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Jason Myer
  • 32, Male
  • California
  • United States
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November 6
Jason, I wish you a speedy recovery. Check your email, I replied to your email. I answered your questions and then some. Steve Johnson
August 24
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August 5
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August 5
Jason Myer added 4 photos to the album 'ENF Crew 31B'
August 5
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Again thanks to all the emails, notes and comments of encoragement I have gotten from all you out there. It is good to feel the family of fire love when the chips are leaning. I say leaning because Now they are falling to down. The MRI came back w...
August 5
Thank you oldman I will refer to you before damgeing anything else on body during duty hours lol....Tahnks to all of ya for the incoragement... unfortunatly read the new blog comment im about to post and then give me more encoragement... I think I...
August 5

Profile Information

Hometown:
Colorado Springs,CO
I Live: (City, State)
California
Years in Fire/EMS:
9
Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
Because i enjoy helping others, and enjoy doing the job.....Im a 6 year old kid living his dream at 30 years of age...lol
Relationship Status:
Single
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
US Forest Service Fire Management Eldorado National Iron Mountain Handcrew and Engine 66
Department Type:
Fire/Rescue Department - Paid, Military/Federal Response Agency
Rank/Role There:
Firefighter / EMT-Basic, Driver / Engineer
Years With This Department/Agency
Federal Gov. 9 seasons now!!
Dept. Web Site:
http://www.nifc.gov
Other Past or Current Departments:
Cal Fire (back when it was CDF with Green trousers), US Forest Service, US Dept. of Interior/Bureau of Land Management, US DOI/ US fish and Wildlife Service, Multiple county/local agencies,
My Training:
Structure: FF1, EMTB, HAZFRO, SWRT; NWCG: FFT1/ICT5, ENGB(t), BFAL, HECM, ENOP, ATVOP, CRWB(t),
About Me:
I Kick Donkey!.....No wait, I ROLL! No wait thats still wrong....
Anyhow if you didnt get it by now Im a bit of a self promoted comidian, ( as in Im the only one finding them funny), but thats why Im a fireman, so I can pay the bills. I love my career and wouldnt give it up for the world!
Day Job:
Firefighter (Federal)
Side Jobs or Other Organizations:
Gigalo? (Wy do I have the feeling your laughing at me and you dont believe me?)
Personal Site/Profile:
http://www.myspace.com/jmyerffemt
Top Issues Facing Responders:
Training versus Experiance...trained frefighters are good, trained and experianced firefighters are better....., and Sexism still in the fire service? why? Theres a lota chica FF's ( no disrespect to my sisters) that can handle they're own and are good, why are there still some of us men worried about losing out to an female? Best firefighter for the job, doesnt matter race, creed, color, sex, religion, ethnic origion (Course we all know us Irishmen and women make the best firefighters LOL) if you can do the job and rock then do it! Nuff said....
I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
I get to play with the big truck......(kidding Of course its that im helping out my fellow citizens at they're time of grave need....)

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OWWWWW!!!Part2

Again thanks to all the emails, notes and comments of encoragement I have gotten from all you out there. It is good to feel the family of fire love when the chips are leaning. I say leaning because Now they are falling to down. The MRI came back with a a tear in my ACL and a still possible tear in my miniscus. I have been referred to a Othro Surgery center for more treatment including most likely ACL surgery. From what I am told even being back on the line for late season So-Cal fires is probabl… Continue

Posted on August 5, 2009 at 8:48pm — 1 Comment

Jason Myer

OWWWWW!!!

Okay for those of u that know me and didnt hear allready im out on light duty, the doc thinks I may have torn my miniscus in my right knee. Still waiting for work comp to approv the MRI. (I think its jsut the fact I have spent most of my career pounding the crud out of my knees) but it hurts like a big dog. Anyhow, Be careful out there, make it back to your families and remember LCES working not just in place before you anchor, flank and pinch, It will help us stop lowering the flag to half staf… Continue

Posted on July 27, 2009 at 2:52pm — 4 Comments

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At 6:27pm on November 12, 2009, Gia said…
Thanks for all that you do .... xoxo
At 7:04pm on November 6, 2009, Christian Cossey said…
How's it going?
At 5:29am on July 28, 2009, Cameron Miller said…
thanks man been a while since i have been on, now an emt basic so i am finally moving, stay up bro
At 8:19am on September 2, 2008, Steve Richardson said…
Thanks Jason, Not all FF's see it that way. The comment makes it easy to keep Instructing.
Steve
At 4:22pm on August 31, 2008, Elijah Evans said…
thanks for the comment im lookin into gettin into academy once im done with highschool. so yeah hope ya have a great day PEACE
At 9:14pm on January 14, 2008, Liesl FFEMTHorsewoman said…
sorry its been forever since I signed in to FF nation. I am sortof back on my fett. Still in PT but doin' great. Went back to TN for a while to my old FD and went on some calls. IT felt GREAT to be back!! hopefully soon all will be well and I can go back to work.
How were your Holidays? hope all is well and you are having a good new year! Stay safe...
At 8:18am on December 4, 2007, Amy said…
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At 12:53pm on November 14, 2007, TweetieVK said…
I agree about the snow. Thats cool that you know Kelly. Man we had some fun in Highschool Stange how things always come around like that. I would have never guess that we would end up in the same line of work.
At 11:14pm on October 24, 2007, TweetieVK said…
Hey Jason I keep forgetting to ask you if you know a friend of mine thats in Rawlins Heli tec her name is Kelly F.
At 6:30pm on September 4, 2007, Cody West said…
Hey, US Navy Corpsman from Colorado Springs, just looking for friends. Getting back into EMS when I get out.
 
 

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