idea what part and don't care lol....and he never got his natn'l cert. so he went through 4 months of FF1 upi here for nothing lol i thnk that its atually kinda funny myself, maybe im a cruel person idk lol.......and i hear ya with the no time thing, been there. but sinc im not working now i have a little more time but i don;t know what to do with it cuz im so used to havin my schedule jam-packed, im really glad that classes are starting up again! it will give me a break from school amd homework 24/7 especially since we havn't really had any calls lately
- At 12:49pm on October 30, 2009,
Steven C. Hamilton said… - Things are good. Very busy. How is your career progression coming?
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