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Rural FD Tankers
Replied Jan. 1, 2008
Brush Rigs
Replied Dec. 30, 2007
Advice Wanted Thanks
Replied Dec. 30, 2007
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Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Little Rock,Kentucky
- I Live: (City, State)
- Little Rock , Kentucky
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 8
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- To volunteer in my community
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Little Rock Volunteer Fire
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Rank/Role There:
- President / Administrator / Commissioner, Firefighter, Driver / Engineer
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 8
- Day Job:
- Transportation Supervisor-Save-A-Lot Foods Winchester, Ky
- Side Jobs or Other Organizations:
- Farmer
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Retention of qualified Fire Fighters. We are a small rural community with less than 400 residents total. For the past several years the population has decreased from almost 600 due to the lack of jobs(mostly farming) and they havemovedto the cities where the jobs,schools,and entertainment possibilities are greater. If we can get 1 or 2 recruits per year we consider ourselves lucky. Then if we can get them trained and keep them for a couple of years it's a bonus. We have had a total of 30 members since we started and now we have 15 on the roster with only 9 of us certified. Most of the new people that sign up see us having a good time at our many yearly fund raiser functions and they want to be a part of the excitement. So they join up, then when they realize the training schedule we require all of a sudden it's not as much fun as they once thought it was. So we lose 1 or 2 recruits but remember that was all we started with. So the brunt of the work falls on the 6 or 8 dedicated volunteers we have. They are a Godsend to this community, we not only fight fires and rescue people,we assist neighbors however they need us. We visit,we mow yards,we work on appliances,and we patch up lives.
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- The look on my neighbors faces as we arrive to assist them
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MY NAME IS JERMAINE WATSON I AM A FIREFIGHTER FOR WEST SIDE VOL. FIRE DEPT. IN ST.ALBANS,WV AND I COLLECT FIRE AND EMS PATCHES, AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD ONE FROM YOUR STATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRADE WITH ME. IF SO GREAT, JUST MESSAGE ME BACK IF NOT, THANX FOR YOUR TIME...MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM STATION 22 Delete Comment