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- Hometown:
- Gun Barrel City TX
- I Live: (City, State)
- Gun Barrel City
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 4
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- Started out just wanting to support the volunteer firefighters in the city. After a couple of meetings and calls I was hooked and worked on becoming a full member.
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Gun Barrel City TX
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Combination
- Rank/Role There:
- Driver / Engineer
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 4
- About Me:
- Got started REAL late. I am now 59 years old and know that I cant keep up with the younger crowd. I try and make up for that in learning, teaching, and helping out whereever I can.
- Day Job:
- Fire/Police/EMS dispatcher
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10-24-07
Windy day here today. Started off with a broken power pole that landed on top of commercial building. Luckily no fire resulted from it. Got calls to two small grass fires that were close to buildings. Again got lucky as they were very small. Knock on wood...nothing since then..
Posted on October 24th, 2007 at 11:13pm —
9/19
Another relatively slow day comes to an end. Thought we were going to have "the big one" when tones went down for smoke coming from the roof of the local hardware supply store. Kind of a downscale lowes or home depot. On the way to the station i'm thinking "oh crap all lumber, paint, solvents, propane cylinders, etc etc. While enroute found out it was a "smokey" fork lift they were using. Got two medical calls for heat exhaustion before making it back to the station (sigh) Stay Safe Everyone…
ContinuePosted on September 19th, 2007 at 11:40pm —
Well here we go
I am new at this so it will probably look pretty foolish till i figure out what the heck i am doing. We are located in northeast Texas and it has been a very wet summer for us. Lots of rain. This afternoon we had our first "real" toneout for a grass fire with structures pending. After the initial "did I really hear that" shock, I headed to the station and was told to get the engine ready and stand by. Turned out to be a small grass fire that was handled by a brush truck. Never got to roll on…
ContinuePosted on September 18th, 2007 at 1:59am —
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Take care !
The week started busy... 3 calls in 6 hrs (2 was fires) but very quiet now... I've my final test for FFI this sunday. How is weather in Gun Barrel (Funny Name)? There is Fall, nearly 37°F (3° C). Snow storm start normally a tthe end of December... I bet is not a big problem in Tx... (Snow)
Be safe ! ;)
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