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Type of Organization
Fire/Rescue Department - Paid
Job Function
Captain
Years in Fire/EMS:
30 years (retired)
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, United Kingdom.
Years With Department/Agency
30
Dept. Web Site:
http://www.syfire.gov.uk/
Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
30 years service with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service United Kingdom.
Retired in Feb 2005
About Me:
Joined in January 1974. All operational except for 5 years in the Training Dept. doing recruit training, training outside bodies and advanced stuff. Also was a driving examiner for the service. Finished with 8 years as a Station Officer (Captain) in charge of a two rescue pumps (engine) plus aerial station. Covering major town of Doncaster Pop 88,000 (4,000+ calls/year. incl. 700 Primary Fires and 800 small fires.) Kept us busy at "Donny". Do I miss it?? ...Miss the guys but don't miss that 3.00 am "shout" on a winter's morning. Would I do it all again if I had my time over?....Without hesitation. Best profession on Earth.
Day Job:
Tried dispatching here in The States, but they couldn't understand me :o)
Relationship Status:
Married
Why I Joined Fire/EMS
It was something I wanted to do since I was a kid... My dad did it and two of my brothers did it. Nothing was going to stop me.
Why I Love Fire/EMS
You can come out of every "Shout" either crying or laughing..But you have no idea which until you get there.
Top Issues Facing Responders:
Members of the public. They are a breed to deal with carefully.

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At 5:25pm on December 6, 2009, Walter M Kelliher said…
Dear David, Filled out an app. For firefighter even though I was a nursing assistant at 2 Federal VA Hospitals for a year. VA trained and tested before illegal termination. Was an armed Guard in the security division of an armored car co. Carried a 12 Ga Shotgun and a .357 Magnum on my hip as well as a blood pressure cuff and stethescope before that! Don't know if I'll qualify to get in as a "FireFighter" But I'm going to get into oath Keepers by hook or by crook because I had to take an oath as a Federal employee in theVA Nursing service and as George Smith Patton said wit such eloquence, "God will not allow me to be denied fulfillment of my destiny!"
 
 
 

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