13 years Big Spring Fire Dept. , left in 2000 to help with family business.

Taught txfiremedic everything he knows

Still miss it

 

Brad/Missouri City Fire Rescue/Career/ FF-Paramedic

 

Randy/City of Ashland,Ky./Paid/Engineer

 

Ryan/ Plainfield Twp. Fire & Ems/ Northampton Count / Pa. / Volunteer/ Deputy Chief.

Doin the deed for 14yrs and theres no end in sight.

 

c.j. oden / shady valley fire dep. / imperial mo. / vol. / lieutenant , driver ,
i started when i was 14 as a cadet , and became a full fledge vol at 18 . then at 20 i made lieutenant . i am loving every min. of it . been at the same place for 8 years .

 

lucas/ white river twp fire dept Ladder 53 /greenwood IN/Paid/good ole backstepper ..........a truckie and proud!!!

 

how many of you guys would rather ride backwards than drive/pump the truck ? me i would rather go in and play . i like going in and teaching the new guys how to do everything and why you do it .

 

San Antonio Fire Dept.-Station 1 -Bexar-Texas-Paid- Lieutenant-7yrs

 

I would rather ride backwards, thats for sure. Unfortunately I see the bus a lot more than the engine with my medic card

 

Kevin - Lincoln Parish Fire - Louisiana - Paid - I do it all
Check out our website www.lpfd.lincolnparish.org

 

Jon / Franklin Grove FPD/ Franklin Grove/ Volly/ Newbie

We have lotsa land out here and farmers. We have a 78 Dodge Munitions Carrier (1 1/2 ton?) with a turbo-less Continental Engine. Has a 250 GPM pump with a 18 HP V-twin Briggs and stratton pumping to 2 1-3/4" water cannons on the back. 5spd and it is a 6X6 They have mowed over 4 inch trees that were 20 ft tall to put out a tree fire next to a campground. They story goes that all the other departments had brand spanking new pumper trucks and didn't wanna get them scratched!!

Jon

 

i like riding backwards becuase like said before you get to play, but i also like driving because it has its own set of challenges. a good E/O does alot more than getting water to the nozzle. plus i get so tired of getting dressed going to auto alarm after auto alarm in the middle of the night!

brett

 

Where I am there are times during the day where I am the OIC, driver, Extrication tech and landing zone officer all on the same call, which actually happened last week . As far as drive or ride and play I would much rather play although being a Deputy Chief the only time that I get to play any more is at MVA's .

Ryan