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Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Geneva,NY
- I Live: (City, State)
- Geneva,NY
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 9
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- Emergency Services are in my blood. My father is a career firefighter, my grandfather is a past chief, and my uncle is a chief.
- Relationship Status:
- In a Relationship
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- WLRFA-Geneva,NY
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Rank/Role There:
- Assistant or Deputy Chief, Training Officer, Firefighter / EMT-Basic
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 9
- My Training:
- FF Essentials
Initial Fire Attack
FF Safety and Survival
Haz-Mat Operations
Haz-Mat Incident Management
Ontario County "Smoke Divers"
Haz-Mat Decontamination
Emergency Vehicle Operator
Apparatus Operator-Pump
Ladder Company Operations
Engine Company Operations
Water Rescue
Confined Space
Rescue Tech Basic
EMT-Basic
Introduction to Fire Officer
Comanding the Initial Response
Vehicle Extrication
NIMS(100,200,700,800)
- Day Job:
- 911 Dispatcher
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Training,Safety,Staffing, & Grants
"By Failing to prepare..You are preparing to Fail"
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- I love to help people..
WLR Deputy Chief's Blog
Fire Service Survival.....Adapt and Overcome!
While speaking with a member of a neighboring department, I couldn't help noticing his references to "the ole days". He just couldn't understand why in the fire service today, we do the things that we do...Specifically regarding training."Well back in the old days we didn't even wear those stupid masks, let alone spend all that time training!", is pretty much how the conversation began. This view is shared by many firefighters in my area. I guess you could say I've made it somewhat of my pers
… ContinuePosted on January 14, 2008 at 8:15am — 2 Comments
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I can't find your email address in my Outlook, must not have saved it.
Touch base with me asap so that we can get your class set up- I'm booking them now.
Thanks
I'll be in your town on the 16th for the seminar.see ya there.
:)
I think you'll find a lot of useful material on here.
Don't forget to join the FASNY members group!
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