Tammy's Blog (8)

Potomac Valley VFD & Bakerton Fire Department along with others responded to an incident at Maryland Heights today to rescue a woman that fell from the cliff. For more information click on the following news links: http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=78431 http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/national/090309_hiker_rescued_from_harpers_ferry http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546203,00.html More links and info will be coming soon with pictures.... Continue

I know this may sound trivial but my department needs to implement an Auxiliary membership status. I am at a loss for how to write it into our Constitution. Is there anyone that could help me? That is the only section that I need right now. I would be extremely grateful for any help my FFN family provides me!!! Thanks so much in advance, be careful and stay safe!!!~Tammy~ Continue

My husband & I were the first to arrive on the scene of a head on collision involving a flatbed tow truck and a small passenger car on 6/18/2009. Here are links to the story in our local paper and from our local TV news station. http://journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/521142.html?nav=5006 http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=69041 Be careful and stay safe out there! ~Tammy~ Continue

Terminally Ill WV Fire Chief Passes SOPHIA, WV -- Colleagues say firefighting was the love of Louis Dale "Sonny" Farthing's life. Now, they plan to give him a firefighter's -- and a hero's -- farewell. Farthing, the 61-year-old chief of the Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department, died at a hospice house early Thursday morning (6-11-09), said his successor, Jeff Pittman. Farthing endured multiple cancers that included leukemia. Farthing was a Sophia native who began his firefighting career with… Continue

Check out these links to view information about a vehicle accident involving a Gasoline Tanker hauling 8500 gallons of gas. http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=87271&catid=158 http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=68391 Our local newspaper will run a story on it in tomorrow paper, so I will be adding a link for that article later. Ok, I just got the link for our local news papers, they are: http://journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/520852.html?nav=5006 http://… Continue

I have seen little 5 question surveys on other networking sites that will tell you which piece of equipment best describes or represents you. I have taken a couple of them and they all pretty much say the same thing, just with a little different wording. So, I wanted to know how each of you would describe YOURSELF, in terms of equipment? Continue

Wow! What a response to my first blog post! Thanks everyone! I am really liking this site, all my new friends and fire family from around the world! I know I am not the only one that turns to my computer in the evening to wind down and relax before going to sleep, so I wanted to ask everyone a question.....just for fun. How do you wind down and relax? Don't hold back, this could be interesting and another way for us all to have a little fun and get to know each other. ***Please note, I am not… Continue

Hello everyone and thanks for taking the time to read my blog. My name is Tammy and I am in charge of fundraising for the Bakerton Fire Department in Bakerton, West Virginia, USA. I am interested in hearing what suggestions all my new friends here at FirefighterNation can give me on fundraising ideas. I have already brought up a few ideas to our membership over the past year, but now I would like to get a little more adventurous. We have a few items that we would like to purchase for our depart… Continue