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mike_firefighter5 27, Male
Cuba IL, United States

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Hometown:
lewistown IL
I Live: (City, State)
Cuba IL
Years in Fire/EMS:
less then a year
Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
Wanting to help people and the community and have always had a intrest in Fire/EMS
Relationship Status:
In a Relationship
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
Cuba Fire Protection District
Department Type:
Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
Rank/Role There:
Firefighter
Years With This Department/Agency
less then a year
Second Department (if appl.)
Canton Emergency Services Disaster Agency
2nd Department Type:
Emergency Management
Rank/Role at Second Department:
Assistant or Deputy Chief, Other
Years With Second Department/Agency
2 1/2 years
My Training:
Former EMT Basic, ICS tranning, NIMS tranning, Professional Devlopment Series, Various other Emergency Mangement Tranning, Cert. Scuba Diver, Cert in Search and Rescue
About Me:
27 Divorced college student majoring in Homeland Secuirty, i have lived in IL for the last 13 years, served in the National Guard, I love the outdoors and music
Day Job:
Food Industry
Side Jobs or Other Organizations:
Deputy Coordinator for Canton IL Emergency Services Disaster Agency, also Community Emergency Response Team member
Personal Site/Profile:
http://www.myspace.com/esdaguy81m
I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
feeling of doing something important for the community

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Ironic to say the least

Well i was going to write a update about my experince into the fire services but last monday kinda of changed that. Let see where to start at i guess i should start with this. We had been having a pretty quiet beginning of June and well End of may as well no fire calls at all well we had one but it was a very small grass fire, untill Sunday nite around 1am we got paged for a mutual Aid fire call Fully involved House fire, took us most the nite and early morning to get it knocked down and out, be… Continue

Posted on June 12th, 2008 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment (Add)

The Show goes on

Well its been another month for on the dept. Things are awesome i am learning alot and have been able too see quite a bit of calls to learn off of. I just completed my basic esstintals class over the weekend and boy let me tell ya what it wore me out lol, but i had a lot of fun and learned alot from the class as well as myself and what i can do. im still waiting for my frist major structure fire, have seen two barn fires but no house or ect... anyways just thought i give a quick update as to my… Continue

Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 1:21pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Busy 1st month for me

I figure i would post a blog being i just joined this site, alittle background first though. I have only been on my Vol Dept. for just over a month Still learning the ropes im actually going to a esstential class next month. i have already been on one structure fire a barn fire, several grass a few car fires and one Accident. The Accident being my 1st call and sadly it was one of the worst one my dept has delt with in a very long time. My town is rather strange though we have two different depts… Continue

Posted on April 13th, 2008 at 3:19pm — 1 Comment (Add)

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At 9:17pm on April 13th, 2008, Jim aka Bick said…
JUST DROPPING BY TO SAY WELCOME TO FFN. I AM SURE YOU WILL ENJOY THE SITE.YOU CAN ADD ME AS A FRIEND IF YOU WANT TO, AND BE SAFE OUT THERE
At 1:30pm on April 13th, 2008, Dave, NB 9 - 1 said…
Mike, Welcome to the Nation, Brother.......... Be safe and remember to work as a team and watch each others backs. Add me if you wish.
 
 

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