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MARTY SHELTON
- 40, Male
- Greeneville, TN
- United States
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Hay BLEVES, Overhaul T...
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East Tennessee Firefig...
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Tennessee Fire/Rescue
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Rope Rescue
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Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Greeneville, Tennessee
- I Live: (City, State)
- Greeneville, Tennessee
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 23+
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- I grew up around the local VFD and had a few friends that worked for the Greeneville FD. This helped me get the boost I needed to start getting my interest in the fire service at a very young age. The show EMERGENCY had a large influence on me as well. My kindergarten lunch box had scenes from the show even.
The main driving force came for me at age 10 one day when my dad fell over beside me with a heart attack and passed away. It was the most helpless feeling by not knowing what to do and I guess I have made it a personal goal to strive to be the best of the best and never have a helpless feeling like that day.
I have taken every possible class (excluding law enforcement) I could to improve my skills and offer support to other members as they learn the trade. I will never allow myself to stop learning and I am always searching out new and up-dated ways to improve myself through articles in books, magazines, the internet, classes, or by any other means available.
I always look at something that I or others have done and ask myself if it could have been done any different. This is not to second guess any decisions but to only use it as a training tool to get better as I go.
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- GREENEVILLE FD
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Paid
- Rank/Role There:
- Lieutenant
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 20+
- Second Department (if appl.)
- TUSCULUM VFD
- 2nd Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Rank/Role at Second Department:
- Firefighter
- Years With Second Department/Agency
- APRIL 2009-PRESENT
- Other Past or Current Departments:
- Greeneville FD (June 1989-present)
Tusculum VFD (April 2009-present)
Mosheim VFD (1990-2000)
OreBank VFD (1986-1989)
Camp Creek VFD (2008-2009)
Greene County EMS (ex-part time)
Greeneville Rescue Squad (1992-2007)
1996 Olympic Water Rescue Team (team trials)
- My Training:
- NASAR SAR-TECH II
EMT-IV
VEHICLE RESCUE INSTRUCTOR (TARS)
TRAIN THE TRAINER /SCENE of the ACCIDENT/LAS VEGAS FD
ATV SEARCH and RESCUE
VISUAL TRACKING
WILDERNESS MEDICINE
WINGS AIR RESCUE SURVIVAL COURSE
WATER RESCUE / RECOVERY
ROPE TECH I, II, & III
CONFINED SPACE RESCUE
WATERCRAFT RESCUE
ADVANCED TRENCH RESCUE
STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE RESCUE
SCHOOL BUS / BIG RIG RESCUE
STANDARD LAND SEARCH OPERATIONS
DIVE RESCUE I (surface support)
FARM RESCUE
SWIFTWATER TECH I & II
NFA INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER
NFA EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
NFA LEADERSHIP I, II, & III
NFA FIRE SERVICE SUPERVISION
NFA COMMAND and CONTROL of INCIDENT OPs..........Jan. 24-29, 2010
NFA COMMAND and CONTROL AT MULTI-ALARM INCIDENTS
NFA ICS-300 INTERMEDIATE REVIEW
NFA ICS-400 FUNDAMENTAL REVIEW
NIMS 100/200/300/400/700/706/800
FIRE OFFICER I
FD INSTRUCTOR I & II
(RIT) RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM OPs
TANKER SHUTTLE OPERATIONS
ESTABLISHING LANDING ZONES
BASIC WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING
TEMA HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM OPS I & II
HAZMAT TECH
W-M-D TRAINING
STATE COMMISSION FIREFIGHTER I, II, & III
STATE FIRE SCHOOL PUMPER OPERATIONS I, II, & III
STATE FIRE SCHOOL BASIC FIRE FIGHTING I, II, & III
SCBA---"USING IT"---CLASS
"GET OUT ALIVE" CLASS
VANESSA K. FREE (EVOC)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARNESS
HAM RADIO OPERATOR (KE4PTY)
etc. , etc.......
- About Me:
- I am 40 y/o and living in Greeneville, TN. I am happily married to the most wonderful woman in the world, who also is in emergency services.
Cindy is a paramedic/RN and works at the local hospital and part-time for EMS. She is also in the Tusculum VFD and has just completed basic fire school's classroom/drills portion and will complete the live burn session at the state fire academy in December 2009. She also has training in swift water rescue and vehicle extrication as well.
I work on C-shift (24/48) at the Greeneville FD as a Lt./EMT-FF on Eng-3 (a 50' Pierce quint) with two other EMT-FFs and I move up to often fill in as shift leader (BAT-1) in the abscence of the Captain.
My current goals in the GFD are to continue up through the officer levels of certifications/qualifications and to seek the position of shift Captain. The GFD will be testing for this promotion in November 2009.
The GFD operates four stations with 12-13 firefighters per shift. This includes a shift Captain and a Lt. The Chief, a Supervisory Captain, and the Fire Marshall make up the administration division. We cover a population of around 15,000 and provide primarily fire suppression services as well as city/county-wide HAZMAT.
The GFD provides a subscription service to county residents and industries who are within 5 road miles of a city fire station. The GFD will respond along with the local VFDs to these policy holders and also will provide mutual aid as it is requested by the VFDs on other incidents.
GFD offers a support role to EMS (rare) as requested when they are overwhelmed by responding an engine company as a first responder to life threatening emergencies within the city. The GFD has per shift a paramedic, several EMTs, and at a minimum level of a first responder. The GFD also stands by at large gatherings for medical assistance should it be needed.
We do several public education events from car seat installs, smoke detector installations, fire station tours, fire extinguisher classes, Risk Watch programs, and safety trailer presentations....just to name a few.
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- The fact that we (the fire service) are having to do more with less and less on a daily basis with funding being taken away that would add more staffing and on-board equipment. This is only compounded by the fact that we are still supposed to provide our services at a certain level in the eyes of the public and the politicians.
Getting people to volunteer in these difficult economic times is also adding to the fire service's problems. The demands that departments are having to now require of its members for training and recertifications is difficult at best. The departments that are not enforcing this are only sending under trained or non-trained responders to situations.
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- Assisting people in times of need that challenges you as a responder / department to meet their needs. It can be a simple good deed or gesture that you do for someone or providing an emergency action to make a difference in someone's life.
MARTY SHELTON's Photos
MARTY's PESONAL PICS
Added February 1, 2009 at 1:20am
MARTY's PICS
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TUSCULUM VFD PICS
Added April 28, 2009 at 4:03pm
MARTY's MVA PICS
Added February 1, 2009 at 1:06am
MARTY's FIRE PICS
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MARTY's HELO PICS
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MARTY's RESCUE PICS
Added February 1, 2009 at 1:10am
GFD FIRE TRUCKS
Added February 1, 2009 at 1:27am
MARTY's STUFF
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SCBA DONING DRILL
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Downtown Warehouse Fire
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WINGS DEPARTING
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POLICEMAN vs FIREMAN
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THE FIREMAN
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MCDONALD SCHOOL KIDS DAY
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E AJ HWY MVA
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DRIVING THE FIRE SUV
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