R.I.P. Kyle McGetrick

A Fire Fighter passed away in Barnegat today. He wasnt the prototypical Fire Fighter. In fact he was just a young boy, far too young to leave this world. This Fire Fighter wasnt very big in stature, but took the words Courage and Bravery to a whole new level. Today Kyle kissed the face of God when he passed away. He is now an Angel, who will be remembered for not how he passed away, but how he lived. I know the special Fire Fighter section of…

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Top left jacket pocket. Radio...
Bottom left 4 pair medical gloves,
Inside jacket left safety vest , bible...

Right pocket, safety goggles
Hanging resque gloves.

Pants left pocket resque wrench
Hazmat flashlight
Extra rescue gloves

Right pants
Fire gloves
20 ft safety cord w carabeaner

Tonight we had an incident at a local recreation league. The kids are playing basketball and we had a 13 year old go up for a rebound and got pushed very hard and twisted upside down landing on his head.. I knew immediately that we had a situation on our hands. The child never got up from the fall..

I stabilized the neck and tried to keep his as still as possible. He had minor blood loss from the back of the head. As I was holding his head, I also put light compress on the head to control… Continue