The Professional & Social Network for Firefighters, EMS & Rescue
Its All About Brotherhood!!
-
Brian "Moose" Jones
33, Male
Cobleskill, New York, United States -
Share/Send This to Friends & Co-Workers
- Latest Member Photos (20)
- Featured Videos (1)
- Discussions (93)
Brian "Moose" Jones's Groups
-
Hazmat Technicians
(54 members)
-
EMERGENCY! LOVERS
(268 members)
-
Fire Marshals and Inspectors
(70 members)
-
Debate Department
(18 members)
-
Hazardous Materials Team 1
(35 members)
Brian "Moose" Jones's discussions
Is your 911 system as flawed as ours?
Replied 1 day ago
Don't remember this being covered...
Replied 1 day ago
Profile
- Hometown:
- Northport, Long Island
- I Live: (City, State)
- Cobleskill, New York
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 20
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- I have a long standing family history of firefighters, and excuse the cliche, but I grew up in the firehouse. I had TONS of "uncles and aunts" (none of which were related!) To support that I have a passion to help others in their time of need.
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Cobleskill Volunteer Fire Department
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Rank/Role There:
- Safety Officer, Fire / Arson Investigator, Firefighter / EMT-Basic, Hazardous Materials Team Member
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 5
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://www.cobleskillrescue.com
- Second Department (if appl.)
- Rural Metro Medical Services
- 2nd Department Type:
- EMS/Rescue Squad/Hospital EMS - Paid
- Rank/Role at Second Department:
- EMT - Basic, Hazardous Materials Team Member, Emergency Management Coordinator/Staff, Other Emergency Services Staff
- Years With Second Department/Agency
- 11
- Other Past or Current Departments:
- Northport Fire Department, Long Island, New York, 4 years
Richmondville Volunteer Fire Dept, New York, 11 years
Richmondville Volunteer Ambulance, New York, 11 years
- My Training:
- Essentials, Initial Fire Attack, Fire Attack II, Ladder Co. Ops, Rescue Ops., Auto Extrication, Fire Behavior & Arson Awareness, Principles of Investigation, Electrical Fire Cause Determination I & II, Wildland Firefighting, Wildland Search & Rescue, Haz-Mat 1st Responder, Haz-Mat Technician, WMD; Awareness, WMD; Operations, Preparing for command, ICS, NIMS, Advanced Firefighter, Firefighter II, Firefighter Survival, Pump Operator, Incident Safety Officer, Building Construction Combustible, EMT-Critical Care (Expired), EMT-Basic (current), , Garage Fire Seminar, Search and Rescue Seminar, Thats all I can remember...
- About Me:
- Im a proud father of my 19 month old daughter Isabella Frances, and I love her with everything I have. I have been married for 2 years to my beautiful wife who is also a firefighter/EMT.
I started out in the Northport Fire Department where I received four years of basic training as a Junior Firefighter. We did everything the firefighters did except go interior during the initial stages of the fire. I than moved upstate new york where I joined the Richmondville Fire Department and rescue squad where I served 11 years, and made Lieutenant in the fire dept and Lieutenant and Captain in the ambulance. I than moved and joined Cobleskill where I have been for 5 years now and serve proudly as a FirefighterII/ EMT, Haz-Mat Technician.
I Believe...
That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the most of everything.
- Day Job:
- Cobleskill Village Codes Office
- Side Jobs or Other Organizations:
- EMT-Basic, Rural Metro Medical Services
- Personal Site/Profile:
- http://www.myspace.com/moose368
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- I will probably be stoned to death for saying this but I feel passionately about it and maybe it will generate some support for this issue; I feel that Firefighter I & II should be State License's and need to be re-certified every 3-5 years like the NYS EMT license's. Not enough people refresh their training and its scary...VERY scary, to see guys who took "Essentials" 20+ years ago but have not attended any further or refresher training and feel they do not need to. THATS one of the top issues I feel in todays fire service.
Lack of training standards, volunteers with not enough time to train properly that get doctored through the system and end up being Chief at the age of 25. Lost Traditions, lack of respect of the elders and officers, Manpower issues, and equipment issues.
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- The personal satisfaction from using 100's of hours of training to work as a group and help people. The Comraderie that you can still find in some departments, the brotherhood, being part of something that gives back to the community.
Diet and Nutrition Tip Of The Day
Brian "Moose" Jones's Videos
Brian "Moose" Jones's Blog
Lets Re-think the Future of Fire Training
Friends, Brothers Sisters, and everyone interested in keeping knowledge up to date.
I have a dream, and that dream is to have a Volunteer Fire Service that holds training and education on a pedestal and worships it daily. A fire service that understands the importance of continuing education and practicing BASIC skills on an annual schedule. A fire service that is no longer concerned with ego and image and is MORE concerned with the service it provides to its residents...Isn't that what we are h… Continue
Posted on May 21st, 2008 at 11:29am —
13 Comments
(Add)
Sign in
Find Members Fast
Featured Groups
-
Training Ideas
(377 members)
-
Vehicle Extrication & Rescue
(348 members)
-
Fire Chiefs & Chief Officers
(254 members)
-
Firefighters in the Outdoors
(266 members)
-
Firefightin Paintballers
(86 members)
-
Building Construction & Firefighter Safety
(130 members)
Support FFN Now
Buy Cool Firefighter Nation & Rank Gear: Mousepads, window stickers, rank license plates, mugs, tees and more.
FFN Birthdays Today
E-Mail Alerts
Get Your Badge
Spread the word! Get a FFN badge that you can display on your website, Facebook. MySpace & more. (Get Code)
© 2008 Created by Web Chief Dave Iannone, a Go Forward Media, LLC Property
• Contact Us: Report an Issue, Inquire About Advertising & Partnerships
This site is intended for use by current and former fire, rescue & EMS professionals. Non emergency service personnel may be subject to review and removal. Using this site inappropriately to spam/advertise or solicit members in any way will result in account termination.
Contact Firefighter Nation | Feedback | Privacy | Terms of Service
Comment Wall (78 comments)
You need to be a member of Firefighter Nation - Firefighter Rescue and EMS Social Network to add comments!
Join this network
Have a great weekend! My best, Mike from Santa Barbara
tammy from central bridge
Your lil sister,
Katey
Cheers 4 the comment about me kids, their the joy of my life :)
Also, what do you know about the advanced tech training. I'm assuming it requires the Cobra training first. I attended the training in 2003 and put together a website to share the experience with others. Here it is...
http://www.silcom.com/~pordecon/2003_cobra3.htm
If you were not familiar with the specifics of the training, you are now... Hope you find this helpful. Give me a shout anytime if I can be of assistance. Mike
PS: What I did not like in the least was the part when they drew bloods...
I hate needles... and was a paramedic for 15 years...
View All Comments