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- Type of Organization
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer, Private EMS
- Job Function
- Firefighter / EMT-Basic, EMT - Basic
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 6
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Forest Grove, PA
- Years With Department/Agency
- 4
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://www.forestgrovevfd.org
- Web Site:
- http://www.robinsonems.org
- Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations
- I Currently work for AMR (American Medical Response) in the Pittsburgh Divison and have bee employed there for 7 months. We are curently a transport ambulance with all emergencies out of contracted facilities.
- My Training:
- Currently I have my Firefighter Essentials (in process of getting FFI, I am and EMT basic and working on my medic. I have awareness level hazmat. I also am a certified life LZ COORdinator as well as part of my station Urban Quad Search and Rescue Team as their EMT.
- About Me:
- 3 Yrs in ems and 6 in the fire service. I have been an explorer in Ohio for 2yrs and was a junior a my current station. Now I'm on the truck crew for my station and love it. Ems is my second love help people is why I do it this job isn't glorious but I enjoy it.
- Day Job:
- EMT for AMR
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Facebook or Other Online Profile:
- http://www.myspace.com/fgvfddude243
- Why I Joined Fire/EMS
- My father was a firefighter for 44yrs and I always wanted to be a part of it I love the fire service. I become and EMT and going for my Medic For my grandmother because she believed in me and one of her final requests was for me to use my ability to help othes and EMS is also just a great field to work in.
- Why I Love Fire/EMS
- the satisfaction of helping others
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Funding and government support-- Not nearly enough or aleast its not getting spread arund enough.
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This is the first book of its kind written by a Providence Firefighter in 118 years.
“You can almost smell the smoke and feel the heat. ‘Working Class Hero: Memoirs of a Providence Fireman’ is a three-alarm read. It’s taken from the 23-year on-the-job experiences of a second-generation Providence firefighter who could shrug off tragedy with a flippant remark, time after time after time. Required reading.” (Wally Pickford -The Reporter)
“…his experiences pull the reader in and force them to think about the bravery of firefighters and of their own mortality.” (Kelly Smith - Warwick Beacon)
“Working Class Hero: Memoirs of a Providence Fireman is one man’s action-packed account of twenty-three years of life as a firefighter in busy metropolitan Providence – the third largest city in the Northeast. Experience what it’s like to be taken on one emergency call after another – fires, shootings, stabbings, and more. Encounter situations that are completely unimaginable to the average citizen. Thoughtfully written with the reader in mind, describing each stage of an incident, this book allows the reader to visualize riding along with the firefighters as they pull up to a scene and must take immediate action. In this book, Lieutenant Tom Kenney will take you inside the mind of a firefighter as he makes life and death decisions. Celebrate his victories and suffer his defeats. Glimpse a world few people ever experience. From practical jokes and fun around the firehouse to gut-wrenching real-life tragedies, this book covers it all!”
The book is currently available at Barnes & Noble Book Stores, Borders Books, and online through www.amazon.com and www.publishamerica.com. It is a full size paperback edition, 224 pages, and retails for $19.95.
Tom Kenney can be reached via e-mail at tekpfd@cox.net & at his webpage at: www.ProvidenceFireman.com.